Point Park Opens to the Public

Point Park is now open at Harbor Point! Nestled directly along the water’s edge, this vibrant new 4.5-acre green space features a sprawling main lawn, plenty of seating, and great harbor views, perfect for grabbing lunch, socializing, or simply enjoying the day.

Inspired by History
Thoughtfully designed to connect people with nature, history, culture, and each other, Point Park is the culmination of more than 20 years of master planning and development with the City of Baltimore and local communities. Point Park offers visitors an opportunity to learn the significance of the land upon which they stand.

For 140 years, the peninsula now known as Harbor Point was the site of Allied Signal’s Baltimore Chrome Works facility. At Point Park, trees hold the place where steel columns once stood; gates symbolically mark the entrances to buildings that now only exist in photographs; timber benches and steel beams recall the heavy industry that once shaped the area.

Long before its industrial use, the land was part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, historically inhabited and stewarded by Indigenous communities. With the support of T. Rowe Price and the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore and in collaboration with the Baltimore American Indian Center and other Native American consultants, Point Park features educational signage that shares the Indigenous history of the land and helps visitors connect with its roots.

Park Highlights
Point Park features several distinct zones, each designed to connect the public to the water and create engagement in an impactful, meaningful way.

Main Lawn
The expansive open green space will be home to a range of programmatic events, as well as serving as the “waterfront yard” for residents, workers, and guests alike. The main lawn delivers on Point Park’s goal to be the go-to destination for open space activation along Baltimore’s harbor.

Grove
The shady grove interprets what was once the main plant of the Baltimore Chrome Works site. The grid work of concrete foundations that once carried the massive processing facility is represented by rows of trees. Concrete walls and an interpretive panel tell the story of a once-proud industrial past and recast that narrative in a contemporary setting.

Covered Slip
Flanked by angular wood decks that provide access to the water’s edge, the depressed plate of native plantings marks the footprint of the slip that once ferried goods to and from Baltimore Chrome Works. The location from which ships once distributed the products of this site to the rest of the world will become a symbol of a city’s evolution from one of industrial might to environmental pioneer.

Waterfront Promenade
Point Park is the first location in the city to turn away from the hard-edged promenade environment that has to date dominated the constructed shoreline of Baltimore’s harbor. Brick paving yields to the soft texture and audible crunch of gravel underfoot. Plants, trees, and boulders have been carefully placed to conjure images of the shoreline that predated the city’s founding.