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Fells Point is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, home to a variety of shops, restaurants, coffee bars, music stores, and over 120 pubs. Located on the harbor and famous for its maritime past, it now boasts the greatest concentration of pubs/bars in the city. Fells Point is a vibrant and much-visited location in Baltimore, accessible by water taxi, freeway, and several bus lines. It has a prominent local Polish-American, Irish-American, Mexican-American population and, as gentrification continues, an ever-greater number of yuppies, as well. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Baltimore skyline at night Motto: The Greatest City in America (formerly The City That Reads; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Nickname: Charm City Mob Town Location in Maryland Founded Incorporated 30 July 1729 1797  County Independent city Mayor Martin J. OMalley (Dem) Area... A New York Water Taxi docks at Pier 11 near Wall Street. ... Jump to: navigation, search High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... Jump to: navigation, search Kazimierz PuÅ‚aski monument in Washington. ... Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... Jump to: navigation, search The ethnonym Mexican American describes United States citizens of Mexican ancestry (14 million in 2003) and Mexican citizens who reside in the US (10 million in 2003). ... Jump to: navigation, search This once impoverished historic neighborhood near downtown Jersey City is quickly becoming gentrified. ... Yuppie is short for Young Urban Professional. It is used to describe a demographic profile: people, usually between their late twenties and early thirties, generally with graduate degrees. ...


Fells Point, located to the East of the Inner Harbor, suffered extensive flooding during Hurricane Isabel in September 2003. The Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and iconic landmark of the city. ... Hurricane Isabel was a major hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season which made landfall on September 18, 2003 just south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina around 1:00 PM eastern time. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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"Fells Point Out of Time" Documentary Home Page (781 words)
Fell's Point Out of Time (2004) is the story of Baltimore Maryland’s historic waterfront community, from its early years as the home of the famed privateers, “legal pirates” who provided much of the United States’ early naval resources, to its decline and near-demolition, and its current controversial rebirth.
Fell's Point’s story is told by its friends and residents using interview clips arranged conversation-style with overlaid scenes of the community and archival photographs.
Fell's Point shipbuilders were so successful turning out their famed Baltimore Clippers that this “nest of pirates” became a major target of the British in the War if 1812.
Fells Point - baltimoresun.com (1898 words)
Tugboats are a common sight on the waterfront in Fells Point.
Baltimore's Fells Point area was named for William Fell, who originally purchased the land, and his son Edward Fell, who plotted the layout of the village in 1763.
Fells Point's waterfront location also made it one of the major ports for immigration until the mid-19th century.
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