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In its early years, Baltimore city government met in a series of buildings that it purchased or leased, including the Maryland Insurance Company building on South Street from 1801 to approximately 1812; the Baltimore Dancing Assembly Rooms at the northeast corner of Holliday and East Streets (later Fayette Street) from 1818 to 1823; the Baltimore Exchange Company from 1823 to 1830; and Peale's ...
Harford Road north to Limit Avenue at city line (continues south as St. Lo Drive; continues north as Sherwood Road) Ramblewood Wilson Park Pen Lucy: Baltimore City College: Planned as a road through a park when constructed. [1] Carries MD 542 from south end to Loch Raven Boulevard. Served by bus routes 3 and 36. Aliceanna Street
Baltimore Street is the north-south dividing line for the U.S. Postal Service. [1] It is not uncommon for locals to divide the city simply by East or West Baltimore, using Charles Street or I-83 as a dividing line. [citation needed] The following is a list of major neighborhoods in Baltimore, organized by broad geographical location in the city:
The Business and Government Historic District is a historic district in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, United States, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] The district comprises the center of Baltimore's municipal government and the eastern portion of Baltimore's commercial district.
Baltimore City Hall, the first Baltimore City Landmark. Baltimore City Landmark is a historic property designation made by the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Nominations are reviewed by the city's Commission for Historical & Architectural Preservation (CHAP) and planning board, and are passed by Baltimore City Council. The landmarks program was ...
Howard Street is a major north–south street through the central part of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. About 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) long, the street begins at the north end of I-395 near Oriole Park at Camden Yards and ends near Johns Hopkins University , where it splits.
After New York City, Baltimore was the second city in the United States to reach a population of 100,000. [171] [172] From the 1820 to 1850 U.S. censuses, Baltimore was the second most-populous city, [172] [173] before being surpassed by Philadelphia and the then-independent Brooklyn in 1860, and then being surpassed by St. Louis and Chicago in ...
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