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The aquarium began in the mid-1970s when then-Mayor William Donald Schaefer, (1921–2011), and the Commissioner of the city Department of Housing and Community Development, Robert C. Embry, inspired by a visit to the two-decade old New England Aquarium on the waterfront of Boston, Massachusetts, conceived and championed the idea of an aquarium as a vital component of Baltimore's overall ...
The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and landmark in Baltimore, Maryland. It was described by the Urban Land Institute in 2009 as "the model for post-industrial waterfront redevelopment around the world". [2] The Inner Harbor is located at the mouth of Jones Falls, creating the wide and short northwest branch of the ...
The Baltimore Water Taxi (BWT) was founded by Edward M. Kane (1931–2003), [2] and for many years known as Ed Kane's Water Taxi.In 2010 it was sold and renamed. [3]While tourism is the traditional use of these taxis, [4] [5] there are increasing efforts to use them as commuter transportation.
The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium was founded in 1997 by Brent Andersen, a Utah native and marine biology graduate from the University of California Santa Barbara. [5] It is a regional attraction with over 850,000 annual visitors. The initial plan was to build a 90,000 square feet (8,400 m 2) aquarium that showed ecosystems from around the world.
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Prior to the launch of SeaQuest, along with his brother Ammon, founded Portland Aquarium in 2012 (closed 2016), [5] the Austin Aquarium in 2013 [6] and the San Antonio Aquarium in 2014. [7] SeaQuest opened its first location at Layton, Utah in 2016. [8] This location was followed by one in the Las Vegas area, which also opened in 2016 at The ...
The Pacific Undersea Gardens was a 150-foot (45 m) vessel that was towed from the Oak Bay Marina to the waters of the Inner Harbour. Visitors descended 15 feet (4.5 m) beneath the ocean surface to look through the many viewing windows of the aquariums that surrounded the vessel and see the various marine life of coastal British Columbia, in their natural and protected environment.
Utah's Hogle Zoo (/ ˈ h oʊ ɡ əl /) [7] is a 42-acre (17 ha) Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) accredited facility. . Located at the mouth of Salt Lake City's Emigration Canyon, Hogle Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the Intermountain West, and houses over 800 animals representing 139 speci