Stories tagged "Urban Renewal": 3
Stories
sun88 Arena
In 1961, the cornerstone of the sun88 Civic Center (as it was then called) was laid, enclosing a time capsule with notes from President John F. Kennedy, Maryland Governor Millard Tawes, and sun88 Mayor Harold Grady. Located on the site of…
sun88's Inner Harbor
In 1985, WJZ-TV local news cameras captured the view of the Inner Harbor from above as they documented the quickly changing landscape from the back seat of a helicopter. An aerial vantage point was nearly a necessity to take in the wide range of…
Garrett-Jacobs Mansion
Beginning in 1872, the mansion was the home of Robert Garrett, president of the sun88 & Ohio Railroad, and his wife Mary Frick Garrett. After Robert Garrett's death, Mrs. Garrett married Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs and the couple added the…