Pratt Street-Lombard Street

Pratt Street and Lombard Street are a one-way pair of streets that run west-east through downtown Baltimore, Maryland. For most of their route, Pratt Street is one-way in an eastbound direction, and Lombard Street is one way westbound. Both streets begin in west Baltimore at Frederick Avenue and end in Butcher's Hill at Patterson Park Avenue. Since 2005, these streets have been open to two-way traffic from Broadway up until their end at Patterson Park [ [http://charmcitychronicle.blogspot.com/2007/06/speaking-of-traffic.html Charm City Chronicle: Speaking of Traffic ] ] .

To the east of Patterson Park, both Pratt and Lombard Streets start again. Pratt continues as a side street from Linwood Avenue up until Haven Street, and Lombard mostly as a multilane street up until Kane Street. Lombard, which is known as "Lombard Street East" in this area, is the larger of the two, with part of an interchange with the Harbor Tunnel Thruway and access to Bayview Medical Center.

Pratt Street

Pratt Street has historic significance as the location of the Baltimore Riot of 1861. Today it is known for being an important gateway into the Inner Harbor, connecting it with the Baltimore Light Rail line. It is for the later reason, the city decided to redesign the street and surrounding area to be more pedestrian-friendly [ [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=447027 Pratt Street Redevelopment Thread - SkyscraperCity ] ] .

Pratt Street is named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden a supporter of American Rights in the 18 Century, and not the noted Baltimorian Enoch Pratt (1808-1896). Pratt Street appears on maps of Baltimore as early as 1801 [ [http://www.mdhs.org/library/MappingMD/18warner.html Mapping Maryland: Warner and Hanna, Plan of the city and environs of Baltimore (18) ] ] .

Notable landmarks on or near Pratt Street include:
*Oriole Park at Camden Yards (nearby)
*Baltimore Convention Center
*Inner Harbor/Harborplace and the Gallery
*National Aquarium
*The Power Plant
*B&O Railroad Museum
*Camden Station
*Runs through Little Italy

Lombard Street

Lombard Street is one of Downtown Baltimore's older streets. Its name comes from the Italian town Guardia Lombardi, as Lombard Street was originally an Italian settlement [ [http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/jt/cover_story/road_signs_of_the_times/ Baltimore Jewish Times ] ] . It has undergone many changes over the past hundred years but became famous for its Corned Beef row.

Corned Beef Row

"Corned Beef Row" is a stretch of East Lombard Street that was once the center of Jewish life in Baltimore. Today, only a few landmarks remain. Notable is [http://www.attmansdeli.com/ Attman's Delicatessen] , founded in 1915, which is famous throughout the city for its hot corned beef sandwiches. [cite web | title="Attman's History" | url=http://attmansdeli.com/history.php ]

Jewish Museum and B'nai Israel

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is located on Lloyd Street near Lombard. [cite web | title="The Jewish Museum of Maryland" | url=http://www.jhsm.org ] The museum campus includes the historic Lloyd Street and B'nai Israel Synagogue and a modern museum building with changing exhibition galleries and research library.B'nai Israel Synagogue is an active, 200 family congregation housed in a 133 year old building. The synagogue currently holds services every Shabbat and Jewish HolyDay, and classes covering a various topics three weeknights. Rabbi Alan Yuter is the current spiritual leader ( [http://www.jewishdowntown.org/rabbis_corner his essays] [ [http://www.jewishdowntown.org/rabbis_corner B'nai Israel Congregation ] ] ).

Other notable landmarks

*Little Italy neighborhood
*Baltimore City Community College Harbor Campus
*Port Discovery (nearby)
*Bromo Seltzer Tower

External links

* [http://www.jewishdowntown.org Jewish Downtown]

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