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114:'s downtown business district of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Beginning in 1954, a group called the "Committee for Downtown" promoted a master plan for arresting the commercial decline of central Baltimore. In 1955, the "Greater Baltimore Committee", headed by banker and developer
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Company on near-by South Central Avenue and Aliceanna and Fleet Streets and his developer/assistant Michael Beatty, eventually moving up against the western fringes of the simultaneous eastward growth from the other direction along the waterfront from
239:(from the late 1960s to the early 1980s). A tree-lined plaza, water fountain feature, gardens, outdoor seating and green space was improved and/or added within the Charles Center Plaza, providing nearby office workers, tourists and nearby residents with an outdoor space.
319:, (originally the Baltimore Trust Building when built, later the Mathieson Building, Maryland National Bank Building, briefly NCNB-NationsBank Tower), 10 Light Street, between East Baltimore and East Redwood Streets and Wine Alley, 1929, (later in 2012, acquired by
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Patapsco River/Baltimore Harbor waterfront into an industrial/warehousing/manufacturing area originally termed "Inner Harbor East", later shortened to
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Hopkins) designed by
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with exhibits and activities for a "Baltimore Civil War Museum" commemorating the
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124:Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro, Jr.
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354:Corporation of Chicago, 2013
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214:Camden Street Station
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547:Reisterstown Station
462:Auchentoroly Terrace
338:Lord Baltimore Hotel
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128:Theodore R. McKeldin
54:Looking up from the
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1616:Clifton Park
1611:Carroll Park
1490:Little Italy
1467:Highlandtown
1447:Fell's Point
1427:Brewers Hill
1385:Pratt Monroe
1376:Mount Winans
1371:Locust Point
1351:Federal Hill
1315:Yale Heights
1297:Union Square
1269:Morrell Park
1249:Franklintown
1161:Four By Four
1157:Ellwood Park
1079:Mount Vernon
1069:Madison Park
1059:Inner Harbor
1024:Barre Circle
706:The Orchards
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1645:Hanlon Park
1568:Mason Homes
1462:Harbor East
1338:Cherry Hill
1302:Violetville
1284:Saint Agnes
1244:Dickeyville
1207:Orangeville
1188:Middle East
1029:Bolton Hill
932:Harlem Park
890:Wilson Park
855:Morgan Park
816:Gardenville
729:Roland Park
715:Poplar Hill
682:Lake Walker
608:Cold Spring
532:Mount Holly
512:Howard Park
502:Greenspring
492:Garwyn Oaks
487:Forest Park
186:Harbor East
182:Fells Point
169:Harbor East
157:Jones Falls
33:City Center
1700:Categories
1685:Wyman Park
1500:St. Helena
1477:Joseph Lee
1356:Harborview
1343:Curtis Bay
1234:Beechfield
1099:Seton Hill
996:West Hills
961:Penn-North
885:Waltherson
870:Ramblewood
850:Mid-Govans
840:Loch Raven
835:Lauraville
764:Wyman Park
739:Stone Hill
701:Oakenshawe
600:Cedarcroft
477:Dorchester
359:References
206:Howe truss
1590:Poe Homes
1541:Claremont
1528:Allendale
1472:Jonestown
1457:Greektown
1409:Southeast
1347:Fairfield
1306:Wakefield
1293:Ten Hills
1264:Irvington
1226:Southwest
1084:Otterbein
1064:Koreatown
1054:Chinatown
966:Poppleton
951:Mondawmin
936:Lexington
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860:Northwood
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769:Wyndhurst
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628:Glen Oaks
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522:Levindale
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452:Arlington
444:Northwest
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1399:Westport
1366:Lakeland
1333:Brooklyn
1198:Old Town
1109:Westside
1016:Downtown
1001:Westgate
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971:Rosemont
845:Mayfield
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1486:Linwood
1482:Kresson
1422:Bayview
1279:Pigtown
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