It’s called Baltimore Peninsula — another name for 235 acres off Hanover Street in South Baltimore. Be prepared to encounter a new chunk of the city here. Along the way, you’ll experience a dramatic encounter with the Patapsco River and Baltimore Harbor.
Over the past few years, a campus of buildings has risen along newly created streets. There’s a House Street, Tidewater Street, Mission Boulevard, Terrapin Way and Rye Street, along with the old Cromwell. Performance Street encircles the new Under Armour stadium and headquarters. Insulator Drive is now a townhouse community.
The architecture is retro — brown and gray brick in an industrial style reminiscent of something the Restoration Hardware art director would approve of. There is also an orderly landscaping plan with deep tree wells filled with what appears to be the plants native to Maryland. In contrast to the rest of the city, this is a planned area free of urban grittiness…