Five Minute Histories: Inner Harbor & Harborplace

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  • čas přidán 7. 03. 2024
  • Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is gorgeous and we cherish our connection to the water. How did our city get the Inner Harbor and later Harborplace? Join us today as we start the story back in the 1730s. Thanks for watching and see you next week with another Five Minute Histories video.
    This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Every week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and CZcams channel.
    #baltimore #fiveminhist #InnerHarbor #Harborplace #bmoreheritage

Komentáře • 40

  • @rckrtcrg1246
    @rckrtcrg1246 Před 3 měsíci +10

    This presentation reminded me that planning for the 70's and 80's changes to the Inner Harbor were thought through over time (although I know some felt at the time even those changes were too fast). But development through the years has mostly maintained a sense of place. I think so many planners and architects are disappointed with the current proposal because it looks like design ideas were quickly thrown together and for the most part don't seem to represent what makes this location so special.

  • @samfeldman1508
    @samfeldman1508 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I worked in the inner harbor in the 80’s & 90’s. The good people of Baltimore got me through College and to my first full time job and for that, I will always be grateful.

  • @heatherscarlatelli77
    @heatherscarlatelli77 Před 3 měsíci +10

    My first “real job” was at Mundo Latino in the Light St Pavillion. I’m so glad to have had that experience. The thought of private residences being built there makes me so very sad. This area needs to be kept public and open not blocked off by condos with great views of what used to belong to everyone.

  • @bonnicrisfulli1872
    @bonnicrisfulli1872 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I loved Harborplace and would go often back in the 70s and 80s. It was one of those icons that one would never think would deteriorate. Yet, my heart broke when I saw that it has followed the lead of many "dead malls" and is now a "remember when" location for many, largely due to greedy investors and property management firms that were clueless in how to manage a venue like this, thus running it into the ground.
    I think that a Baltimore based development firm should take it over and with the collaboration of the historical and resident groups in Baltimore restore it to its original purpose with local eateries and stores that made it a prime tourist attraction. Since they knew the original vision, the development should be relatively easy, provided they don't charge exorbitant rent prices for vendors like most dead mall owners did.

  • @shortliner68
    @shortliner68 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Having been born in Baltimore back in 1950, I remember when the inner harbor area was piers and old warehouses, with a sprinkling of homeless people. We used to love going to Connelly's and Phillip's seafood restaurants. When the B&O RR was still operating from Mount Clare to President St. Stations via Pratt St., the crews used to stop the engine in front of Connelly's to go in and have dinner.

  • @jacquelinecapel5282
    @jacquelinecapel5282 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I adored going to Harbor Place.I had wonderful memories of walking and working there.

  • @michaelanatole9672
    @michaelanatole9672 Před 3 měsíci +6

    I am not so much concerned with the commercial amenities the new development will bring as having welcoming and beautifully accessible public spaces.
    Johns is right.
    Being near the water was the "special sauce" for me.

  • @michelehumphrey852
    @michelehumphrey852 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I used to love going to Phillips Seafood at the Light Street pavilion after Orioles games. Great view of the harbor 🦀

  • @dalesworld1
    @dalesworld1 Před 3 měsíci +6

    1. I love the motto "Connecting the City to the Sea." We all need to keep that in mind as we go forward.
    2. The last time I was in the harbor was a few months ago. I had lunch at Fogo de Chao.
    Johns, you are a wealth of knowledge and a treasure to Baltimore City.

    • @Lumotaku
      @Lumotaku Před 3 měsíci

      talking about moving low income families there just means crime so yeah no ill pass the city has been plagued with crime and talking about giving this and that to people based on skin color. So they steal my tax money but dont fix potholes. Yeah no thanks I won't spend a dime.

    • @baltimoreheritage1006
      @baltimoreheritage1006  Před 3 měsíci

      Thank you so much!

  • @levilam522
    @levilam522 Před 2 měsíci +1

    It was beautiful in the 70s when they finished the harbor area... all the tall ships in 1976, good times..

  • @moonchild7456
    @moonchild7456 Před 3 měsíci +7

    I hope Baltimore Heritage will use its voice and platform to save the Inner Harbor for the benefit of the public.

  • @lookzcpf
    @lookzcpf Před 3 měsíci +3

    I moved to Baltimore a couple of years ago from a city with great connection to the sea, and I always thought Inner Harbor as the place in town with most potential. IMHO, the whole marketplace area (or at least most of it) should be torn down to make room for bigger open spaces. It's already bad enough that we have that hideous WTC building by the water completely cutting the flow of people in that area... Just imagine that beautiful park by Fed Hill all around the harbor...

  • @lindafoster1703
    @lindafoster1703 Před 3 měsíci +3

    This was your best video yet- I look forward to each one- Thank you Johns

  • @wallismeeks9420
    @wallismeeks9420 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I remember watching the first Pride of Baltimore being built at the end of Harbor Place, over where the Science Center is today.

  • @marshax
    @marshax Před 3 měsíci +2

    I love how they decorated the jury waiting rooms at the courthouse with posters from the past City Fairs, including a copy of the one featured here!

    • @moonchild7456
      @moonchild7456 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yes! I saw that myself while serving and felt a nostalgia even though never having experienced the fairs. A re-enactment would be awesome.

    • @baltimoreheritage1006
      @baltimoreheritage1006  Před 3 měsíci

      This is wonderful!

  • @michaelbrand8279
    @michaelbrand8279 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I used to enjoy the annual BGE Light Festival Art Walk along Baltimore's Inner Harbor when I used to live nearby in Laurel.

  • @paultully4489
    @paultully4489 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Baltimore should be managed bye a city manager and you sir knowing the history of Baltimore would make a great Mayor of Baltimore

  • @ms.donaldson2533
    @ms.donaldson2533 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I miss old Baltimore! I watched the Inner Harbor get constructed from the windows of the News American building. It caused a lot of traffic for their delivery drivers 😂

    • @shortliner68
      @shortliner68 Před 3 měsíci

      I remember when the B&O RR would deliver boxcar loads of newsprint paper to the rear of the News-American building via their Pratt St. trackage.

  • @nclarke372
    @nclarke372 Před 7 dny

    I was last there in 2002. As I commented in another video (The Baltimore Cemetery) , I have a family connection to the inner harbor. My 2d Great Grandfather owned a ship joining company (Clarke & Co.) at the foot of Henry St, the location of the present day park just behind you in the video.

  • @wilminasydnor8141
    @wilminasydnor8141 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Could that have been a young Johns looking out over the harbor at the end of this excellent video?

  • @JB-hl1qx
    @JB-hl1qx Před 3 měsíci

    Harbor could be a beautiful place. A museum, a giant ferris wheel, restaurants, wedding venue, bars, hotels ect. Make it like Annapolis with mixing retail and restaurants with old history and Baltimore traditional aspects.

  • @HachiMatt
    @HachiMatt Před 3 měsíci +1

    oh boy, it's the big one!

  • @darrylthornton5377
    @darrylthornton5377 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Johns do you have segment on the Old Fish Market down near the Power Plant?

  • @MrJohn21713
    @MrJohn21713 Před 3 měsíci

    Climate change, sea-level rise and flooding must be primary concerns for any new development in this area.

  • @brucemihalick4117
    @brucemihalick4117 Před 3 měsíci

    My home! Harbor East

  • @redstaper2414
    @redstaper2414 Před 3 měsíci +3

    It all went downhill when McCormick Spice shut down their spice factory!

    • @ms.donaldson2533
      @ms.donaldson2533 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It smelled GREAT down there when McCormick was there ❤

  • @Gadfly2025
    @Gadfly2025 Před 2 měsíci

    The aquarium was $3.50 admissions I think .
    Now how much ?

  • @BmoreIrish
    @BmoreIrish Před 3 měsíci +1

    So the parking lots worked because they became public space for fairs and other events, not because they provided parking. There’s a lesson there.

  • @UncleSam-USofA
    @UncleSam-USofA Před 3 měsíci +4

    Well done Beautiful history lesson. Why does it seem it was once peaceful there, but it has changed into Lib control. Fix the crime first