Krug & Son Ironworks and Museum, in its original location, is the oldest continually operating blacksmith shop in the United States as well as a museum.
The Westside is also home to several performing arts centers, including the Hippodrome Theatre, Royal Farms Arena, and the Everyman Theatre. The former home of Baltimore's many and famed department stores, Westside Baltimore is now anchored by the University of Maryland, Baltimore consisting of the University of Maryland Health System, University of Maryland School of Law and the University of Maryland Biopark. It is also home to the site of the "Superblock" project that will include hundreds of condos and apartments as well as a variety of retail and commercial space. Westside Baltimore is the western portion of downtown Baltimore that includes Market Center and many of the newest developments in downtown Baltimore, including the Baltimore Convention Center. Like much of Baltimore, the area features historic, often industrial, buildings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that have been repurposed for modern industry and residences, including the Pratt Street Power Plant which was built in 1900 and now hosts a Barnes & Noble bookstore, the Baltimore Hard Rock Cafe, and other retail tenants.Ĭharles Street headquarters of the Partnership for Downtown Baltimore Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, the Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, Port Discovery children's museum, and Living Classroom environmental education centers. The Inner Harbor is also home to a variety of museums and scientific institutions such as the Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Reginald F. It was named by National Geographic as one of the best summer trips in 2012 (along with all of Baltimore in general). The Inner Harbor features a large number of restaurants, hotels, retail areas (such as Harborplace), and entertainment (such as Power Plant Live!). The Inner Harbor is the chief commercial and tourist destination in Baltimore, visited by over 13 million people a year.
Paul Street-Calvert Street, north to south. It includes historic Charles Street as well as significant avenues of commercial and cultural activity along Pratt Street, east to west, and St. The area is home to the majority of Baltimore's skyscrapers including the Bank of America building, the M&T Bank Building, the Transamerica Tower, the Baltimore World Trade Center, the old IBM building, and the massive Charles Center district. Hundreds of businesses are found here, and it remains the center of life in Baltimore. City Center is the historic financial district in Baltimore that has increasingly shifted eastward and into the Inner Harbor.
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