The trend of redeveloping formerly industrial waterfront space in cities was en vogue long before D.C. jumped on the bandwagon in the 1990s when it targeted land along the Anacostia River for redevelopment.
Baltimore’s revitalization of its Inner Harbor began in the 1970s as one of the nation’s first modern day waterfront revitalization projects designed to spur growth. Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which opened in 1992 as the first retro ballpark in the country, capped off what had been a decadelong effort to bring new residents and business to the city’s formerly industrial waters. Pittsburgh followed in similar suit around the turn of the century with PNC Park and its own industrial waterfront revitalization.
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