Day #319 - Baltimore, MD
June 15th, 2009We decided to do a little exploring before we returned the rental car. The Federal Hill area sits right up above the marina. Good News is docked in the center of the photo.
For much of the early history of Baltimore, the hill was known as Signal Hill because it was home to a maritime observatory serving the merchant and shipping interests of the city by observing the sailing of ships up the river and signaling their impending arrival to downtown business people.
The Cross Street Market is located in the Federal Hill area and is a historic marketplace built in the 19th century. The market continues to serve residents as a reliable source of fresh meats, produce, flowers, seafood and baked goods.
The Pride of Baltimore Memorial Park is located just below Federal Hill. The Pride of Baltimore was an authentic reproduction of a 19th century Baltimore clipper schooner commissioned by citizens of Baltimore, Maryland. It was lost at sea with four of its twelve crew on May 14, 1986.
We toured an area of high priced waterfront condos and the flowers were magnificent.
Look what we found…
THE Stanley Cup. And everyone thought it was in Pittsburgh.
The city agreed to give the American Visionary Art Museum a piece of land on the south shore of the Inner Harbor under the condition that its organizers would clean up residual pollution from a copper paint factory and a whiskey warehouse that formerly occupied the site. It was covered in small mirrored pieces. Notice the parked bus is as well.
The Harbor Place runs through town and is an area of high end shopping. We thought this store was appropriate.
When the pirates arrived, we decided to go back to the boat.
We have thoroughly enjoyed our time in Baltimore and even decided to stay one day more than originally planned. Off tomorrow to Worton Creek, MD.
