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Baltimore: USS Constellation
The USS Constellation in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. It is the last surviving Civil War era warship, and the last sail-only warship designed by the Navy. The Inner Harbor is a tourist friendly, center of culture in Baltimore. It has been revived since…
Greenbelt: Cars Outgrow Garages
This photograph shows a problem common in many new towns built in the early the twentieth century. As expendable income increased, planned communities modeled on Garden Cities were not able to accomodate either the amount or size of automobiles…
Greenbelt: Houses
Greenbelt is a planned community in Maryland, created as part of the New Deal during the Roosevelt administration. This photograph shows a well cared for home in Greenbelt, which was built as an American Garden City. Garden Cities, the brainchild of…
Greenbelt: Walkway
Greenbelt was built during the Roosevelt Administration at the tail end of the Great Depression. This photograph shows Greenbelt in 1970 and the walkways are deteriorating and walls are covered in graffiti.
Greenbelt was a new town built and…
Baltimore: Row House Architecture
Row houses were popular in urban areas of the East Coast throughout the 19th century. Baltimore’s urban landscape has the best representation of the row house architecture, varying from grand manses to middle-class homes in various architectural…
Baltimore: Mount Vernon Place
The Washington Monument and Museum at Mount Vernon Place, visible beyond busy Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The monument is 178 feet tall and sits atop a hill in the heart of Baltimore. Architect Robert Mills designed the monument. Completed…
Baltimore: Cross Street Market
The Cross St. Market on Charles St. is a one of Baltimore’s six surviving marketplaces. This structure was built in 1952 after a fire destroyed the two story Italian revival building that had stood since the turn of the century. The Cross St. Market…
Baltimore: Cross Street Market Interior
The Cross St. Market is one of Baltimore’s six surviving market places. Located in Federal Hill and close to the Inner Harbor, it is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. The Cross St. Market sells produce, fresh meat and seafood. The…
Baltimore: Cross Street Market Interior
An interior view of the Cross Street Market is located on Federal Hill in Baltimore. This popular market, established in 1846, has gone through a couple incarnations. It’s current structure, completed in 1952, is 30,000-sqaure-feet and hosts about…
Baltimore: National Aquarium, inner Harbor
The National Aquarium in Baltimore photographed in 1985 shows it in it’s original form under the direction of Peter Chermayeff of the Cambridge Seven. Additions to the aquarium were made in 1990 and 2004. The National Aquarium is in Baltimore’s Inner…
Baltimore: USS Constellation, Inner Harbor
An aerial photograph of the USS Constellation shows it in it’s deteriorating condition prior to it’s 1990’s restoration. The 19th century fighting ship was used in military service through World War II before ending up in Baltimore as a relic.
Baltimore: Inner Harbor, Maryland Science Center
This southwest facing aerial view of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor shows it in a transitional stage. The Maryland Science Center is without it’s later added IMAX theater and lobby. The long tan building on Light St. is Christ Church Harbor apartments, an…
Baltimore: Inner Harbor Plaza
The Inner Harbor Plaza is a tourist friendly area in downtown Baltimore that has been described as a model for post-industrial waterfront redevelopment. This 1985 photograph gives an impression of the amount of draw the museums, shopping and…
Baltimore: Row Housing
Row houses were popular in urban areas of the East Coast throughout the 19th century. Baltimore’s urban landscape has the best representation of the row house architecture, varying from grand manses to middle-class homes in various architectural…
Baltimore: Harborplace Mall Light Street Pavilion
This interior photograph shows the Light Street Pavilion at Harborplace Mall. This Inner Harbor mall was opened in 1980 as the centerpiece of the downtown revival. The mall originally consisted of two two-story pavilions, Pratt St. and Light St.…
Baltimore: National Aquarium, Inner Harbor
The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Photographed from a restaurant across the Inner Harbor, this 1985 view of the National Aquarium is before the historic ships, including the USS Torsk were moored as permanent installations. The building…
Baltimore: Row Housing
Row houses were popular in urban areas of the East Coast throughout the 19th century. Baltimore’s urban landscape has the best representation of the row house architecture, varying from grand manses to middle-class homes in various architectural…
Baltimore: Row Housing
An example of row housing in Baltimore, Maryland. While row houses are popular in many cities, Baltimore in particular has them in the thousands in various architectural styles. This 1978 photograph from the Smolski collection shows an unidentified…
Baltimore: Federal Hill, Museum of Science, Inner Harbor
The Maryland Science Center (MSC) was built in the Inner Harbor in 1976, but grew from the Maryland Academy of Sciences formed in 1797. When the MSC opened in June 1976 it had both interactive exhibits and a state of the art planetarium. Since then…
Baltimore: Skyline, Tower Building, City Hall
This view of the Baltimore skyline show’s the city in transition during the revitalization process that began around 1970. The 18 story building in the center of the photograph is the Maryland Casualty Company Tower, known locally as the Tower…
Baltimore: Inner Harbor, Docks
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has become the cultural center of the city since the waterfront revitalization project launched in the 1970’s. This 1978 photograph show’s the docks before they were developed into the National Aquarium and various commercial…
Baltimore: USS Constellation; Old Harry Ship and McCormick Spice Factory
This 1978 photograph shows the USS Constellation at the inner harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. It was moved here in 1968 as part of the city’s revitalization plan. In the 1970’s the Inner Harbor emerged as the cultural center of Baltimore with the USS…
Baltimore: Row Houses
Row houses were popular in urban areas of the East Coast throughout the 19th century. Baltimore’s urban landscape has the best representation of the row house architecture, varying from grand manses to middle-class homes in various architectural…
The Rouse Company - Columbia, Maryland
The Rouse Company, a development firm headed by James Rouse, is responsible for the creation of Columbia, Maryland. The community consists of ten self-contained villages which were established in the late 1960s.
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Lake Kittamaqundi and the “People Tree” Sculpture
The Tree of Life sculpture, commonly referred to as the “People Tree”, is the symbol of Columbia, Maryland. The People Tree is located next to The Rouse Company headquarters (the large building in the background) along the bank of Lake…
The “People Tree” Sculpture
The Tree of Life sculpture, commonly referred to as the “People Tree”, is the symbol of Columbia Maryland. The community consists of ten self-contained villages which were established in the late 1960s by The Rouse Company, a development firm…
Columbia Mall
An interior photograph of the Columbia Mall in Columbia Maryland displays the glass ceiling that creates an atrium effect for shoppers. The globe-shaped lanterns are repeated on the mall’s exterior walks.
The Mall in Columbia is part of a planned…
The Mall in Columbia - Columbia, Maryland
An interior photograph of the Columbia Mall in Columbia Maryland displays the glass ceiling that creates an atrium effect for shoppers. The globe-shaped lanterns are repeated on the mall’s exterior walks.
The Mall in Columbia is part of a planned…
Faulkner Ridge - Columbia, Maryland
Faulkner Ridge is one of the neighborhoods in the Wilde Lake village of Columbia, Maryland. The planned community of Columbia was designed by The Rouse Company in the late 1960s. The community consists of ten self-contained villages which are…
Columbia Mall Aerial
The Mall in Columbia is part of a planned community development in Columbia, Maryland. The community consists of ten self-contained villages which were established in the late 1960s by The Rouse Company, a development firm headed by James Rouse.…