Wednesday, December 7, 2016

The Inner Harbor: What the World Can Learn From Baltimore - visit in 1987 (from NYC and Washington DC site visit)

Baltimore Inner Harbour, Maryland - photos in 1987.

Own photo of the harbour. 1987

The Inner Harbour as taken in this photograph in 1987 by Roslan Talib.
The Aquarium, builidng as taken in 1987. by Roslan Talib.

The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and landmark of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It was described by the Urban Land Institute in 2009 as “the model for post-industrial waterfront redevelopment around the world.

Baltimore Inner Harbor attractions including the National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, Port Discovery Children's Museum and Harborplace.


Baltimore's Inner Harbor is the city's premier tourist attraction and one of the city's crown jewels. Among the attractions are The National Aquarium, Harborplace and Maryland Science Center.




In the opinion of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Baltimore's Inner Harbor is “one of the supreme achievements of large-scale urban design.

Borrowing conceptually from Georgetown, Annapolis and Baltimore's Inner Harbor, DDG served in a leading role as National Harbor architect.




With the success of the Inner Harbor in the 1970s and 1980s, Baltimore became a worldwide tourist destination and model of urban planning and development. It influenced more than 100 other cities and won more than 40 national or international awards, including a citation by the American Institute of Architects in 1984 as “one of the supreme achievements of large-scale urban design and development in U.S. history.

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