Baltimore's Inner Harbor: From an Industrial Waterfront to Haborplace and More
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In 1985, WJZ-TV local news cameras captured the view of the Inner Harbor from above as they documented the quickly changing landscape from the back seat of a helicopter. An aerial vantage point was nearly a necessity to take in the wide range of recently completed development projects and recently announced new building sites. In 1984, developers and city officials had announced twenty projects to build new buildings or reuse existing buildings around Charles Center and the Inner Harbor.
That same year, Charles Center and the Inner Harbor won an "Honor Award" from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recognizing the conversion of the former industrial landscape into a destination for tourists and locals as "one of the supreme achievements of large-scale urban design and development in U.S. history."
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Harborplace and the Inner Harbor plaza
View of Harborplace near the U.S.S. Constellation. | Source: Rhode Island College, James P. Adams Library Digital Commons | Date: 1985 May
Inner Harbor
View of the National Aquarium from the west side of the Inner Harbor. | Source: Rhode Island College, James P. Adams Library Digital Commons | Date: 1985 May
Baltimore Harbor
Source: Library of Congress | Date: 2008 August 16
Inner Harbor
Night time view of the Inner Harbor showing the World Trade Center and the Harborplace pavilions. | Source: Library of Congress | Date: c. 1980-1990
1914 map of the Baltimore Harbor
A map of the harbor drawn by an engineer for the Harbor Board of Baltimore. | Source: Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries | Date: 1909-1914
Baltimore harbor from Federal Hill
Source: Library of Congress | Date: c. 1905
View from Pier 6, Inner Harbor
View west from Pier 6 showing the east side of Pier 5 at the Inner Harbor. | Source: Library of Congress | Date: 1992
Oyster luggers in the habor
Source: Library of Congress | Date: c. 1905
Pier 5, Inner Harbor
View of surface parking lot south from the head of Pier 5 near E. Pratt Street between Market Place and Concord Street. | Source: Library of Congress | Date: 1992
National Aquarium
Source: Baltimore Heritage | Date: 2012
Baltimore Harbor
Source: Baltimore Heritage | Date: 2012
Inner Harbor from Federal Hill
Source: Baltimore Heritage | Date: 2012
Harborplace
Source: Baltimore Heritage | Date: 2012
Inner Harbor Scenes
View of people gathered around the Inner Harbor, Harborplace, and other nearby buildings. Background music is Heliotrope (Aeronaut) by Blue Dot Sessions (CC BY-NC). | Source: Mid-Atlantic Regional Moving Image Archive (MARMIA) | Date: c. 1985