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PROPERTYP2rinted in China OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS3 altimore is a city that never ceases to unrest of 2015. Take a walk anywhere in the B surprise — whether you live here your city and learn about all of these and more. PROPERTYwhole life or visit for a dayOF — and TWINit’s a strik- LIGHTSWhatever your passion, PUBLISHERS there’s a museum for PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS ingly beautiful place from the soaring dome you in Baltimore. You’ll find arms and armor of City Hall to the panoramas of the Inner at the Walters Art Museum, the largest col- Harbor at twilight. It’s a city full of history lection of Matisse in the world at the Balti- and culture, quirky and idiosyncratic with its more Museum of Art, the largest collection of own one-of-a-kind personality. It’s a city of Tiffany glass at Evergreen House. The B&O innovation — the birthplace of the national Railroad Museum has an unparalleled collec- anthem, the railroad, and Babe Ruth — and tion of trains displayed in the actual Round- it celebrates those achievements with monu- house of America’s first railroad.T here are ments and museums that bring the city’s story museums of ships, submarines, streetcars, and PROPERTYto life. OF TWIN LIGHTSfiretrucks.E ven museums PUBLISHERS dedicated to comics PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Baltimore celebrates American independence and lacrosse. with the Washington Monument in awe- Once the second largest port of entry in the inspiring Mount Vernon Place, a majestic trib- nation, Baltimore is truly a city of immigrants ute to the United States’ first president which with strong ethnic communities maintaining Baltimoreans love to point out was the first in their traditions today. The Jewish Museum of the country. The War of 1812 and the Battle Maryland invites you to explore historic syna- of Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814 were gogues and learn about Jewish culture, around pivotal moments in American history that still the corner from the famous delis on Lombard loom large in the city’s psyche. Street. You are in the home of Irish immigrants PROPERTYAt Fort McHenry you OFcan look outTWIN to the LIGHTSwho moved here to escape PUBLISHERS the Great Famine PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS harbor where British war ships bombed the at the Irish Workers Museum. There are fort and fought through the night and Francis golden onion domes of Ukrainian and Polish Scott Key, imprisoned on a Royal Navy ship, churches, neighborhoods full of ethnic flair watched for “the Star Spangled Banner” at like Little Italy and Greektown, and neigh- dawn. You can visit the tiny house where Mary borhoods like Hampden with its very own Pickersgill stitched that enormous battle flag “Bawlmer” flair. and imagine the relief of the city as you walk Baltimore does indeed surprise, as visitors the Belgian block streets of Fells Point. remark who come here knowing only the PROPERTYOther key moments in OF Baltimore TWIN history LIGHTSOrioles, the Ravens, and PUBLISHERS “The Wire.” It’s an all- PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS include the Civil War, the Baltimore Fire of American city, a creative, sometimes crazy place, 1904, the Civil Rights Movement, and the and a marvelous place to visit or call home.

PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSBaltimore PUBLISHERS City Hall (opposite and pages 6–7) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Baltimore’s mayor and City Council have conducted business from this magnificent Baroque Revival building since 1875. Designed by then 22-year-old George A. Frederick, with an iron dome by famed railway-bridge engineer Wendel Bollman, City Hall has seen it all, from peaceful moments to public protests.

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PROPERTYMount Vernon Place (above) OFLafayette TWIN Monument LIGHTS (opposite) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS The Washington Monument rises behind The dashing Marquis de Lafayette sits this beautiful square in Mount Vernon astride his prancing horse in this bronze Place, named for George and Martha by Andrew O’Connor. Installed in front Washington’s home in Virginia. Sur- of the Washington Monument in 1924, rounded by lush trees, water splashes into the statue honors the French hero of the pool from Grace Turnbull’s Naiad. the American Revolution for coming to This 1932 fountain by the Baltimore art- America’s aid in 1777 and US support of ist was added in 1962. France in 1917.

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PROPERTYMount Vernon Place OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS MountPUBLISHERS Vernon Place The Stafford Hotel was the height of A pink and white palette dominates this elegance when it opened in 1894 and square designed by Carrère and Hastings you can still see the hotel’s name painted in the 1920s, resplendent with flowering on the building, which now houses trees and marble balustrades, before the apartments. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Katha- Washington Monument. At center is one rine Hepburn, and Rosa Ponselle were all of Baltimore’s most beloved statues, Sea regular guests of the Stafford Hotel. Urchin by Edward Berge, depicting an exuberant nymph atop a sea urchin.

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PROPERTYWar Memorial OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS WashingtonPUBLISHERS Monument This massive Neo Classical building, Baltimoreans have always been proud flanked by huge, limestone sea horses, that theirs was the first monument to was built in the 1920s to commemorate honor George Washington. Designed by Maryland soldiers who died in World Robert Mills, its cornerstone was laid on War I. Today, it honors all Marylanders July 4, 1815. Mills later designed the US who died in the course of duty in the Capitol. The monument is surrounded twentieth century. by glamorous Mount Vernon Place, including the Peabody Institute.

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PROPERTYBust of George Washington (above)OF TWINWashington Monument LIGHTS (opposite) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This bust of George Washington greets Visitors love to climb to the lookout of visitors as they enter the base of the Washington Monument, which offers Washington Monument to climb up panoramic views of the city in all direc- the interior. The monument’s board tions. The trip to the top is not for claus- described it as a “Colossal Bust” when trophobics or those who fear heights. they bought it in 1834. Copied after It’s 227 steps to climb up the cramped the original by Italian sculptor Giuseppe spiral staircase, about 145 feet from the Ceracchi, the bust weighs 1,000 pounds. ground.

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Bolton Hill (above and right) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYBolton Hill is an elegant neighborhood OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS of gracious homes, tree-lined boulevards and parks, featuring historic monuments, including this one of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” offering his anthem to the brilliant Columbia. The stylish nineteenth-century Beethoven Apartments add contrast to the area’s neighborhood’s row houses.

PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYNational Katyn Memorial (opposite) OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS The gold leaf glows on this sculpture by Andrew Pitynski in the heart of trendy Harbor East. Look closer and you will find figures representing the Polish victims massacred by the Soviets in the Katyn Forest in 1940 and other Polish heroes, a tribute to Baltimore’s strong Polish population.

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PROPERTYCanton Waterfront OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS BelviderePUBLISHERS Terrace The onion domes of St. Michael the Magnificent “Queen Anne” townhouses Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church line both sides of the 1000 block of add an Old World flair to the skyline Calvert Street. Built in the 1880s, the 22 over Canton. Founder John O’Donnell houses here were designed by architects moved here in 1785 and made his for- Wyatt & Sperry with an assortment of tune trading with China. Named for its facades but similar interior layouts. After sister port in China, Canton remains a years as apartments, many are being hot spot for boaters. restored as single-family homes.

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PROPERTYBrewers Hill (top) OFThe TWIN Natty Boh Tower LIGHTS (bottom) Bromo-SeltzerPUBLISHERS Tower (opposite) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS From the 1880s to the 1970s, the National Bohemian Beer or “Natty Boh” Head-ache remedy inventor Isaac Emer- National Brewing Co. and Gunther has been a Baltimore favorite since the son was also a master advertiser. In 1911 Brewery did, indeed, brew beer in these National Brewing Co. began making he built this tower with an enormous enormous red-brick breweries on the it in 1885 and its mascot “Mr. Boh” is Bromo-Seltzer clock face. Styled after the Hill. Today, they are home to tech firms, a Baltimore icon. Mr. Boh winks here Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, the tower shops and apartments, overlooking above Brewers Hill, which has also originally featured a 51-foot cobalt blue Canton Waterfront Park and Tindeco adopted the National Bohemian slogan Bromo-Seltzer bottle. It was Baltimore’s Marina. “the Land of Pleasant Living.” tallest building until 1923.

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PROPERTYFort McHenry OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS FortPUBLISHERS McHenry This roll-on-roll-off car transport looms The waters by Fort McHenry are a great large in front of Fort McHenry, much place to sail and races like this thrill from as the British fleet must have looked to spring to fall. Part of the National Park the Americans defending Baltimore on Service today, Fort McHenry has served September 13, 1814, during the War many roles over its history from Civil of 1812. While imprisoned on a British War prison for Southern sympathizers to war ship in the harbor, Francis Scott Key a military hospital in World War I. composed The Star-Spangled Banner.

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PROPERTYFort Carroll OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Robert E. Lee was an engineer in the U.S. Army when he designed Fort Carroll to protect Baltimore in 1847. Fortunately for the city, the fort never saw battle and the Army abandoned it in 1921. Developers have longed to build a casino here but for now birds rule.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Harborplace (top) Mention Baltimore and most people think of Harborplace, as painted here by local artist Crystal Moll. Opened in 1980 and developed by the Rouse Com- pany, Harborplace was the centerpiece of Mayor William Donald Schaefer’s revital- ization of Baltimore. Eighteen million PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSvisitors came the very PUBLISHERS first year. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Pierce’s Park (left) Sculptures and native plants beckon you to touch and play and experience all sorts of wonderful art and nature in this com- pact park on Pier Five. Built in 2012, in memory of businessman Pierce Flanigan III, the park is a favorite Inner Harbor spot for families.

PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS10 Light Street (opposite) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This 34-story art deco skyscraper was the tallest building in Maryland when it was built for the Baltimore Trust Company in 1929. Most recently known as the Bank of America Building, 10 Light Street is now the address for more than 400 modern apartments and an enormous gym.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF WorldTWIN Trade Center LIGHTS (opposite) ChristopherPUBLISHERS Columbus Statue (above) The World Trade Center is the tallest With Italian flags waving, the Italian regular pentagonal building in the world, explorer who “discovered America” dwarfing surrounding structures and the gazes east to neighboring Little Italy and colorful “Chessie” paddle boats below. beyond. President Ronald Reagan and Designed by world-renowned architect Mayor William Donald Schaefer dedi- I.M. Pei, this landmark was completed in cated this monument in 1984, a tribute 1977. The 27th-floor Observation Level to both Columbus and Baltimore’s proud offers spectacular city views. Italian-American community.

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PROPERTYMeyerhoff Symphony Hall (top) OFChesapeake TWIN Shakespeare LIGHTS (bottom) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS MarylandPUBLISHERS Institute College of Art Home to the Baltimore Symphony A Midsummer’s Night Dream is on stage “MICA” has been educating artists in Orchestra since 1982, the Meyerhoff at Chesapeake Shakespeare’s own version Baltimore since 1826 and the striking is acclaimed for its stellar acoustics and of the Globe Theater. Founded in 2002, Brown Center, seen here aglow, thrust seats over 2,400. The hall is named Chesapeake Shakespeare moved to the the institute into the digital age when it for Joseph Meyerhoff, president of the Mercantile Trust Building in 2014 after opened in 2004. This was the first new “BSO” from 1965 to 1983 and a driving it transformed the huge lobby into its addition to the campus in over 100 years, force in creating this world-class hall for authentic Shakespearean theater to stage designed by Ziger/Snead and Charles the world-class Baltimore Symphony. the playwright’s great works. Brickbauer.

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PROPERTYMaryland Science Center OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS MarylandPUBLISHERS Science Center Full-size replicas of dinosaur skeletons Prominently situated at the south-west roam in this massive hall of the Mary- corner of the Inner Harbor, the Mary- land Science Center, delighting aspiring land Science Center has been inspiring paleontologists and their parents with visitors to explore science since 1976. exhibits that are designed to be touched Dinosaurs rule in the wing to the right. and experienced. You can dig for fossils There’s an IMAX theater and planetar- and stand in a dinosaur’s footprint. The ium plus scientific experiments per- goal is to make science fun. formed on this waterfront plaza.

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PROPERTYWalters Art Museum (top and bottom) OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYWalters Art Museum (above OF and right) TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This “Chamber of Wonders” takes you Henry Walters built this stunning, two- back in time to the home of a seven- tiered courtyard to display his collec- teenth-century Dutch collector, with tion of classical sculptures. In 1909, he art and artifacts from around the world, opened its doors for the public to enjoy displayed from floor to ceiling.T he Wal- the marvelous works of art he and his ters also boasts a remarkable collection father William Walters had collected. of arms and armor from Europe, Turkey, Today, the Walters is regarded as one the and Japan. world’s great museums.

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PROPERTYBaltimore Museum of Art (top and bottom) OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS BaltimorePUBLISHERS Museum of Art Founded in 1914, the Baltimore This light-filled gallery is a wonderful Museum of Art moved to this mag- place to contemplate The Thinker by nificent building, adjoining the Johns Auguste Rodin. One of only 21 autho- Hopkins campus, in 1929. Designed by rized casts of this size and given to the John Russell Pope after a Roman temple, museum in 1930, The Thinker originally the “BMA” as it’s known today, features sat outside the museum’s entrance. It was over 95,000 works of art and the largest relocated here in 1971. collection of Matisse in the world.

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PROPERTYAmerican Visionary Art Museum OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS AmericanPUBLISHERS Visionary Art Museum (top and bottom) At-risk youth created this mosaic of This unique museum has been dazzling mirrors, pottery, glass, and cobalt-blue visitors inside and out since it moved to bottoms of Noxzema bottles. Parked Key Highway in Federal Hill in 1995. below is everyone’s favorite bus, Gallery- Founded by visionary Rebecca Hoff- A-Go-Go by Nancy Josephson. Vollis berger, it celebrates self-taught artists, Simpson’s Giant Whirligig spins nearby such as Mr. Imagination’s Throne, hold- in all different directions, depending on ing court in this imaginative exhibit. which way the wind is blowing.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Edgar Allen Poe Statue (above) This bronze of the great American writer by Sir Moses Ezekiel is a favorite sculpture in the plaza of the University of Bal- timore School of Law. Early in his career, Poe lived in Baltimore and his father’s family came from here. Baltimoreans have long claimed him for their own.

PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSEdgar Allen Poe Memorial PUBLISHERS and PROPERTYBaltimore Streetcar Museum OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Gravesite (left) (above and right) In 1849, at the age of 40, Edgar Allan You can touch, sit in, and even ride Poe died in Baltimore under circum- streetcars like these at this gem of a stances that remain a mystery today. His museum. Streetcars ruled in Baltimore body was moved to a gravesite beside this from the 1880s to the end of World War memorial in 1875, paid for by a fund II and the fleet here represents many raised by Poe fans. Internationally, this is different technologies, including the car one of Baltimore’s most well-known sites. that made the very last run in 1963.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSB&O PUBLISHERS Railroad Museum (above) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This B&O locomotive is decorated with black bunting, flags, swags, and a portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, replicat- ing the trains that transported Lincoln’s body from Washington, D.C. to Spring- field,I llinois after his assassination in 1865. The museum’s collection includes many trains from the Civil War.

PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSIrish PUBLISHERS Railroad Workers Museum (left) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS B&OPUBLISHERS Railroad Museum Irish immigrants lived in these row This is the actual Roundhouse for the houses and worked at the B&O Railroad Baltimore & Ohio Railroad where facilities next door. This museum at 918 mechanics would work on passenger cars, and 920 Lemmon Street explores their and the sixty-foot turntable still works experience in the late 1840s as they fled today. Baltimore and the B&O take Ireland’s Great Famine. There’s a great pride in being “the birthplace of Ameri- Irish Heritage Walk in the neighborhood can railroading.” Today, this is one of the to stroll, as well. greatest train collections in the world.

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Baltimore Museum of Industry (above and left) The “BMI” celebrates Baltimore inven- PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS tionsPUBLISHERS and innovations with exhibits PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS such as this one of Dr. George Bunting’s Pharmacy and soda fountain, where Dr. Bunting began selling his revolution- ary Noxzema skin cream in 1914. Dr. Bunting’s company became cosmetics powerhouse Noxell Corp., now part of Procter & Gamble Co. Baltimore Museum of Industry PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS (opposite,PUBLISHERS top and bottom) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Created from found industrial objects, David Hess’s bold sculpture Work- ing Point, pays homage to Baltimore’s manufacturing heritage, commanding the center of the BMI’s brick terrace, overlooking the waterfront just beyond. The museum was originally the site of the old Platt Oyster Cannery.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS USS Constellation (above and left) Here, on the gun deck of the USS Con- stellation, you can imagine the roar of the cannons and smell of gunpowder, as you touch and feel the guns and ropes of this historic 1854 vessel. The captain and his officers took their meals in this elegant dining room or “mess.”

PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS LadyPUBLISHERS Maryland (opposite) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Painted in traditional pink and green, the Lady Maryland is hauled on a marine railway at Frederick Douglass-Isaac Meyers Maritime Park. A replica of a Chesapeake Bay “pungy” schooner from the 1800s, she sails as part of the Living Classroom’s fleet, the only pungy in the world today.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYPride of Baltimore II (opposite) OF USSTWIN Constellation LIGHTS(top) SailPUBLISHERS Baltimore (bottom) This replica of a Baltimore clipper serves A water taxi cuts past the bow of the The British Royal Navy’s HMS Argyll as an ambassador for Baltimore, Mary- USS Constellation in the heart of the looms over a water taxi as it pulls into land, and the United States as she sails Inner Harbor. The 1854 sloop of war Fells Point during the celebration of the around the world. From the Revolu- adds historic flair to Harborplace and two-hundredth anniversary of the War of tionary War through the War of 1812, the waterfront, a majestic reminder of 1812. Since Operation Sail in 1975, Bal- clippers were a favorite of privateers and Baltimore’s maritime past and a great timore has been a regular port of call for merchants for their speed and prowess in place to learn about American history tall ships and international navy vessels. battle and trade. and the sea.

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PROPERTYUSS Torsk (above) OFUSCGC TWIN Taney (opposite LIGHTS top) LightshipPUBLISHERS Chesapeake (opposite bottom) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This is the aft torpedo room of the USS US Coast Guard Cutter Taney is the last With her name emblazoned boldly in Torsk, the submarine which sank the ship still afloat to witness the Japanese white on her red hull, Chesapeake is very last enemy ship destroyed by the US attack at Pearl Harbor. Now docked at docked on Pier Three before one of the Navy in World War II. Today, the Torsk Pier Five as part of Historic Ships in Bal- glass pyramids of the National Aquar- is open for visitors as part of Historic timore, there’s a ceremony on the Taney ium. Commissioned in 1930, she served Ships in Baltimore. You can even spend to commemorate Pearl Harbor each year in the US Coast Guard and moved to the night aboard the Torsk. on December 7. Baltimore in 1982. She’s a favorite of live television broadcasts.

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PROPERTYHanover Street Bridge OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF SSTWIN John W. Brown LIGHTS(top) BaltimorePUBLISHERS Harbor (bottom) It’s peaceful on the Middle Branch of Of the 2,710 Liberty ships built in College sailing teams compete on Inter- the Patapsco River as the morning sun World War II, the John W. Brown is one national 420 sailboats in the Baltimore strikes the Hanover Street Bridge, with of only two surviving today. Built in Harbor here, with a cargo ship offload- the city in the distance. This beautiful Baltimore in 1942, she is still operational ing in the background. Sailing in small Beaux-Arts bridge was built in 1916 and and often sails out to the Chesapeake craft here is definitely not for the faint features a drawbridge span in the center. Bay to reenact battles with a German of heart. You’re dodging tankers, pilot It connects South Baltimore to Cherry Messerschmitt or a Japanese Zero. boats, motor boats, and regattas. Hill and Brooklyn.

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PROPERTYBaltimore Harbor (top and bottom) OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF SevenTWIN Foot Knoll LighthouseLIGHTS (above) SkylinePUBLISHERS (pages 56–57) The water can be choppy and the winds Perched on Pier Five in the Inner Har- Dusk in Baltimore is magical as the city fluky, particularly around the Domino bor, this bright red screw-pile lighthouse lights reflect off the water and the sun Sugar plant, seen here at sunset. Domino was built in 1855 to mark the shoals at fades to the west. This is a great time for has been refining sugar in Baltimore for Seven Foot Knoll on the Patapsco River. a water taxi ride, an evening cruise, or over ninety years and the enormous neon The lighthouse was home to the light- a stroll around the promenade that sur- “Domino Sugars” sign is a Baltimore keeper and his family. You can explore rounds Harborplace to take in the view. icon. You can smell the sugar when it’s their living and working quarters today. being processed.

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PROPERTYPort Discovery OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS APUBLISHERS Blend of Past and Present Families flock to this enormous children’s There’s a juxtaposition of old and new at museum in what was once Baltimore’s this park honoring Frederick Douglass, Fish Market. Today’s 80,000 square-foot Isaac Meyers, and African-American building was built after the Great Fire maritime history. The Living Classrooms of 1904 and includes three floors of has its headquarters and a restaurant in exhibit space where children climb, play the modern building. The historic ware- and learn — and adults are welcome to house has been restored with a boat shop explore, too. that uses the maritime railroad.

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PROPERTYFire Museum of Maryland OF(top and TWINBaltimore Fire LIGHTS Museum (opposite) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS bottom) Engine House No. 6 is unique with its With more than 40 vehicles in pristine six-story, 103-foot, bell-and-clock tower. condition, including this 1878 hand- Built in 1853 from cast iron, it was cop- drawn steamer and this 1926 pumper, ied from Giotto’s Campanile in Florence. the Fire Museum of Maryland tells the Firemen from Number Six fought the history of fire fighting in America. Just Great Fire of 1904 and the station served north of the city in Lutherville, you will as an emergency hospital during the fire. also find a great research center there, too.

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Reginald F. Lewis Museum Reginald F. Lewis Museum (above and right) (above and left) Exhibits explore slavery, segregation and PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS DedicatedPUBLISHERS to “Maryland African-Amer- PROPERTYdiscrimination, as well as contributions OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS ican History and Culture,” this 82,000 of African-Americans to every facet square-foot museum opened in 2005, of life in Maryland from the colony’s providing excellent space for exhibits, founding to present day. The museum events, and education. The museum also celebrates African-American heroes is named for benefactor Reginald F. such as statesman and civil rights activist Lewis, a Baltimore native and the first Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, African-American CEO of a Fortune who were instrumental in the Under- 500 company. ground Railroad.

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PROPERTYThe National Great Blacks in Wax OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS CivilPUBLISHERS War Museum (top and bottom) Museum (top and bottom) These exhibits tell the story of events Life-size wax figures of Reverend Martin that took place at President Street Sta- Luther King, Jr. and his Civil Rights tion: the Baltimore Riot of 1861. As Movement colleagues, along with scenes Union troops marched from President from Colonial America, make history Street Station to Camden Station, Abra- come to life. This is the only wax museum ham Lincoln traveled a “secret passage” in Baltimore and the first African-Ameri- through Baltimore to avoid assassination can wax museum in the nation. en route to his inauguration in 1861.

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PROPERTYMaryland Historical Society OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYThe Star-Spangled Banner FlagOF House TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS (top and bottom) (above and right) Since 1844, the society has been Here in this small 1793 home, Mary preserving and exhibiting treasures Pickersgill sewed the enormous flag that related to Maryland’s history, including flew over Fort McHenry during the 1814 clothing, furniture, and natural artifacts. Battle of Baltimore and inspired Francis The collection includes Francis Scott Scott Key to write The Star-Spangled Ban- Key’s original manuscript of The Star- ner. Visit her home and the new museum Spangled Banner. about the flag and life in the 1800s.

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PROPERTYHolocaust Memorial (top) OFJewish TWIN Museum of MarylandLIGHTS (bottom) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS JewishPUBLISHERS Museum of Maryland Monolithic concrete slabs and railroad In 1960, Baltimore’s Jewish community (top and bottom) tracks call to mind the trains the Nazis founded the Jewish Museum to preserve The Jewish Museum of Maryland spe- used to transport their victims to the the historic synagogues in this neighbor- cializes in exhibits about life on nearby death camps in this moving memorial to hood, the center of Jewish immigrant life Lombard Street, over the course of the the Jews and others exterminated during in the early 1900s. The Jewish Museum twentieth-century. These exhibits feature World War II. Joseph Sheppard’s chilling focuses on the Jewish experience in every-day objects and every-day people, bronze of a flame of death was added in Maryland and produces meaningful and including discussion of food, providing a 1988. thoughtful exhibits and events. real flavor of the times and culture.

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PROPERTYGeorge Peabody Library (above and opposite)OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Architect Edmund G. Lind designed this breathtaking library with five tiers of orna- mental cast-iron balconies to hold 300,000 books and provide plenty of natural light. Plus it was fire proof and climate con- trolled. Opened in 1878, the library was part of the Peabody Institute, founded by philanthropist George Peabody.

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PROPERTYSavings Bank of Baltimore OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS ThurgoodPUBLISHERS Marshall Statue The Great Baltimore Fire razed most of This larger-than-life bronze of the first the city in 1904 and the Savings Bank African-American Supreme Court justice of Baltimore moved its headquarters to stands outside the Federal Courthouse this enormous “Temple of Thrift” at the on Lombard Street. A Baltimore native, corner of South Charles and Baltimore Thurgood Marshall served on the in 1907. Clad in white marble with Ionic Supreme Court from 1967 to 1991. This columns, this Beaux-Arts masterpiece is eight-foot seven-inch statue by Reuben now offices. Kramer was unveiled in 1980.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSFells Point (above PUBLISHERS and right) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS Fell’sPUBLISHERS Point (top and bottom) These brick row houses along the Eighteenth-century row houses and waterfront on Thames Street have been converted warehouses add to Fell’s Point’s pubs, shops, and hotels since the 1770s. charm, perhaps best appreciated by boat. The Horse You Came In On Saloon calls Founded by William Fell in 1730, Fell’s itself “the oldest continually operating Point was the original deep-water harbor saloon in America.” Edgar Allan Poe for Baltimore and a center for ship build- reported to have frequented this spot. ing and trade. The waterfront remains a popular attraction today.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF BillieTWIN Holiday Statue LIGHTS (opposite) FrankPUBLISHERS Zappa Bust (above) In a strapless gown with her signature This music iconoclast was born in Balti- gardenias, “Lady Day” sings the blues in more in 1940 and his bust by Lithuanian this elegant statue by James Earl Reid. sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas was a Billie Holiday grew up here and per- gift to Zappa’s hometown from ardent formed in clubs on Pennsylvania Avenue. fans in Vilnius, where a larger version is Her obituary claimed Baltimore as her now a major tourist attraction. The bust birthplace but Holiday was actually born is displayed on a twelve-foot column in in Philadelphia in 1915. Highlandtown.

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PROPERTYCenter Stage (above) OFHippodrome TWIN Theatre LIGHTS (opposite) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Founded in 1963, Center Stage moved This jewel of a theatre was restored to its to North Calvert Street after a fire in former glory in 2004 and is part of the 1974. Previously home to Loyola College France-Merrick Performing Arts Center. and High School, elements of the build- Designed by Thomas Lamb, the Hippo- ing’s Jesuit roots remain, including the drome was both a vaudeville house and painted stained glass in the Nancy Roche movie theater when it opened in 1914. Chapel Bar. Center Stage’s productions Today, it’s the place to see Broadway are nationally acclaimed. shows.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSThe Senator Theatre (abovePUBLISHERS and left) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS EverymanPUBLISHERS Theatre This art deco movie theatre on York Founded in 1990, Everyman Theatre Road in Towson gleams once again after moved into its new home in 2013. Built extensive renovations restored it to its in 1910, it was originally a vaudeville former glory, inside and out. The Senator house called “The Empire” and architects wowed movie patrons with its circular were delighted to uncover the “E” on the lobby when it opened in 1939 and does pediment peak during restoration. Its so again today, now featuring three previous incarnations were as a parking screens. garage and movie theater.

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PROPERTYPower Plant Live (above) OFPower TWIN Plant (opposite) LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This downtown entertainment mecca Neon lights reflect into the Jones Falls bustles with restaurants, music venues, from the former Pratt Street Power and outside seating that’s enjoyed year Plant which generated electricity for round. This area used to be Baltimore’s Baltimore’s streetcars in the early 1900s. wholesale food district and the old fish Today, it’s an enormous Barnes & Noble market is now Port Discovery Children’s bookshop flanked by restaurants floating Museum. The enormous fountain was a on barges. The guitar strings actually gift to the city in 1907. move on the Hard Rock Café sign.

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PROPERTYPier Six Pavilion (top) OFThe TWIN Charles Theatre LIGHTS (bottom) PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS Hampden’sPUBLISHERS Thirty-Fourth Street Since it opened in 1981, audiences have Brilliant marquees and a blue neon sign Christmas in Hampden is its own little flocked to this open-air music venue for welcome moviegoers to “the Charles” on miracle as neighbors in this kitsch com- live concerts that feature a wide variety of a warm summer night. Baltimore’s oldest munity vie with each other for the gaudi- music, from rock to jazz. Pier Six is also movie theater opened in 1939. The red est, most outrageous, most over-the-top a popular spot for picnicking, offering a brick, Beaux-Arts Building was designed decorations on their homes. A holiday great view of the water. in 1892 by Jackson Gott as a streetcar tradition since 1947, a visit to Hampden barn and power plant. Today, it’s a five- is a must at Christmas. screen theater.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS CharlesPUBLISHERS Village (above and opposite) From 1998 to 2003, the owners of these Victorian row houses competed for cash prizes to see who could paint their houses in the boldest, most exciting ways. Known as “the Painted Ladies,” the brilliant color schemes continue today and are credited with revitalizing this neighborhood near Johns Hopkins.

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PROPERTYPhoenix Shot Tower OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYMale/Female (top) OF PennTWIN Station (bottom) LIGHTS PanoramaPUBLISHERS (pages 92–93) Soaring 235 feet, the Phoenix Shot Jonathan Borofsky’s Male/Female has An aerial view provides a unique perspec- Facing north, Baltimore’s waterfront Tower was the tallest structure in the dominated the plaza in front of Balti- tive of Penn Station and Male/Female. glows at dusk with Piers Three through United States from 1828 to 1846. Work- more’s Penn Station since 2004. Still Designed by Kenneth MacKenzie Mur- Six punctuating the water and reflections ers produced gunshot here by dropping controversial, this 51-foot-tall sculpture chison for the Pennsylvania Railroad, it from the National Aquarium and Pier molten lead through a sieve at the top is made of intersecting aluminum male was the height of elegance and technol- Six Pavilion. To the east are the office of the tower into a vat of water below. and female silhouettes sharing a neon ogy when it opened in 1911. Among towers and residences of thriving Harbor Centrifugal force took care of the rest. heart. It’s a stark contrast to the Beaux- Amtrak’s busiest stations, it underwent East. To the west is the glowing prom- Arts train station and period street lamps. major renovations in the 1980s. enade of the Ritz-Carlton Residences.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF BaltimoreTWIN City College LIGHTS (opposite) JohnsPUBLISHERS Hopkins Hospital (above) This Gothic-style building with a Perched high on a hill, Johns Hopkins 151-foot-tall tower, complete with tur- Hospital opened in this Queen Anne- rets and gargoyles, has been home to style building in 1889 and its dome is a Baltimore City High School since 1928. symbol for the world-renowned medi- Founded in 1839, “City College” is the cal institution today. When it opened, third oldest public high school in the Hopkins was the largest hospital in the United States. Today, it’s a magnet school country with cutting-edge technology. offering the International Baccalaureate. That tradition continues today.

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PROPERTYUS Lacrosse Museum (top and bottom) OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS JohnsPUBLISHERS Hopkins University Maryland has always been a hub of Students enjoy this lush, green quad- lacrosse and where better to learn about rangle and magnificent shade trees in the sport than this museum run by U.S. front of Shriver Hall. The university Lacrosse? From its Native American roots moved here to the Homewood Campus through today, museum exhibits include in 1916. The quadrangles, crossed with helmets, sticks, balls and uniforms as well red brick paths, have been a signature of as the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. the handsome campus design.

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PROPERTYBaltimore Polytechnic Institute (top) OFUniversity TWIN of Maryland, LIGHTS Baltimore UniversityPUBLISHERS of Baltimore (opposite) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Burkert Hall has welcomed “Poly” Campus (bottom) The John and Frances Angelos Law Cen- students since the school moved to this This is an uncommonly quiet moment ter opened in this multi-faceted, multi- campus at Falls Road and Cold Spring at UMBC’s Commons, the university’s textured building in 2013. Designed Lane in 1967. Founded in 1883 as a center for student life since 2002. With a by German architect Stefan Behnisch, boys’ school, with a specialty in engineer- food court, game rooms and bookstore, following an international design compe- ing, Poly was the first Baltimore City the Commons is a great place to chill. tition in 2008, this twelve-story building public school to integrate in 1952. In The terrace and steps down to the grassy takes maximum advantage of every bit of 1974, girls were admitted. quad are favorite hangout spots, too. space on its triangular single-acre lot.

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PROPERTYFlowerMart OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS CathedralPUBLISHERS of Mary Our Queen Mount Vernon United Methodist Church Roman Catholics have been worshipping provides a stunning backdrop for Flow- at this huge Neo-Gothic cathedral since erMart. This Baltimore rite of spring has 1959. It’s the third-largest cathedral in been a tradition since 1911. Held during the United States and the co-seat of the the first weekend in May, festivities include Archbishop of Baltimore. The Baltimore hat contests, maypole dancing, and Archdiocese is the oldest in the country, peppermint sticks stuck in lemons, also founded in 1789. known as “Baltimore Lemon Sticks.”

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSBaltimore Basilica (above PUBLISHERS and left) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS BaltimorePUBLISHERS Basilica This is the first Roman Catholic cathe- Light streams into the basilica’s nave dral in America, built between 1806 and from the side windows, illuminating the 1821 and designed by Benjamin Henry pale yellow, rose and blue on the walls. Latrobe, best known for his work on The basilica’s interior was restored to its the US Capitol. Many call the basilica original colors amongst extensive renova- Latrobe’s greatest masterpiece with its tions completed in 2006, in honor of the magnificent dome and skylights that 200th anniversary of breaking ground on bathe the basilica in sunlight. the site.

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PROPERTYGreen Mount Cemetery (above) OFLovely TWIN Lane United MethodistLIGHTS Church PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS The spire of the Green Mount Chapel (opposite) kisses the sky on a breezy day in this his- This magnificent Romanesque building toric cemetery, dedicated in 1839. The by architect Stanford White was inspired cemetery’s list of grave sites reads like a by the twelfth-century Santa Maria of “Who’s Who” of Baltimore including Pomposa in Northern Italy. Known as “the Johns Hopkins, Enoch Pratt, Henry and Mother Church of American Methodism,” William Walters, as well as John Wilkes the Lovely Lane congregation moved here Booth. in 1884 as it celebrated its centennial.

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PROPERTYMount Clare Museum House OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS MaryvalePUBLISHERS Castle (top and bottom) Dr. and Mrs. Walter F. Wickes moved Charles Carroll the Barrister built this their family to this Tudor-style “castle” in splendid Georgian house on his country the Greenspring Valley in 1916. Modeled plantation in 1760. Today, it is Balti- after Warwick Castle in England, with a more’s oldest residence. The museum, Great Hall and 65 rooms, it was among maintained by the Colonial Dames, has the area’s biggest residences, now home beautifully appointed rooms that offer a to Maryvale Preparatory School, an inde- glimpse into late eighteenth-century life. pendent Catholic girls school.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTSTuscany-Canterbury PUBLISHERS (above and left) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS Tuscany-CanterburyPUBLISHERS Architect Clyde Nelson Friz developed Spring in Tuscany-Canterbury is a treat these Italian Renaissance-style apartment with blossoming trees and lovingly buildings from 1915 to 1918. A century tended gardens, like this one in front of on, The Lombardy and The Tuscany a distinctive, Tudor-style home. This is still add elegance to this beautifully one of many Baltimore neighborhoods landscaped neighborhood. Friz would where residents are passionate about their appreciate how the trees have matured history, architecture, and community. around the buildings.

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PROPERTYEvergreen Museum & Library OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS EvergreenPUBLISHERS Museum & Library This elegantly manicured Italian garden (top and bottom) at Evergreen expands behind the Gilden The Italianate portico of Evergreen House Age mansion that was home to two gen- makes a dramatic impression in yellow erations of the Garrett family from 1878 against a blue sky. B&O Railroad mag- to 1942. The Garretts donated Evergreen nates John Work Garrett and son T. Har- House to Johns Hopkins University in rison Garrett lived here with their families. 1952. It’s now a museum, hosting events It houses over 50,000 pieces, including the and weddings in the garden once again. world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass.

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PROPERTYCarroll Museum OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYHomewood Museum (above and right) OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS This is the back garden of Charles Car- Charles Carroll, Jr. received Homewood roll of Carollton’s mansion on Lombard Estate as a wedding gift from his father Street, where he lived in the 1820s. Charles Carroll of Carrollton in 1800. Carroll died here at age 95 in 1832, the He designed and built this mansion from last surviving signer of the “Declaration 1801 to 1808. Today, it is a museum of Independence.” This was reported to at the heart of Johns Hopkins Univer- be the largest and most expensive house sity’s “Homewood Campus” exhibiting in town. eighteenth-century period furnishings.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS DickeyvillePUBLISHERS (above and left) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PattersonPUBLISHERS Park From red clapboard to stone and brick, This boldly painted Victorian-style the houses in Dickeyville are a delightful pagoda, on the peak of Patterson Park, is assortment of materials, styles, and ages. especially enchanting in spring. Designed Full of history and local lore, Dickeyville by Charles H. Latrobe in 1890, you can is a tight-knit community just within the climb the pagoda again today thanks to city limits along the Gwynns Falls, which a major renovation completed in 2002 powered the mills when it was settled. which also helped revive the now thriving Patterson Park community.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS SherwoodPUBLISHERS Gardens (above and left) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS The colorful tulips and flowering trees in Sherwood Gardens are spectacular at the end of April and beginning of May. John W. Sherwood began planting tulips here in the 1920s and now it’s the most famous tulip garden in North America. Some 80,000 tulip bulbs are planted each year.

PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS CylburnPUBLISHERS Arboretum (opposite) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Jesse and Edyth Tyson moved to Cylburn Mansion in 1888 and planted many of the trees that continue to flourish as the Cylburn Arboretum today. Designed by George A. Frederick, architect of Baltimore City Hall, Cylburn Mansion is the centerpiece of the 207-acre park and nature preserve.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF DruidTWIN Hill Park LIGHTS DruidPUBLISHERS Hill Park (above) (opposite, top and bottom) Opened in 1888, this spectacular glass Pink cherry blossoms pop along Druid conservatory in Druid Hill Park is the Hill Reservoir here, in one of the oldest second-oldest surviving in the country. public parks in America. Druid Hill Park Designed by George A. Frederick, the opened in 1860 and George A. Freder- large Palm House has 175 windows that ick designed the red, yellow, and green are 50 feet tall and an adjoining Orchid “Latrobe Pavilion” as a station for a little House. It’s now the Howard Peter Rawl- railway that once chugged through here. ings Conservatory & Botanic Garden.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OFNational TWIN Aquarium (oppositeLIGHTS top and bottom) NationalPUBLISHERS Aquarium (above) Children have loved getting eye-to-eye The twelve-story Glass Pavilion of the with the fish at the National Aquarium National Aquarium opened in 2005 with since it opened in the Inner Harbor in the exhibit “Animal Planet Australia: 1981. Exhibits in the Glass Pavilion Wild Extremes.” When illuminated at take you to Australia where you can night, one may glimpse the foliage and discover more than 1,800 animals native 53-foot waterfall, as well as the aviary to “Down Under” including crocodiles, within. The pavilion’s peak adds interest snakes, and flying foxes. to the Inner Harbor skyline.

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PROPERTYThe Maryland Zoo (top and bottom) OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF InnerTWIN Harbor View LIGHTS (top) PimlicoPUBLISHERS Race Course (bottom) Penguins have always been a favorite Baltimore Harbor is most exciting Thoroughbreds thunder past, spurred at the Maryland Zoo and the Penguin during festivals like this with tall ships on by jockeys at Pimlico Race Course. Coast Exhibit provides a wonderfully docked along the waterfront and crowds Founded in 1870, Pimlico is the second close perspective as the penguins dive enjoying the promenade. This is also the oldest track in the country and home of and swim and bask on the rocks. The zoo iconic view of the Inner Harbor’s skyline the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of also features notable sculptures like these from the trusses of 100 East Pratt to the the Triple Crown. Man o’ War, Sea Bis- bronze ostrich rushing through the grass World Trade Center and the National cuit, Secretariat, and Cigar all ran here. by Bart Walter. Aquarium pyramid.

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PROPERTYGeppi’s Entertainment Museum OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS BabePUBLISHERS Ruth Birthplace (left and right) (top and bottom) George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr. was Bat Man, Howdy Doody, and Donald born in this Baltimore row house at Duck are among the exhibits here at this 216 Emory Street on February 6, 1895. treasure-trove comics museum. Stephen Today, “Babe’s” home is just three blocks A. Geppi, president and CEO of Diamond away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Comics Distributors, founded and owns Exhibits include balls, bars, and memo- the museum and displays much of his rabilia from “the Babe’s” legendary career own personal collection here. in baseball.

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Orioles Hall of Fame Statues (above) PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTYThis Toby Mendez bronze OF captures TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS legendary Oriole outfielder Frank Rob- inson, just after slugging the ball. It’s one of six sculptures honoring Orioles Hall of Famers, erected at Camden Yards, to celebrate the ballpark’s 20th anniversary. Teammates Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson were the original Hall of Fame inductees in 1977.

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Alan Gilbert New Jersey born, Alan was raised in Baltimore’s Mount Washington neighborhood. He attended Baltimore City College for high school, followed by the University of Wisconsin and graduate work at Maryland Institute of Art. Alan’s career as a corporate assignment photogra- pher spans over thirty years. Architecture, interiors, and gardens and PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSportraits are his favored subjects. His work has helped PROPERTY his clients grow OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS their businesses and win many awards for excellence in their fields. In the late 1990s, Alan and his wife Nancy embraced new digital technology, founding DOC Baltimore, a digital services and print specialty studio serving the art and design community. Working from their studio workshop in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood, Alan works with many of Baltimore’s leading artists and cultural institutions. PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Brooke McDonald Brooke is a filmmaker and writer who has worked for CNN, Bloomberg, and Reuters. From Baltimore- based Houpla, Inc., Brooke and her husband and partner Michael Brassert produce documentaries, commercials, and websites. They also consult on content creation as well as train journalists internationally. Brooke began her career as a newspaper reporter for the PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERSSentinel Newspapers and producer for Maryland PublicPROPERTY Television. Born OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS and raised in Baltimore, Brooke holds a BA from Duke University and an MA from Cornell.

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PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS PROPERTY OF TWIN LIGHTS PUBLISHERS Baltimore is a city that never ceases to surprise from the soaring dome of City Hall to the panoramas of the Inner Harbor at twilight.

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