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Visitor Center, 401 Light St, 877-BALTIMORE (9-6 daily), vc@baltimore.org
City Information
Official Guide, go to: Inside this issue
City Office of Promotion and the Arts
Beatbots Calendar, online arts site
Downtown Partnership events calendar
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
Neighborhoods around 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
Guides
Baltimore City Paper 2007 Best of Readers' Poll (A decade of archives is also available)
Arts and Entertainment,
Eat and Drinks,
Goods and Services
MetroGuide
Attractions
Baltimore Dining Guide Dining, hotel, event, retail links also available
Yahoo Travel: Things to do
Brew Pubs, downtown map link with location numbers available
Books
Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral St, 410-396-5430
Collections on Edgar Allan Poe and H.L. Mencken
The Book Thing, 3001 Vineyard Lane, 410-662-5631
...putting unwanted books into the hands of those who want them
Book Festival, Sept 26-28, 2008 - check after Dec 1 for info
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 West Pratt St, 410-752-2490
Model railroad layout 410-539-2311, info@borail.org
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 South Caroline St, Piers 3 & 5, 410-396-3453
ESPN Zone, 601 E. Pratt St, 410-685-3776
Flag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, 844 E Pratt St, 410-837-1793
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, 2400 East Fort Ave, 410-962-4290
Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St, 410-732-6400
Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture, 830 E. Pratt Street, 443-263-1800
Largest museum of its kind on East Coast
Maryland Science Center, 601 Light Street, 410-685-2370 (operator 9:00-5:00)
Includes planetarium, IMAX
Maryland Zoo, Druid Hill Park, 410-366-LION
Museum of Industry, 1415 Key Hwy, 410-727-4808
History of work from mid-19th c to present
National Aquarium, 501 E. Pratt Street, 410-576-3800; TTY/TDD: 410-727-3022
Oriole Park, 333 West 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 Place, 410-727-8120
Designed with help of Disney Imagineering
Power Plant Live, Market Place and Water Street
Entertainment complex
Streetcar Museum, 1901 Falls Road, 410-547-0264
Top of the World, 401 E. Pratt Street, 410-837-8439
360° panoramic view, 27th floor of tallest pentagonal building in the world
USS Constellation, 301 East Pratt St, Pier 1, 410-539-1797
Last Civil War vessel afloat
Shopping
Cross Street Market, Light and Charles Sts
Lexington Market, 400 W. Lexington St, 410-685-6169
(Chocolate Festival - usually mid-October)
Harborplace & The Gallery, 200 East Pratt St, 410-332-4191
Urban marketplace
Tours
Inner City Safari Segway Tour, 2003 Fleet St, 408-754-5336; 800-613-7060 reservations (2 hrs)
Baltimore Ghost Tours (Fell's Point Ghost Walk) Baltimore Duck (WWII troop carrier) Tours, 25 Light St, Suite 300, 410-727-3825 (70 min)
Harbor Cruises, 561 Light St, Suite 246, 410-783-4660
Banks (close to hotel)
Holiday: Columbus Day, Monday, Oct. 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, 727-7511
Citibank, 6 Saint Paul St, 637-2100
Deutsche Bank, 1 South St, 727-1700
SunTrust, 120 E Baltimore St, 986-1540
Wachovia, 7 Saint Paul St, 468-2519
Places of Worship
Religious observances: Dussehra, Yom Kippur - Thursday, Oct. 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, Baltimore
Hindu Temple and Religious Centers, 2 in Baltimore
Islamic Society
Jehovah’s Witnesses, Baltimore
Jewish Community Federation
Luthern, Missouri Synod
Methodist, Baltimore-Washington Conference; use Baltimore Harford district
Muslim Community
Presbyterian, Baltimore Presbytery; use Baltimore City county
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Unitarian Universalist - First Unitarian Church, Charles and Franklin Sts, 410-685-2330
Places in zip code 21201 (hotel zip)