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Visitor Center, 401 Light St, 877-BALTIMORE (9-6 daily), vc@baltimore.org
City Information
City Office of Promotion and the Arts
Beatbots Calendar, online arts site
Downtown Partnership events calendar
Tourism Association
Metromix events calendar
City visitor information, with list of attractions
Weather
(occasionally, it depends on which site you believe)
National Weather Service
AccuWeather
Intellicast
MSN Weather
Weather Channel
Weather Underground
Maps
Charmed to Death - the neighborhoods about our hotel
Maryland Tourist Bureau
Downtown Transportation
Downtown Hotels
Downtown Parking
Motorcoach Parking
Historic districts in B'more City
National Register of Historic Places
Central district libraries
Zip Codes, and with
hotel location
Guides Events
Maps of area attractions
Baltimore City Paper 2007 Best of Readers' Poll:
(A decade of archives is also available)
Arts and Entertainment
Eat and Drinks
Goods and Services
Brew Pubs, downtown map link with location numbers available
Browsing Baltimore
FunGuide
MetroGuide:
Attractions,
Dining, hotel, event, retail links also available
Rainbow Baltimore
Southern Living articles:
aquarium, Nov 07;
neighborhoods, Jan 06;
Charm City, July 05;
Fell's Point, July 04;
food, Dec 03
Yahoo Travel: Things to do
Sat, Oct 11, 8:00 a.m. –
Running Festival, incl. marathon; begins/ends: Camden Yards
partial map of marathon course;
X
marks B'con hotel
Sun, Oct 12, 1:00 p.m. –
Columbus Day Parade, begins: Federal Hill Pk, ends: Little Italy
map of parade route (in yellow);
B'con
marks hotel
Books
Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St, 410-396-5430
collections include
Edgar Allan Poe and
H.L. Mencken
The Book Thing, 3001 Vineyard Ln, 410-662-5631
...putting unwanted books into the hands of those who want them
Book Festival, Sept 26-28, 2008
Attractions
Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, 216 Emory St, 410-727-1539
Sports Legends at Camden Yards, 301 W. Camden St, 410-727-1539
Babe Ruth, Orioles, Cal Ripken, Jr., Negro Leagues, former football Colts, Johnny Unitas, Pam Shriver, Michael Phelps
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum, 901 W. Pratt St, 410-752-2490
Train rides, G-scale garden layout,
virtual tour, info@borail.org
(Thrifty Tuesday: Oct 7, 10:00–4:00 – half-price admission)
Baltimore Society of Model Engineers, 225 W. Saratoga St, 3rd floor, 410-837-2763
Second Sunday each month, 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Baltimore Maritime Museum, 802 S. Caroline St, Piers 3 & 5, 410-396-3453
Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Dr, 443-573-1700; TDD: 410-396-4930
Cone collection, sculpture garden;
(tours)
Edgar's Billiards Club, 1 E. Pratt St, 410-752-8080 [17 full-sized tables]
ESPN Zone, 601 E. Pratt St, 410-685-3776
Fell's Point Fun Festival, Oct 4-5, 812 S. Ann St, 410-675-6756
Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, 844 E. Pratt St, 410-837-1793
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, 2400 E. Fort Ave, 410-962-4290
Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St, 410-732-6400
(closed: Thurs, Oct 9, for Yom Kippur)
Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, 830 E. Pratt St, 443-263-1800
Largest museum of its kind on East Coast
Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St, 410-685-2370 (operator 9:00-5:00)
Includes
planetarium,
IMAX,
Fri nite stargazing (weather permitting)
Maryland Zoo, Druid Hill Park, 410-366-LION
(zoo map – 3 MB PDF)
OctoBOOfest, Sat, Oct 11
Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Hwy, 410-727-4808
History of work from mid-19th c to present
includes exhibit of artifacts from The Wire, through end of year
National Aquarium, 501 E. Pratt St, 410-576-3800; TTY/TDD: 410-727-3022
October calendar (2008 available around Aug)
Oriole Park, 333 W. Camden St, 888-848-BIRD, 410-547-6234
Take a walking tour
Poe House and Museum, 203 N. Amity St, 410-396-7932
Westminster Hall, Edgar Allan Poe grave site, 519 W. Fayette St,
410-706-2072, 8:00 am to dusk,
Baltimore Sun article
Port Discovery, The Kid-Powered Museum, 35 Market Pl, 410-727-8120
Designed with help of Disney Imagineering
Power Plant Live, Market Pl and Water St
Entertainment complex
Shake and Bake Family Fun Center (10-pin lanes; roller skating),
1601 Pennsylvania Ave, 410-669-9100 (about 1-1/2 miles)
Streetcar Museum, 1901 Falls Rd, 410-547-0264
Top of the World, 401 E. Pratt St, 410-837-8439
360° panoramic view, 27th floor of tallest pentagonal building in the world
USS Constellation, 301 E. Pratt St, Pier 1, 410-539-1797
Last Civil War vessel afloat
The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St, 410-547-9000 (24 hr.)
October calendar
Shopping
Cross Street Market, between Light and Charles Sts
Mostly foods, including a sushi bar
Lexington Market, 400 W. Lexington St, 410-685-6169
(Chocolate Festival - usually mid-October)
Harborplace & The Gallery, 200 E. Pratt St, 410-332-4191
Urban marketplace
The Avenue – W. 36th St – in Hampden (about 3 miles)
Shopping, eating (particularly Golden West Café [at 1105],
and Common Ground Café [at 819] –
Best Pie 2007
Belvedere Square, 6000 block York Rd, below Northern Pkwy (about 6 miles)
Fresh market, shops & services
(tenant map – 2.5 MB PDF)
Tours
Inner City Safari Segway Tour (2 hrs), 2003 Fleet St, 408-754-5336;
800-613-7060 reservations
Baltimore Ducks (WWII troop carrier) Tours (70 min), 25 Light St, 410-727-3825; coupon
Harbor Cruises, 561 Light St, Suite 246, 410-783-4660
Baltimore Ghost Tours (Fell's Point Ghost Walk)
Guided Walking Tours
Banks (near hotel)
Holiday: Columbus Day –
Monday, October 13; banks, post offices closed
Bank of America, 201 N. Charles St, 410-385-8310; 10 Light St, 410-605-5476;
20 N. Howard St, 410-332-4667; 100 S. Charles St, 410-547-4403
BB&T, 2 N. Charles St # 100, 410-727-7511
Citibank, 6 St. Paul St, 410-637-2100
Deutsche Bank, 1 South St, 410-727-1700; no ATM or retail banking
SunTrust, 120 E. Baltimore St, 410-986-1540
Wachovia, 7 St. Paul St, 410-468-2519
Banks (yellowpages, Downtown Baltimore)
[ for reference, see
Neighborhood and
Zip Code Maps ]
Places of Worship
Religious observances: Dussehra/Vijayadashami (Hindu), Yom Kippur (Jewish) -
Thursday, October 9
Baptist Association
Buddhist Network
Christian Churches; use 21201 zip code
Church of Christ, Maryland directory
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Baltimore
Episcopal Diocese, Baltimore City
Evangelical Lutheran
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation Baltimore
Hindu Temple and Religious Centers
Islamic Society
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baltimore
Jewish Community Federation
Luthern, Missouri Synod; use 21201 zip code
Methodist, Baltimore-Washington Conference; use 21201 zip code
Muslim Community
Presbyterian, Baltimore Presbytery; use 21201 zip code or Baltimore City county
Roman Catholic Archdiocese, Baltimore
Unitarian Universalist - First Unitarian Church, Charles and Franklin Sts, 410-685-2330
Churches & Places of Worship (yellowpages, Downtown Baltimore)
[ for reference, see
Neighborhood and
Zip Code Maps ]