Baltimore Architecture Foundation

The Roland Park Company Papers

Sunday, July 25th, 2:00pm

The Libraries Service Center
JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, MD

Cost

$10 – members
$25 – non-members

Housed at Cornell University since 1968, the Roland Park Company Papers have returned to Maryland and we are invited to an exclusive first look with JHU Special Collections Librarian  Cynthia Requardt.

A treasure trove of information on the Roland Park Company, developers of Roland Park, Guilford, Homeland, and Northwood await our viewing. Every aspect of neighborhood development has been documented and saved within this collection – letters, plans, drawings (more than 2,000!), four volumes of photographs, marketing materials, plat and plot maps, and ledgers. So much information is included that it will take several semesters before the entire collection is even cataloged. Currently, it is being accessioned and housed at the Libraries Service Center on the JHU Applied Physics Lab campus in Laurel.

This is a unique opportunity to see an important piece of Baltimore history before it is fully available for researchers. Spaces are limited.

Online Registration is now closed. Please email baf@baltimorearchitecture.org if you are interested – we might be able to fit one more!

Directions

• I-95 to MD Rt. 32 West
• West on Rt. 32 to the Cedar Lane/Saner Road exit
• Left on Saner Road
• Follow Saner Road for about a mile to the driveway at the north end of the campus

Campus Map - click to enlarge

Join the Baltimore Architecture Foundation for Two FREE* Anniversary Events this holiday weekend.

First, we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Harborplace with a presentation and walking tour.

To commemorate the role Baltimore’s Inner Harbor area and Harborplace played in shaping the history of modern-day Baltimore, Urban Planner and Journalist, Martin Millspaugh, along with the Baltimore Architecture Foundation will offer a free, narrated presentation relating to the documentary, Global Harbors: A Waterfront Renaissance. Mr. Millspaugh’s presentation will be introduced by author and authority on Baltimore architecture and development, Charles B. Duff. A free, guided walking tour of the harbor area, hosted by Mr. Duff, will follow the presentation. The walking tour will showcase the history and future of this outstanding example of urban renewal.

Presentation & Walking Tour

SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010 :: 10:00 AM

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
5th Floor, Watertable Ballroom
202 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

No registration necessary

On Monday July 5th we’ll celebrate another anniversary — The 175th Anniversary of The Thomas Viaduct.

The event is being held by the Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway

Join us from 11:00am -2:00pm at the Patapsco Valley State Park for an afternoon of events including music by Daniels Community Band, Irishman’s Chorale and Sam “Mule-Man” Miller

Telegraphers in costume, Civil War re-enactors (with cannon!), mounted park rangers, model trains, games and activities for the kids and refreshments and vendors.

175th Anniversary of The Thomas Viaduct

Monday, July 5th :: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Patapsco Valley State Park : Avalon Area
5120 South Street
Halethorpe, MD 21227

FREE ADMISSION – THE PROCEDURE

*Patapsco Valley State Park charges fees of $2 per person (state resident) and $3 per person (out of state)  to enter the park itself …unless you tell the attendant that you were “invited by FPVHG”. (Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway) If you do the entrance fee will be waived!

To commemorate the role Baltimore’s Inner Harbor area and Harborplace played in shaping the history of modern-day Baltimore, Urban Planner and Journalist, Martin Millspaugh, along with the Baltimore Architecture Foundation will offer a free, narrated presentation relating to the documentary, Global Harbors: A Waterfront Renaissance. Mr. Millspaugh’s presentation will be introduced by author and authority on Baltimore architecture and development, Charles B. Duff. A free, guided walking tour of the harbor area, hosted by Mr. Duff, will follow the presentation. The walking tour will showcase the history and future of this outstanding example of urban renewal.

Mr. Duff, author of the Midtown Community Plan has been central in facilitating the revival of Baltimore’s four central neighborhoods.

Mr. Millspaugh was a member of the City’s original Inner Harbor planning committee responsible, along with Developer James Rouse, for bringing the concept of Harborplace to fruition.

Since opening in July 1980, Harborplace has played a major role in the renaissance of Baltimore City. Thirty years later, Harborplace is still a vibrant and vital part of the downtown business and tourist district.

GLOBAL HARBORS: A WATERFRONT RENAISSANCE
WALKING TOUR AND NARRATED PRESENTATION

Saturday, July 3, 2010 :: 10:00 AM

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
5th Floor, Watertable Ballroom
202 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

No registration necessary

Click here for a downloadable press release [requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

Harborplace & The Gallery is owned and/or managed by General Growth Properties, Inc. GGP currently has ownership interest in, or management responsibility for more than 200 regional shopping malls in 43 states, as well as ownership in planned community developments and commercial office buildings. The company’s portfolio totals approximately 200 million square feet of retail space and includes over 24,000 retail stores nationwide. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GGP. For more information, please visit the company web site at http://www.ggp.com.