Jun 20, 2013

Viewing Baltimore from above

Tim Swift 0 Comment From the Vault, Maryland, Retrospective, Sports, The Baltimore Sun Baltimore aerial photography

We make a point to show you Baltimore from streets and sidewalks, but The Baltimore Sun has a long history of photographing Baltimore from the air. Check out how the city and its skyline have evolved through photos taken from airplanes and helicopters.

: Baltimore police officer Regis Raffensberger pilots a helicopter above the city in 1971. (Carl D. Harris / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore skyline in 2013. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: Baltimore Trust Company Building — now the Bank of America Building — is photographed from an airplane in 1949. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)

: University of Maryland Medical sits in the foreground of this west to east aerial view of downtown Baltimore in 2006. (Kim Hairston / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Inner Harbor during construction of various project is seen in this aerial view from 1980. (William Hotz / The Baltimore Sun)

: Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is seen from above in 1960. (Richard Stacks / The Baltimore Sun)

: An aerial view of what is now considered the Inner Harbor shot October 20, 1948. (Robert F. Kniesche/ The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore waterfront — now the Inner Harbor — is photographed from a plane in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche/ The Baltimore Sun)

: Federal Hill Park and the Baltimore skyline is seen during a snowstorm in 1938. (Robert F. Kniesche/ The Baltimore Sun)

: Sun photographer Robert F. Kniesche took this photo of the Baltimore skyline in 1938 looking from East Baltimore. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore skyline is seen from above in 1937. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood is seen from above in 1988. (William G. Hotz, Jr. / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Baltimore skyline in 2013. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: An aerial view of President Street in downtown Baltimore in 2013. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)

: Memorial Stadium photographed from above during the World Series in 1966. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: Memorial Stadium photographed from above during the World Series in 1966. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: Ravens Stadium (now M&T Bank Stadium) is under construction in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)

: Ravens Stadium is photographed from the air before the team’s first game in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)

: M&T Bank Stadium is seen from above in 2005. (David Hobby / The Baltimore Sun)

: Oriole Park at Camden Yards is seen from above in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)

: Oriole Park at Camden Yards is seen from above in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)

: Oriole Park at Camden Yards is seen from above on opening day in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)

: Oriole Park at Camden Yards along with the recently constructed Hilton Hotel are seen in this aerial view in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)

: Oriole Park at Camden Yards along with the land that would eventually become Ravens Stadium are seen from above in 1993. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: The view of the Howard Street Bridge, looking southeast. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: The Hanover Street bridge in 2003. (Kenneth K. Lam / The Baltimore Sun)

: Aerial of an interchange between Interstate 95 and Interstate 695 in White Marsh in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)

: Aerial of an interchange between Interstate 95 and Interstate 695 in White Marsh in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)

: Freight cars in Locust Point bask in the late afternoon sun in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)

: Baltimore Washington International airport is seen from above in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)

: The entrance to the Harbor Tunnel is seen from the air in 2005. (Jed Kirschbaum / The Baltimore Sun)

: A Jones Falls Expressway interchange is under construction at 28th street in Baltimore in August of 1961. (Robert F. Kniesche/ Baltimore Sun)

: The Jones Falls Expressway is seen from above in 1958. (Richard Stacks / The Baltimore Sun)

: Downtown Baltimore is seen in 1952. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: Hundreds of rowhomes are seen in an aerial view of East Baltimore in 2006. (David Hobby / The Baltimore Sun)

: Hundreds of rowhomes are seen in an aerial view of East Baltimore in 2006. (David Hobby / The Baltimore Sun)

: Hundreds of rowhomes are seen in an aerial view of East Baltimore in 1940. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: The Washington Monument in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood is seen from above in 2001. (Amy Davis / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Washington Monument is photographed by flying drone camera in 2012. (Terry Kilby / Special to The Baltimore Sun)

: The Standard Oil building on St. Paul Street in Baltimore is seen in this aerial photo from 1935. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: The Patterson Park Pagoda is photographed by flying drone camera in 2012. (Terry Kilby / Special to The Baltimore Sun)

: Southeast Baltimore is photographed by flying drone camera in 2012. (Terry Kilby / Special to The Baltimore Sun)

: Patterson Park is seen from above in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)

: Federal Hill Park is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: Fort McHenry is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: Fort McHenry is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: Fort McHenry is photographed from a helicopter in 1975. (Irving Phillips / The Baltimore Sun)

: A Baltimore Police Helicopter provides an aerial view of the state penitentiary in 1971. (Carl D. Harris / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood is seen from above in 1923. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: The Baltimore skyline in 1937. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: Downtown Baltimore in 1923. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: Workers finish the USF&G Building — now called the Transamerica Tower — in 1973. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: HarborView Marina and Yacht Club is photographed from a helicopter in 2006. (Kim Hairston / The Baltimore Sun)

: Pier Six concert pavilion is photographed from a helicopter in 2006. (Kim Hairston / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Ritz Carlton Residences near Federal Hill Park are photographed from a helicopter in 2013. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: The Ritz Carlton Residences near Federal Hill Park are photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: Fort Carroll is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)

: An aerial view of the crowd attending the annual Maryland Hunt Cup point-to-point in 1931. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: The Baltimore Marine Hospital and Baltimore Museum of Art are seen from the air in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)

: An aerial view of Loyola College in north Baltimore in 1965. (Clarence Garrett, The Baltimore Sun)

: St. Anges Hospital in Southwest Baltimore is photographed from above in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)

: Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood is photographed from the air in 1939. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)

: Mount Clare Station — which would later become the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum — is seen from above in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)

: The University of Maryland Medical School — on the west side of Baltimore’s downtown — is seen from above in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)

: A cruise liner docked at Locust Point in Baltimore is seen from the air in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)

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