Baltimore Inner Harbor Redevelopment
Baltimore Development Corporation
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Date
1970-2000Description
Aerial view, depicting the area before the National Aquarium (The award-winning facility was designed by Peter Chermayeff of Cambridge Seven Associates of Boston, MA, in 1978) and the power plant; In recent years, efforts to redevelop the downtown area have led to a revitalization of the Inner Harbor. The Baltimore Convention Center was opened in 1979 and was renovated and expanded in 1996. Harborplace, a modern urban retail and restaurant complex, was opened on the waterfront in 1980, followed by the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland's largest tourist destination, and another cultural venue, the Baltimore Museum of Industry in 1981. In 1992, the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball moved from Memorial Stadium to Oriole Park at Camden Yards downtown, and six years later the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League moved next door into PSINet Stadium. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 12/3/2007)
Type of Work
park (recreation area); mixed-use developmentSubject
architectural exteriors, business, commerce and trade, cityscapes, City planning, urban renewal, Twentieth century
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