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Charming_Wulf t1_j2f2c3m wrote

What I enjoy about this picture is the confirmation. Got in argument on here about how much of downtown was surface lots for a stretch. I've always been curious about the city feeling during transition phase from working docks/harbor to office/tourism. Was it at hopefully as the politicians sold it to be?

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DfcukinLite OP t1_j2fpk4y wrote

I’m not this old, but my understanding is that a lot of people have bad feelings towards the development of the inner harbor, it took much of the cities priority, focus and resources away from “rest of Baltimore” and funneled it all into the waterfront and it’s neighborhoods while other former retail districts and residential areas deteriorated due to disinvestment. It also didn’t help that this was during urban flight and suburban growth. And shortly after the race riots of the assassination of MLK (1968). That being said, the overall benefits of the change from working harbor port to current tourism/amenity redevelopment are obvious.

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