History
Downtown Baltimore has been the center of city life since Baltimore was chartered in 1796.
The Pratt Street Power Plant was built in 1900. In 1904, downtown Baltimore was almost destroyed by a huge fire with damages estimated at $150 million. In 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from the vice-presidency in the Garmatz Federal Office Building at Charles Centre.
The 2012 St. Patrick's Day beating occurred on March 17, 2012 (St. Patrick's Day) in Downtown.
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—Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)