Baltimore Inner Harbor

Baltimore's Inner Harbor is an urban success story, one whose planning concepts have stood the test of time extraordinarily well. As author of the master plan, WRT was responsible not only for creating the image but also for executing the architecture and landscape design and construction of all public areas in more than 100 contract assignments. Public use of the water's edge exclusive of traffic, continuous building cornice lines to create a harbor frame, emphasis on view corridors to link the city to the harbor, the World Trade Center symbolically stepping into the water, and the USF&G tower serving as a transitional hinge—all were translated by WRT into design principles and guidelines that, carried out by multiple developers, give the Inner Harbor its lasting identity.

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Awards
  • 2009, Heritage Award, for Industrial Excellence and Substantial Contributions to the Greater Community's Well Being for at Least 25 years. Urban Land Institute.
  • 1991, Top Ten Waterfront Places. The Waterfront Center.
  • 1988, Excellence on the Waterfront. The Waterfront Center.
  • 1988, Honor Award. .
  • 1981, Honor Award. American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • 1979, Achievement Award. International Downtown Executives Association.
  • 1979, First Honor Award. The American Institute of Architects, Pennsylvania Society of Architects.
  • 1978, Honor Award for Design Excellence. American Society of Landscape Architects Pennsylvania, Delaware Chapter.
  • 1974, Honor Award for Management Approaches. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  • 1973, Honor Award. American Society of Landscape Architects.
  • 1973, Citation. Progressive Architecture.
  • 1968, Merit Award, Design Excellence. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.