Dan Rodricks: Harborplace history, holiday shopping, homemade dog food and other things nobody asked for

Nobody asked me, but people who claim that the late James Rouse faced virtually no opposition when he set out to build Harborplace 40-plus years ago are just plain wrong. I’ve seen this claim made in defense of Baltimore-based developer David Bramble and his plan to remake Harborplace with four large buildings, including apartment towers. “Bet y’all didn’t ask or question Jim Rouse and his vision,” a woman wrote on Facebook.