Baltimore salt box

The boxes are filled with a mixture of road salt and sand for citizens to spread as needed to assist with traction and to prevent or melt icy patches on city streets.

With growing attention by local media, the salt box story quickly became a viral phenomenon over the winter of 2021 gaining nationwide and international notice.

[7] Well-known Baltimoreans with salt box homages include Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Divine, Tupac Shakur, Tori Amos, John Waters, as well as the Baltimore Black Sox, and Natty Boh among other cultural touchstones.

[2] For charitable fundraising purposes, a designed image of the salt box is available on printed clothing and stickers, in support of the Maryland based Moveable Feast (organization).

[3] A free coloring sheet was made for use by school-aged children, for submission in a contest for a winning design to be produced by the Department of Transportation as a special edition salt box in Fall 2021.