Portal:Baltimore
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Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous city in the United States. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and is currently the most populous independent city in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was 2,838,327, the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. When combined with the larger Washington metropolitan area, the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) has a 2020 U.S. census population of 9,973,383, the third-largest in the country. Though the city is not located within or under the administrative jurisdiction of any county in the state, it is considered to be part of the Northern Maryland region, together with the surrounding county that shares its name.
The land that is present-day Baltimore was used as hunting ground by Paleo-Indians. In the early 1600s, the Susquehannock began to hunt there. People from the Province of Maryland established the Port of Baltimore in 1706 to support the tobacco trade with Europe, and established the Town of Baltimore in 1729. (Full article...)
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The Enoch Pratt Free Library is the free public library system of Baltimore, Maryland. Its Central Library is located on 400 Cathedral Street (southbound) and occupies the northeastern three quarters of a city block bounded by West Franklin Street (U.S. Route 40 westbound) to the north, Cathedral Street to the east, West Mulberry Street (U.S. Route 40 eastbound) to the south, and Park Avenue (northbound) to the west. Located on historic Cathedral Hill, north of downtown, the library is also in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere-Mount Royal neighborhood and cultural and historic district.
The Cathedral Street Main Library is the flagship of the entire Enoch Pratt Free Library system, which includes twenty-one neighborhood branches, it was designated the "Maryland State Library Resource Center" by the General Assembly of Maryland in 1971. Central Library operates as the state library for Maryland. (Full article...)Selected picture -
Baltimore Basilica, the first cathedral built in the U.S.
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Did you know...
- ... that in the 1930s two hoards of gold coins were found in a cellar in Baltimore, Maryland?
- ... that the Hotel Brexton in Baltimore was once home to Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée who married Edward VIII?
- ... that one Baltimore Orioles player compared the 2024 Major League Baseball jerseys to knockoffs from TJ Maxx?
- ... that a great-grandfather and a grandfather of a commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department also served in the department?
- ... that Richard Worley played in minor baseball leagues and is now the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department?
- ... that the Harlem Park Three were awarded US$48 million, the largest sum in Baltimore history, after being falsely imprisoned for murder?
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Simple row houses like these in Locust Point make up much of Baltimore's housing stock. (from Culture of Baltimore) -
An illustration of the aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire in February 1904 (from Great Baltimore Fire) -
Marylanders steam blue crabs, usually in water, beer and Old Bay Seasoning. (from Culture of Baltimore) -
Worker assembling an aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore (from History of Baltimore) -
Baltimore Street Map, 1838 (from History of Baltimore) -
Some of the more upscale rowhouses in Baltimore, like these brightly painted homes in Charles Village, have complete porches instead of stoops (from Culture of Baltimore) -
South Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods) -
Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, looking West from East Pratt and North Gay Streets (from Great Baltimore Fire) -
Map of Chesapeake Bay area by John Senex, 1719, with Baltimore County labeled near Maryland's border with Pennsylvania. (from History of Baltimore) -
West Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods) -
John E. Hurst Building, site of the fire's outbreak (from Great Baltimore Fire) -
Same view in 1906, 2 years after the fire (from Great Baltimore Fire) -
The Baltimore riot of 1861 (from History of Baltimore) -
Mount Clare Mansion, known today as the Mount Clare Museum House, is the oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore. (from History of Baltimore) -
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View of Baltimore by William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854) (from History of Baltimore) -
Sharp Street Church was established 1787, the existing building having been erected in 1898 (from History of Baltimore) -
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Baltimore Street Map, 1892 (from History of Baltimore) -
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engine and passenger car from the 1830s. (from History of Baltimore) -
View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill, by Francis Guy, 1802-03 (Brooklyn Museum) (from History of Baltimore) -
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Storefront of establishment selling Lake Trout in Baltimore (from Culture of Baltimore) -
Child labor at J.S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore, 1909. Photo by Lewis Hine. (from History of Baltimore) -
Marble steps, East Fort Avenue, Locust Point, August 2014 (from Culture of Baltimore)
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- May 20, 2024 – Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
- The container ship Dali is freed from bridge debris since its initial collision on March 26 and is escorted by tugboats back to the port of Baltimore. (AP)
- May 13, 2024 – Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
- The final remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, which killed six workers, are demolished with explosives. (East Bay Times)
- March 26, 2024 – Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, collapses after the container ship Dali strikes a bridge column, causing multiple vehicles to fall into the water below. (CBS News)
- January 28, 2024 – 2023 NFL season
- In American football, the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Detroit Lions to advance to Super Bowl LVIII. (USA Today)
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