Last week I took a trip to Baltimore and D.C. I always enjoy D.C. but this was my first time to Baltimore and I was really impressed. Great scale, architecture, charm, and down to earth folks. So, here ya go:
Great pictures. I see that you visited Fells Point, my favorite neighborhood that I've visited in Baltimore so far. I also see that you visited Mount Vernon, which is a neighborhood I really want to see.
The Phoenix Shot Tower was used to make lead shot for rifles from 1828 until 1892. Molten lead was poured through a sieve at the top of the 234-foot tower, and took the shape of perfectly-formed spherical droplets as it fell. It was caught in a large water tank at the bottom for final cooling and to cushion the landing and preserve the spherical shape. Until the Washington Monument was completed at the end of the Civil War, this was the tallest building in the United States. It was designated a National Historic Monument in 1972
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I've driven through Baltimore a few times on the way to D.C., but never got out to look around. Thanks to your pics I think next time I will. Good stuff.
Baltimore has some impressive architecture. Thanks for the photos Omaharocks.
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“Most planning of the past fifteen years has been based upon three destructive fallacies: the cataclysmic insists upon tearing everything down in order to design from an absolutely clean slate; the automotive would plan for the free passage of the automobile at the expense of all other values; the suburban dislikes the city anyway and would just as soon destroy its density and strew it across the countryside.” Vince Scully
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. great photos, nice job!
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