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Harborplace was designed by Benjamin C. Thompson and was built by The Rouse Company near the former Light Street site of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company's steamship terminal and docks. Because the land was owned by the city and was in an area designated as a park in the city charter, a citywide referendum was required to proceed with the ...
The "Power Plant" is a mixed-use project re-developed in the late 1990s in a former coal-burning power generating station, originally built in 1900-05 for the old United Railways and Electric Company which operated the recently unified public transportation system of streetcars, trolleys, and some cable cars (in the early years), at the beginning of the 20th century up to its re-organization ...
Haussner's Restaurant was opened by William Henry Haussner in 1926 and became one of Baltimore's most famous landmarks over the next 73 years. [1] [2] [3] [4]The restaurant was closed in 1999, and its collection of 19th-century European and American paintings, which included pieces from the estates of J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Henry Walters, was auctioned by Sotheby's in New York ...
Following is a list of notable restaurants in Baltimore, Maryland This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
To the east of Patterson Park, both Pratt and Lombard Streets start again. Pratt continues as a side street from Linwood Avenue until Haven Street. Pratt Street has historic significance as the location of the Baltimore Riot of 1861. Today it is known for being an important gateway into the Inner Harbor, connecting it with the Baltimore Light ...
Downtown Baltimore is the central business district of the city of Baltimore traditionally bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the west, Franklin Street to the north, President Street to the east and the Inner Harbor area to the south. [2] In 1904, downtown Baltimore was almost destroyed by a huge fire with
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 waterfront of the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River, the old Basin, at Fells Point Eat Bertha's Mussels tavern and restaurant in Fells Point. First described by a European seafarer as "Long Island Point" in 1670, the area later to be known as Fells Point was a thin little peninsula jutting out southwestward between the streams of Jones Falls and Harford Run (later covered over by ...