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The
New Year's Eve Spectacular is
Baltimore's iconic New Year event,
and the party to welcome in
promises to be as energetic as ever.
The midnight fireworks display is
centred on the city's Inner Harbour,
and is preceded by live music and
entertainment at the famous Inner
Harbor Amphitheater. Away from the
fireworks, the biggest crowds will
be heading to the Big Night
Baltimore party, held annually at
The Sheraton hotel in Baltimore City
Center. For fans of popular culture,
NYE also sees a performance by
Louis C.K at the Baltimore Meyerhoff
Symphony Hall.
For the latest New Year's Eve events
and parties in Baltimore see New
Year's Eve Live
Baltimore is the largest city in the
U.S. state of Maryland and the 24th
largest city in the country. It is
located in the central area of the
state along the tidal portion of the
Patapsco River, an arm of the
Chesapeake Bay. The independent city
is often referred to as Baltimore
City to distinguish it from
surrounding Baltimore County.
Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once
the second leading port of entry for
immigrants to the United States.
The
city has architecturally important
buildings in a variety of styles.
The Baltimore Basilica (1806–1821)
is a neoclassical design by Benjamin
Latrobe, and also the oldest
Catholic Cathedral in the United
States. In 1813 Robert Cary Long,
Sr. built for Rembrandt Peale the
first substantial structure in the
United States designed expressly as
a museum. Restored, it is now the
Municipal Museum of Baltimore, or
popularly the “Peale Museum”. The
McKim Free School was founded and
endowed by John McKim, although the
building was erected by his son
Isaac in 1822 after a design by
William Howard and William Small. It
reflects the popular interest in
Greece when the nation was securing
its independence, as well as a
scholarly interest in recently
published drawings of Athenian
antiquities.
The
Phoenix Shot Tower (1828), at 234.25
feet (71.40 m) tall, was the tallest
building in the United States until
the time of the Civil war. It was
constructed without the use of
exterior scaffolding. The Sun Iron
Building designed by R.C. Hatfield
in 1851, was city’s first iron-front
building and it was a model for a
whole generation of downtown
buildings. Brown Memorial
Presbyterian Church, built in 1870
in memory of financier George Brown,
has stained glass windows by Louis
Comfort Tiffany and has been called
"one of the most significant
buildings in this city, a treasure
of art and architecture" by
Baltimore Magazine.
The
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is an
internationally renowned orchestra,
founded in 1916 as a publicly funded
municipal organization. The current
Music Director is Marin Alsop, a
protégé of Leonard Bernstein. Center
Stage is the premier theater company
in the city and a regionally
well-respected group. The Lyric
Opera House is the home of Lyric
Opera Baltimore, which operates
there as part of the Patricia and
Arthur Modell Performing Arts
Center. The Baltimore Consort has
been a leading early music ensemble
for over twenty-five years. The
France-Merrick Performing Arts
Center, home of the restored Thomas
W. Lamb-designed Hippodrome Theatre,
has afforded Baltimore the
opportunity to become a major
regional player in the area of
touring Broadway and other
performing arts presentations.
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