Vision for Harborplace Revealed
On October 30, Governor Wes Moore, Mayor Brandon Scott, and P. David Bramble of MCB Real Estate gathered to unveil and celebrate the Vision for Harborplace—and in turn, to point the way to a greener, more resilient, livable Downtown Baltimore.
Building upon the visionary leadership of Bramble and the input of our community, Unknown Studio is humbled and proud to share the Vision Plan for Baltimore’s beloved Harborplace—the internationally iconic waterfront in the heart of our Downtown.
“This project and this design activate the waterfront in a way that ensures it is for everyone in our City, our region and our State. We prioritized listening to the community to hear what they wanted and married it to what could actually be built. I’m so proud to share these plans with all of Baltimore because we deserve an internationally renowned waterfront that belongs to all of us.”
– P. David Bramble, Managing Partner and Co-founder, MCB Real Estate.
The Plan articulates a more inclusive, democratic, diverse, inhabitable, and resilient future for the next century of Baltimore’s Downtown.
The Vision Plan encompasses the following landscape features:
Park & Promenade
18. 7 acres of total public space (13.9 existing acres)
4.8 total acres of new parks and public space
2.3 acres of new park space through The Park at Freedoms Port (Light & Pratt St)
5.5 total acres of enhanced activation space at West Shore Park
500+ new native trees adding shade to the public promenade
1.1 acres of elevated public space
3.4 acres of revitalized waterfront promenade
Including 1.4 acres of new promenade
Upper and lower promenade typologies to mitigate flooding events and bring the public closer to the water
Native landscaping and softer shoreline to protect the ecology of the Chesapeake
Marsh/wetlands to intercept and remove nutrients from the harbor
Diverse connections to multi-modal forms of transportation including the Baltimore Blue Way, Water Taxi, and MTA transit
Multi-purpose spaces to aid year-round programming, festivals and celebrations along the water
Design Team:
Client Team: MCB Real Estate
Planning Team: Gensler (Baltimore), 3XN (New York, Copenhagen), BCT Design Group (Baltimore), Sulton Campbell Britt (Baltimore, MBE), Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture (Baltimore, WBE), STV, Inc. (Baltimore), Moffatt & Nichol (Baltimore), The Traffic Group (Baltimore County), RK&K (Baltimore), Biohabitats (Baltimore)
For more information please visit:
https://www.ourharborplace.com/theplan
