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Download This PDF File ACRL National Conference Patty MacDonald and Maureen Beck What’ll it be, Hon? Things to do in Baltimore altimore is a great city to visit as there the 27th fl oor observation deck of the World Bis so much to see and do near the Trade Center, the world’s tallest pentagonal downtown and harbor areas. Within walking building. distance, or by water taxi, you can explore USS Constellation (Pier 1, 301 E. Pratt the scenic waterfront and an interesting mix St., www.constellation.org). Another standout of neighborhoods, museums, and galleries. feature of the inner harbor, this 179-foot sloop You’ll get to know what makes Baltimore is the last full sail warship and the last Civil unique and exciting; the quirky mix of ethnic War vessel still afloat. Built in 1853, it has diversity, old world traditions, and hometown been fully restored and gives visitors a good funk alongside the modern elements of the look at life on board the ship with its elegant, harbor renaissance. A short ride on the Light if compact, captain’s quarters, the simple Rail, a bus, or taxi will take you to destina- hammocks for the crew, the prison brig, and tions a bit further away. Here are a few of the even a manger for livestock. Of course there many attractions of Charm City, but brochures are the many cannons on the deck, one of and maps will be available at the convention which is fired regularly by a spirited guide in center or stop by the Baltimore Area Conven- uniform, who gives an enlightening history tion and Visitors Association (www.baltimore. of the vessel. org) for all the information you need. Harborplace and the Gallery (Pratt and Light Street, www.harborplace.com). Time Inner harbor for a stop at Harborplace, the two eating These attractions are located within walking and shopping multiplex glass pavilions cen- distance of the convention center starting trally located on the harbor and connected with the National Aquarium in Baltimore. with an outdoor amphitheater, where you National Aquarium in Baltimore (501 E. can sit and watch the street performers or Pratt St., Pier 3, www.aqua.org/). Designated boats. The Pratt Street Pavilion has many national by Congress, the National Aquarium good restaurants and a wide selection of in Baltimore is Maryland’s most popular traditional and unusual shops, such as Hats attraction, and the glass-topped triangular in the Belfry. At the Light Street Pavilion design makes it the most striking building in you’ll find the well-known standard, Philips the harbor. The aquarium contains more than Seafood Restaurant, along with lunch and 10,000 specimens and represents not only snack choices galore from homemade ice the ocean and rain forest, but an Icelandic cream and fudge to an extensive food court coast, a coral reef, and its newest exhibit on the animals of Australia. Patty MacDonald is head of research and instruction Top of the World Observation Level- services at Notre Dame Library in Baltimore, e-mail: [email protected], and Maureen Beck is director World Trade Center (401 E. Pratt Street, of library services at Villa Julie Library in Baltimore, e- www.baltimore.to/TopOfWorld). Get a mail: [email protected] panoramic view of the city and harbor from © 2006 Patty MacDonald and Maureen Beck October 2006 559 C&RL News on the second floor, where you can sample Babe Ruth. The brick façade, sunroof over the local seafood favorites. The Light Street the upper deck, and grass turf are some Pavilion also specializes in stores featuring of the features that connect it to the great everything Maryland. ballparks of the early 1900s such as Fenway Maryland Science Center (601 Light St., Park and Wrigley Field. The 1905 B&O brick www.mdsci.org).Kids of all ages will enjoy warehouse, which runs 1,000 feet along the three levels of hands-on exhibits. Explore the east side of the ballpark, adds to the historical past with full-size dinosaurs and the future in urban ambience. “Our Place in Space.” Other interactive exhib- B&O Railroad Museum (901 W. Pratt its include: the Chesapeake Bay ecology, ki- St. www.borail.org/). A must for train buffs, netic energy, human body, and fossils. If you the B&O Railroad Museum has the oldest prefer to sit back and watch, enjoy an IMAX and most extensive railroad collection in the movie or a show in the Davis Planetarium. On world. The site marks the birthplace of Ameri- Friday nights, there is free stargazing through can railroading, as the B&O Railroad was the the center’s historic refracting telescope on first successful commercial and passenger the rooftop observatory. train, and many of Baltimore’s most promi- Inner Harbor Pedestrian Walkway. nent business and civic leaders were involved This walkway affords one a path through all in the enterprise. The museum covers the his- of the tourist activity of the harbor proper, tory of the B&O Railroad and early railroading and takes you to either Federal Hill, or, in in America, and displays steam locomotives, the other direction, to the Living Classroom rolling stock, and a small object collection A detailed description of the walk appears covering every facet of railroading. in the highly recommended book, 60 Hikes Lexington Market (400 W. Lexington Within 60 Miles, by Evan Balkan (Menasha St., www.lexingtonmarket.com/). The larg- Ridge Press, 2006). est market in Baltimore has operated since 1792 and provides more than 100 stalls with Downtown attractions fresh and prepared foods, including a wide Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African variety of international cuisine, deli, and soul American History and Culture (830 E. food, as well as general merchandise. Annual Pratt St., www.africanamericanculture.org). events include “Lunch with the Elephants,” Opened in 2005, the museum is the largest which takes place in March when the circus African American museum on the east coast, comes to town; the elephants march up and it traces the history of African Americans Eutaw Avenue to the market where they from the slave trade to the present in the ar- consume the world’s largest buffet of fruits eas of agriculture, trades, business, arts, and and vegetables. culture. The main purpose of the museum is education, and its exhibits document the Fell’s Point struggles as well as the accomplishments of No trip to Baltimore is complete without a African Americans. There is an interactive visit to the historic waterfront community of exhibit of the underground railroad and a Fell’s Point, and the water taxi is the best way variety of changing displays, such as African to get there from the convention center. Fell’s American baseball greats and photographs of Point was Baltimore’s original deep seaport, African American farmers. and it is still a working waterfront with bright Oriole Park at Camden Yards (333 West red tugboats docked at the wharf. With its Camden Street, [888] 848-BIRD, orioles.mlb. eclectic shops, cobbled streets, and many com). This beautiful stadium, with its tradi- taverns and restaurants, the Point is a favorite tional design and state-of-the-art features, of the young and old. You can feed the ducks is a 12-minute walk from the inner harbor from the pier, relax in the adjoining square, and only two blocks from the birthplace of walk along the waterfront promenade, get C&RL News October 2006 560 an ice cream at Molly Moo’s, and have tea or a drink in the cozy downstairs pub at the historic Admiral Fell Inn—humorously named after the founders of the port, William and Edward Fell. Amid the 18th- and 19th-century row houses you can still fi nd the Fell family grave marker on 1607 Shakespeare Street. There are shopping opportunities of all sorts—from old brass to expen- sive jewelry, home décor at Su Casa, handicrafts from around A view of the tug boats at Fell’s Point. Credit: Baltimore Area Conven­ the world at 10,000 Villages, new tion and Visitors Association and used book and music stores, antiques and oriental rugs, and funky shoes on the fringes of society, and they use paint as and body jewelry at Stikky Fingers. The well as such everyday materials as matches, young crowd flocks to the late-night bars in metal, or paper plates to create their vision. Fell’s Point, but this is also a great choice for Along with the permanent collection, year- an afternoon visit or dinner. long exhibits have a central theme that is Some of the attractions at Fell’s Point explored in six galleries. The building itself, include: Broadway Pier, the second busiest described as an “architectural jewel,” com- immigration port after New York City until bines a historic industrial building with new 1917; Broadway Market, a long-standing construction and a central stairway of hand- market where you can sample food from cast metal. On the exterior of the building, a Baltimore’s Polish, Greek, and Italian heri- mosaic of hundreds of mirror, glass, and tile tage; City Recreation Pier, once a dancing pieces covers an entire three-story wall, and and social center, later a police station and there is a bright, multicolored wind-powered setting for “Homicide, Life on the Streets;” 55-foot whirligig in the courtyard, built by Douglass Terrace, five houses which Fred- 76-year-old mechanic, farmer and visionary erick Douglass had built when he returned to artist, Vollis Simpson. The museum also Baltimore as a free and famous man; the Rob- includes a sculpture barn and wildfl ower ert Long House, the oldest existing house in garden.
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