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Baltimore

Baltimore

About Baltimore

614,664 in city
8,924,087 in metro
209 km² (81 mi²)
9.75371860522 m
Baltimore has been one of America's leading seaports since Colonial times. Founded in 1729, the city was named after the founder of the colony of Maryland, George Calvert, Lord Baltimore. By the time of the Revolutionary War, it earned fame as an important commercial and maritime center, and ships sailing from Baltimore plied their trade with northern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean. In 1792 Baltimore was chartered as a major conduit of tobacco exportation, and in 1797 was chartered as a city. Baltimore saw its commercial activity surge with the burgeoning of its iron and copper industries, its proximity to the nation's capital, and the arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which developed links to the Midwest. However, the deep, divisive passions of the Civil War stunted growth, and it was years before the city recovered. A fire in 1904 destroyed almost every building in the downtown area, providing impetus for needed revitalization. The two world wars renewed demands for Baltimore's port facilities and fostered development of a solid heavy-industrial base. But following World War II, the city's infrastructure aged and decayed. Today Baltimore remains a large port and industrial city with one of the largest steel plants in the world. Much of the city has been rebuilt through urban renewal efforts, and its population seems to have stabilized after a loss of 20 percent in the 1960s. Baltimore maintains active sister city relationships with Alexandria, Egypt, Ashkelon, Israel, Ely O'Carroll, Ireland, Gbarnga, Liberia, Genoa, Italy, Kawasaki, Japan, Luxor, Egypt, Odessa, Ukraine, Piraeus, Greece, Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Xiamen, China.

Boroughs

Bayview (1), Canton-Highlandtown (6), Charles Village (14), Downtown (169), Downtown Industrial Area (5), Edmondson Village (1), Fells Point (8), Greater Rosemont (1), Hampden-Woodberry-Remington (5), Hollander Ridge (1), Hopkins-Middle East (19), Jonestown-Oldtown (20), Locust Point (1), Lower Northwood (1), Old Southwest Baltimore (5), Oldtown (1), Park Heights (4), Reservoir Hill-Bolton Hill (14), Roland Park-Homewood-Guilford (13), South Baltimore Peninsula (9), Violetville (2), West Baltimore (7)

Metro Cities

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No. of Buildings

No. Current status
574 All Buildings
485
existing
4
under construction
15
planned
24
unbuilt
46
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Transamerica Tower 529 ft 1973
2 Bank of America Building 509 ft 1924
3 414 Light Street 500 ft 2018
4 William Donald Schaefer Tower 493 ft 1986
5 One South Street 454 ft 1992

Building types

No. Type
289 low-rise building
215 high-rise building
26 skyscraper
18 open-air structure
6 church
4 mast (pole)
4 mast (framework)
4 stadium
2 monument
1 mast (wired)
1 chimney
1 lighthouse
1 silo
1 building with towers
1 hall

Other buildings

No. Type
5 Famous buildings
16 Buildings with construction images