Baltimore Downtown Open Space PlanMahan Rykiel AssociatesProject for Public SpacesFlannigan ConsultingSabra Wang Associates December 15, 2010
Acknowledgments Downtown Baltimore Partners
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
Kirby Fowler, President
Nan Rohrer, Vice President
Baltimore City Department of Planning
Thomas Stosur, Director
Robert Quilter, Design Planner II
Baltimore Development Corporation
M.J. “Jay” Brodie, President
Paul Dombrowski, Director of Planning and Design
Consultant Team
Mahan Rykiel Associates, Inc.
Catherine Mahan
Scott Rykiel
Tom McGilloway
Nathan Scott
Richard Jones
Qiaojue Yu
Project for Public Spaces
Cynthia Nikitin
Ethan Kent
Tom Peyton
Daniel Latorre
Flannigan Consulting
Francis Flannigan
Sabra Wang Associates
Paul Silberman
Baltimore Downtown Open Space PlanMahan Rykiel AssociatesProject for Public SpacesFlannigan ConsultingSabra Wang Associates December 15, 2010
Baltimore Downtown Open Space PlanMahan Rykiel AssociatesProject for Public SpacesFlannigan ConsultingSabra Wang Associates December 15, 2010
Table of Contents
Executive Summary 01
Introduction13
Study Area15
Purpose16
Relationship to Other Planning Studies16
Open Space Defined16
Process17
Guiding Concepts 19
Networks21
Sustainability 22
Transportation 22
Placemaking22
Assessment25
Open Space Inventory27
Significant Development29
Transportation Networks29
Elevation Study 29
PlaceMap33
Overall Recommendations 37
Open Space Networks 39
General Recommendations39
Site Specific Recommendations 47
Inner Harbor/Pratt Street Network 49
Charles/Light Streets Network51
Overview
51
Mount Vernon Place
51
100 Light Street
52
Charles Center Red Line Station
52。