Baltimore was originally settled by the Susquehannock Native Americans. Europeans established Baltimore in 1706 as a tobacco trading port; they established the Town of Baltimore in 1729. Baltimore’s proximity to Washington, D.C. makes it an important city – and made it a target during the War of 1812. The city’s heroic defeat of the British fleet at Ft. McHenry is memorialized in the U.S. national anthem, Francis Scott Key’s “Star-Spangled Banner.”
The galleries in this section were shot in June, 2021, primarily in Baltimore’s Downtown/Inner Harbor district. Baltimore’s nickname is “Charm City,” but to be honest, I didn’t feel charmed. For starters, my wife and I stopped in at the MTA Transit Store on East Baltimore Street and asked for bus route maps: a clerk snapped that they didn’t have any. Then, as we walked out, we discovered a big rack of the maps (that they didn’t have). In a decade of exploring cities on foot, this is the first place where we did not feel safe. Throughout our one-week stay, we saw homeless people cursing, threatening, and even throwing garbage at passers-by.
- Wikipedia: Baltimore, Maryland
- Official Website: baltimorecity.gov
- Tourism Website: Visit Baltimore (Baltimore.org)
- Google Map
- Related: Baltimore City Landmarks
- Related: Baltimore Heritage
- Related: Baltimore National Register Properties
- For Your Bookshelf: A Guide to Baltimore Architecture
Baltimore Photo Galleries
More to come! The table below lists current (↗) and future Baltimore photo galleries.
Number | Street | Name |
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400 | East Fayette Street | Baltimore Fire Department HQ |
401 | East Fayette Street | Zion Church of the City of Baltimore |
601 | East Fayette Street | Baltimore Police HQ, Bishop L. Robinson Sr. Police Administration Building |
100 | East Fort Avenue | Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine |
100 | East Pratt Street | 100 East Pratt Street |
301 | East Pratt Street | Historic Ships in Baltimore |
401 | East Pratt Street | World Trade Center |
500 | East Pratt Street | Lockwood Place |
501 | East Pratt Street | National Aquarium of Baltimore |
701 | East Pratt Street | Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, IMET |
217 | East Redwood Street | Redwood Tower |
711 | Eastern Avenue | Pier Five Hotel |
731 | Eastern Avenue | MECU Pavilion, Pier Six Concert Pavilion, |
100 | Holiday Street | Baltimore City Hall |
31 | Hopkins Plaza | George H Fallon Federal Building |
10 | Light Street | 10 Light Street, Bank of America Building, Baltimore Trust Company Building |
100 | Light Street | Transamerica Tower, USF&G Building, Legg Mason Building |
414 | Light Street | 414 Light Street |
550 | Light Street | Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore |
1 | North Charles Street | Blaustein Building |
2 | North Charles Street | Hotel Monaco, B&O Building |
101 | North Gay Street | Baltimore War Memorial |
Pier 4 | Pratt Street Power Plant, United Railways & Electric Company Power Plant | |
11 | South Charles Street | Hansa House, Hansa Haus |
36 | South Charles Street | Charles Center South |
21 | South Eutaw Street | Bromo Seltzer Tower, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower |
103 | South Gay Street | Appraisers' Building |
22 | South Greene Street | University of Maryland Medical Center, Homer Gudelsky Building |
36 | South Paca Street | Rosenfeld Building, Inner Harbor Lofts Apartments |
250 | South President Street | Scarlett Place Residential Condominiums |
1 | South Street | One South Street, Commerce Place, Alex Brown Building, Alexander Brown & Sons Building |
201 | West Baltimore Street | Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore Arena |
301 | West Camden Street | Camden Station |
300 | West Lombard Street | Camden Court Apartments |