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Baltimore's Inner Harbor is one of the city's most identifiable areas. The revitalization effort there that began in the 1950s has become a model for other waterfront areas across the United States. Millions of dollars of government funds have been put into developing the area into one of the region's premiere tourist destinations. Today the Inner Harbor is home to the Baltimore Convention Center, National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, World Trade Center and its observation deck, Top of the World, Fort McHenry, the Baltimore Maritime Museum and the USS Constellation. The harbor is a short distance from Camden Yards, where the Baltimore Orioles play, and M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Bal...
Baltimore's Inner Harbor is one of the city's most identifiable areas. The revitalization effort there that began in the 1950s has become a model for other waterfront areas across the United States. Millions of dollars of government funds have been put into developing the area into one of the region's premiere tourist destinations. Today the Inner Harbor is home to the Baltimore Convention Center, National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, World Trade Center and its observation deck, Top of the World, Fort McHenry, the Baltimore Maritime Museum and the USS Constellation. The harbor is a short distance from Camden Yards, where the Baltimore Orioles play, and M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Baltimore Ravens. Water taxis are available to shuttle passengers to various Inner Harbor destinations. Hotels, restaurants and luxury condominiums also dot the harbor area.
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More Inner Harbor trees cut
More trees have been cut down in the Inner Harbor - for bikers and hikers this time, not race car fans.
A contractor removed 13 trees last week on Light Street by the Harborplace pavilion, according to Adrienne Barnes, spokeswoman for the city's...Tags: Harborplace, Baltimore Grand Prix, Jones Falls
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Traffic: Accident on Route 97 north at Quarterfield Road
As of 9 a.m. Monday, traffic was slow on Route 97 northbound at Quarterfield Road, due to an accident.
Accidents were slowing traffic on U.S. 50 eastbound at Route 424 in Anne Arundel County, Route 100 westbound at Coca Cola Drive in Anne Arundel County,...Tags: Traffic, Charles Street, Anne Arundel County, Dundalk, Coca-Cola Company
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Public can record Baltimore police officers on duty, new rules say
Baltimore police have issued new rules governing how officers deal with a public increasingly armed with cameras and video records, saying that in most instances, cops cannot stop people from filming crime scenes.
The general orders, issued in November...Tags: Harford County, Equestrian, U.S. Department of Justice, YouTube, Preakness Stakes
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Baltimore police told not to stop people taking photos or video of their actions
Baltimore police officers may not "prevent or prohibit" people from taking photographs or video of crime scenes and other law enforcement activities that are in public view, according to a department-wide directive made public Friday. The new rules...Tags: Equestrian, Peter Hermann, U.S. Department of Justice, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Photography Supplies and Services
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Exelon gets tax cuts despite pledge to locate in Baltimore
Among the many advantages Constellation Energy's headquarters gives Baltimore — Fortune 500 cachet, hundreds of well-paid workers, millions in charity — is this: The building pays sticker price on property taxes — $745,000 a year....Tags: Finance, John Paterakis Sr., Baltimore Development Corporation, Economic Policy, Companies and Corporations
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Dream home: Drawn to water, couple finds dream home on pier in Baltimore
Chip Olsen and his wife, Linda, grew up on Long Island. Their memories, reflected in framed photographs on the walls of their home, are of long afternoons sitting on sandy beaches or idly dangling their feet from one of the many piers along the shore....Tags: United States Merchant Marine Academy, Photography and Video, Roland Park, Land Price, Photography Supplies and Services
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A fugitive fragrance of cinnamon is all that remains where McCormick once stood
I closed my eyes, inhaled gently and imagined hard, but the Timonium traffic din quickly short-circuited the conceit that placed me at the Inner Harbor. How silly; maybe more than most, I knew the lovely nutmeg scent wafting downwind from the McCormick...Tags: Trials, Timonium, Plant Openings, Cinnamon, Companies and Corporations
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A downtown building not built
For a city whose last Fortune 500 company was about to be acquired by an out-of-town corporation, there was not just consolation but actual excitement over one of the deal sweeteners: Chicago-based Exelon Corp. promised to build a new downtown office...Tags: John Paterakis Sr., Baltimore Development Corporation, Companies and Corporations, Cancer, Energy Saving
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Tall ship Eagle heads back to the open sea
When the Coast Guard's tall ship Eagle glided under the Key Bridge on Wednesday morning, it looked a lot better than it did when it arrived at the Inner Harbor four months ago.
A fresh coat of white paint covered the upper hull. Six miles of ropes and...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), New London (New London, Connecticut)
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Exelon lays out plans for new Baltimore headquarters
Exelon Corp.'s new headquarters in Baltimore is designed to be a glassy, 22-story skyscraper, similar in style to the Legg Mason tower, which would be a neighbor on the Harbor East waterfront, according to preliminary designs revealed Wednesday.
The...Tags: Finance, Finance, McCormick & Company Inc., Renewable Energy, Marketing
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No limit for the Goruck Challenge
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen likens the Goruck Challenge to a tour of a city, "except you're not on a bus." Devin Maier recalled how for some "it's like playingG.I. Joe," and others look at it as a weekend escape from their 9-to-5 jobs — one that includes...Tags: Arts, Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Arts, Federal Hill, Roosevelt Island
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Traffic: 2-vehicle crash on I-695 at Loch Raven Boulevard
As of 9 a.m. Thursday, traffic was slow on the outer loop of I-695 at Loch Raven Boulevard, due to an accident involving two vehicles.
Accidents were slowing traffic around Fayette and Front streets in Baltimore City and Fountain Green Road and Henderson...Tags: Harford County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Halethorpe, Traffic, Prince George's County
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