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In 2011, ArtsBoston received a $70,000 grant by the Massachusetts Cultural Council Adams Arts Program. [1]In July 2022, ArtsBoston launched ArtsFinder, featuring short cultural histories of neighborhoods in New England, public art and links to museums, theaters, concert halls and other venues where music, dance, theater and other performances happen.
"The 13-story office building, built in 1906, served as headquarters for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for 75 years. The building's beauty and elegance of its marbled lobbies, ornate stairs and Tiffany stained-glass windows became an instant landmark in downtown Baltimore and it symbolized the power and prestige of America's largest and oldest ...
Chapter 123 of the 1826 Session Laws of Maryland, passed February 28, 1827, and the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 8, 1827, chartered the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, with the task of building a railroad from the port of Baltimore west to a suitable point on the Ohio River.
The inaugural horse-drawn B&O train traveled the 13 miles (21 km) of the newly completed track from Mount Clare to Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott City, Maryland), on May 22, 1830, the first regular railroad passenger service in the U.S. [6] The existing Mount Clare station brick structure was constructed in 1851. [6]
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 was originally called New Market, and under the latter name was laid out in 1824. [5] A post office called Baltimore has been in operation since 1829. [6] Baltimore became a qualified Tree City USA as recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation in 2011. [7]
The Boch Center (formerly Citi Performing Arts Center and Wang Center for the Performing Arts) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit performing arts organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. It manages the historic Wang and Shubert theatres on Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District , where it offers theatre, opera, classical and popular music ...
The Hippodrome was renovated in 2004 for use as a performing arts theater, and is part of the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. [ 3 ] The site had previously been occupied by the five story House Hotel, built in 1835 and destroyed by fire on May 25, 1912. [ 4 ]