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Downtown Baltimore

Downtown Baltimore is 's central business district and seat of the city government. While home to some iconic Baltimore architecture, and the city's economic heart, visitors, and even locals, tend to keep their distance from this often seedy and decidedly unloved city center, unless they are going to the Baltimore Arena, the Hippodrome Theatre, or visiting Poe's grave at Westminster Hall.
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  • Type: Suburb with 7,170 residents
  • Description: central business district of the city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Baltimore City Center”, “City Center Baltimore”, “Downtown”, “Downtown Baltimore neighborhood”, “Downtown neighborhood, Baltimore”, and “Downtown, Baltimore”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Walters Art Museum and Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Museum
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The is a public art museum located in the neighborhood of , . Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters.

Stadium
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, commonly known as Camden Yards, is a ballpark in , Maryland, United States. It is the home of Major League Baseball 's Baltimore Orioles, and the first of the "retro" major league ballparks constructed during the 1990s and early 2000s.

Stadium
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is a multipurpose arena in , . This venue is located about one block away from the on the corner of Baltimore Street and Hopkins Place in downtown Baltimore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner Harbor and Midtown.

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The is the heart of , and the standard-bearer of its industrial and maritime heritage. In the 1950s, the area became an industrial wasteland and the buildings were eventually replaced with parkland for public uses and events.

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is a district of .

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is a historic maritime neighborhood east of 's Inner Harbor area that contains the city's densest collection of pubs, bars, and restaurants.

Downtown Baltimore

Latitude
39.29117° or 39° 17′ 28″ north
Longitude
-76.61402° or 76° 36′ 51″ west
Population
7,170
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
87F579RP+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8786601256
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11979965
Wiki­data ID
Q3038329
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Downtown Baltimore” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “巴尔的摩下城”
  • Chinese: “巴爾的摩下城”
  • Chinese: “巴爾的摩市中心”
  • Dutch: “Downtown Baltimore”
  • French: “Downtown Baltimore”
  • Hebrew: “בולטימור/מרכז העיר”
  • Hebrew: “דאונטאון בולטימור”
  • Italian: “Downtown Baltimora”
  • Japanese: “ダウンタウン・ボルチモア”
  • Slovenian: “Downtown Baltimore”
  • Spanish: “centro de Baltimore”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Baltimore”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈَونٹَون”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chinatown and Downtown West.

Baltimore: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into South Baltimore, Inner Harbor, Fells Point, and Midtown.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Downtown Baltimore”. Photo: sneakerdog, CC BY 2.0.