Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is a sister city of these municipalities:. Punters. See:Baltimore City Public School System. Kickers. List of Baltimore neighborhoods. Safeties. Out of the total population, 30.6% of those under the age of 18 and 18.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Cornerbacks.

22.9% of the population and 18.8% of families are below the poverty line. Linebackers. The per capita income for the city is $16,978.
Defensive Tackles. Males have a median income of $31,767 versus $26,832 for females. Defensive Ends. The median income for a household in the city is $30,078, and the median income for a family is $35,438. Centers.

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.9 males. Guards. For every 100 females there are 87.4 males. Tackles. The median age is 35 years. Tight ends. In the city the population is spread out with 24.8% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who are 65 years of age or older. Wide Receivers.

The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 3.16. Fullbacks. 34.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.3% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. Runningbacks. There are 257,996 households out of which 25.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 26.7% are married couples living together, 25.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% are non-families. Quarterbacks. 1.70% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The revelation led to Reynolds being fired from his position, and sparked harsh condemnation of the club from the local media, who instantly dubbed the scandal "Videogate." Ironically, the story broke on the same day that the identity of "Deep Throat" from the Watergate scandal was made public (the 49ers story receiving priority over it in the San Francisco Chronicle) — and even more ironically, an anonymous source (widely thought to be recently-fired 49ers general manager Terry Donahue) "leaked" the story by sending a copy of the video to the media.

The racial makeup of the city is 31.63% White, 64.34% Black or African American, 0.32% Native American, 1.53% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.67% from other races, and 1.47% from two or more races. The video contained unflattering stereotypical characterizations of numerous ethnic and other groups, including Chinese-Americans, lesbians, strippers and homeless persons — and worse yet, was meant to be used for "sensitivity training" purposes. There are 300,477 housing units at an average density of 1,435.8/km² (3,718.6/mi²). On May 31, 2005, it became public knowledge that a controversial video production, intended to be viewed by the players only, had been made the previous August under the supervision of the team's public relations director, Kirk Reynolds, who also appeared prominently in it. The population density is 3,111.5/km² (8,058.4/mi²). Expectations are hopeful that the new coach and quarterback tandem will bring renewed success to a faltering franchise. As of the census² of 2000, there are 651,154 people, 257,996 households, and 147,057 families residing in the city. It was a pick predicted by many, though some had the 49ers selecting local product Aaron Rodgers of the University of California, Berkeley.

in every census up to the 1980 census. In his inaugural draft as head coach, Mike Nolan selected with the first pick of the draft quarterback Alex Smith of the University of Utah. S. He is the son of former 49ers coach Dick Nolan, who led the team to three consecutive playoff appearances in the early 1970's. It was among the top 10 cities in population in the U. After an extensive coaching search, the 49ers announced the hiring of Mike Nolan, former defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens as their head coach to lead the team into the 2005 season. In the 1830, 1840, and 1850 censuses of the United States of America, Baltimore was the second largest city in population. The 49ers would finish that season with a record of 2-14, their second consecutive losing season (and finishing last in the NFC West for the first time since 1979, ending what had been the NFL's longest active streak for not finishing in last place in a division), with the worst record in the NFL for the season, which secured them the first crack at the first round pick in the spring NFL draft, and also resulted in the firing of head coach Erickson and GM Terry Donahue.

The major highways serving the city are I-695 (the Baltimore Beltway), I-95, I-83 and I-70 (its eastern terminus is just beyond the city limits). Larry Ellison and former quarterback Steve Young have been the names most commonly rumored as potential buyers. Additionally, MARC commuter rail connects Washington, DC's Union Station with the city's two rail stations, Camden Station and Penn Station. During the 2004 season, rumors that the Yorks might sell the team began spreading. Baltimore City has many bus routes, and a light rail and a subway system. The 49ers had several chances to score in the fourth quarter, but an interception and a fumble recovery sealed their fate in this game. Public transit in Baltimore City is provided by the Maryland Transit Administration. The last shutout had been 27 years ago in 1977 — they were defeated 7-0 by Atlanta at what was then known as Candlestick Park.

The city has a humid subtropical climate, moderated by the warming influence of the bay and nearby ocean, with hot summers, cool winters, and moderate precipitation. On September 26, 2004, the Niners were shut out 34-0 by the Seattle Seahawks, their first such loss in 420 regular season and 36 playoff games, a league record. The total area is 12.240% water. Although they finished the 2003 season with a losing record of 7-9, Erickson was retained as coach for the 2004 season. 209.3 km² (80.8 mi²) of it is land and 29.2 km² (11.3 mi²) of it is water. The period since the 2001 season has been disastrous for San Francisco, hampered by injuries and poor defense. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 238.5 km² (92.1 mi²). Following the season, Steve Mariucci, the coach, was fired and replaced by Dennis Erickson.

Baltimore is in the north central part of the state of Maryland, on the Patapsco River, not far from the Chesapeake Bay. It is on the western edge of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, with low hills rising in the western part of the city. This would be, to date, the last post-season appearance for the 49ers. The headquarters of the Social Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are located in Woodlawn, just outside the city limits. They lost their subsequent game to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On November 2, 2004, Dixon won re-election in a two-way contest; Joan Floyd, a Green Party candidate, was the only challenger; the Republicans did not field a candidate. In 2002 they produced the second greatest comeback in NFL playoff history by coming back from a 24 point deficit (38-14) and winning 39-38 against the New York Giants behind amazing games by then 49ers Jeff Garcia and Terrell Owens. Sheila Dixon is the current Council President. As a part of the fallout, he transferred controlling interest in the team to his sister and brother-in-law, Denise and John York.

The Baltimore City Council is now made up of 14 single member districts and one elected at-large Council President. DeBartolo later pleaded guilty to a failure to report a felony charge. A coalition of union and community groups, organized by ACORN, backed the effort. In the late 1990s Eddie DeBartolo was involved in a corruption investigation regarding Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards and one of his Mississippi riverboat casinos. Grassroots pressure for reform, voiced as Question P, restructured the City Council in November of 2002, against the will of the Mayor, the Council President, and the majority of the Council. That has led to some of their stars finishing up their careers with other teams. For a full list of mayors that served the city, see: List of Baltimore Mayors. There are many others as the team has had a policy of releasing star players a year too early rather than a year too late.

His ambition to run for Governor of Maryland is well known. Some other famous 49ers include Steve Young, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, Jerry Rice, Roger Craig, Fred Dean, Eric Wright, Dwight Hicks, Deion Sanders, and Ricky Watters. Despite being a conservative Democrat in a city with a deep progressive history, O'Malley has maintained a high approval rating through both of his terms in office. Later they became dominant in all aspects of the game. The current Mayor of Baltimore is Martin O'Malley. The former coach of Stanford University made excellent draft picks, picked up key free agents or players released by other teams and is known as the creator of the 'West Coast offense'. During their first Super Bowl run the team was known for its short passing game and the play making ability of young quarterback Joe Montana. For most governmental purposes under Maryland law, Baltimore City is treated as a "county"-level entity. The team was led in its turnaround from late 1970s doormat by new owner Eddie DeBartolo and head coach Bill Walsh.

Baltimore is an independent city; in other words, not part of any county. During that decade, the team neglected to make the playoffs only twice — in 1980, and again in the strike-shortened 1982 season which saw them go 0-5 at home and 3-1 on the road — the only time in NFL history that a team went winless at home while winning more than half its away games in the same season. Water levels rose some 20 feet in areas, flooding underground parking garages and displacing thousands of cubic yards of trash and debris. They won XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV, and XXIX. Many places were flooded including the sports center ESPN Zone, the Baltimore World Trade Center (The World Trade Center remained closed for approximately a month during cleanup efforts) and most of the Inner Harbor. The 49ers won five Super Bowls, four in the 1980s, and are considered The Team of the Eighties (the team had never won an NFL or Super Bowl championship prior, and had never even won a division title until 1970). Also in 2003, Baltimore was affected by Hurricane Isabel from flooding as a result of tidal surge, affecting primarily the Fells Point community and the Inner Harbor and surrounding low areas. It is the only name the team has been affiliated with and San Francisco is the only city in which it has resided.

The City of Baltimore hopes to have it finished and opened by 2005 or 2006. The team earned its name from the surge of goldminers to the San Francisco area during 1849, thus the nickname the San Francisco 49ers. The hotel is expected to be built near the Baltimore Convention Center. The San Francisco 49ers have the distinction of being the first major-league professional sports franchise on the West Coast. The 49ers entered professional football in 1946 and matured, nationally and locally, when the club was granted a National League franchise in 1950. In 2003, the Baltimore Development Corporation announced that three hotel projects were being reviewed. The team's headquarters and practice facility are located in Santa Clara, California. Three weeks later, manhole covers flew into the air as underground explosions along West Pratt Street followed due to residual explosive chemicals from the fire left in the sewers. They tie the Dallas Cowboys with the record for most Super Bowl victories (5).

The derailment sparked a chemical fire that raged for six days and virtually shut down the downtown area until the heat caused a water main to rupture, largely extinguishing the fire but also causing significant flooding in the streets above. The San Francisco 49ers are a National Football League team that plays in San Francisco, California. A 60-car train derailment occurred in a tunnel in Baltimore on July 18, 2001. Ricky Watters. The concept has been highly successful, and numerous other American municipalities have since implemented the practice. Richard Dent. On October 2, 1996, Baltimore became the first city in the United States to adopt 311 as a non-emergency "hot line" telephone number, in order to reserve the use of 911 for genuine emergencies. Garrison Hearst.

In 1992, the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball moved downtown to Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and six years later the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League moved next door into the newly renamed M&T Bank Stadium, formerly known as PSINet Stadium until PSINet went bankrupt. Tim Harris. In 1979 the Baltimore Convention Center was opened and was subsequently renovated and expanded in 1996. Harborplace, a modern urban retail and restaurant complex, was opened on the waterfront in 1980, followed by the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland's largest tourist destination, in 1981. Deion Sanders. In recent years, efforts to redevelop the downtown area have led to a revitalization of the Inner Harbor. Steve Mariucci. Many movies such as Hairspray, scenes from 12 monkeys and the film Hardball were filmed there, in fact many scenes from the 1972 cult classic film Pink Flamingos were shot in the city's Waverly section (the film was made by John Waters, a Baltimore native). Additionally, television shows such as NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" and HBO's "The Wire" have also been filmed in the city. Ken Norton Jr.

Baltimore has become a prime city for filming movies and television. Jeff Fuller. The buildings were eventually demolished in 2001. John Taylor. In 1955 Flag House Courts, public housing project made up of 3 12-story buildings was built. Derrick Deese. Baltimore is also the location of Pimlico Race Course, the home of the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. The Preakness has been run since 1873. Terrell Owens.

Baltimore is the location of the Baltimore World Trade Center, the world's tallest equilateral five-sided building (the five-sided JPMorganChase Tower in Houston, Texas is taller, but has unequal sides). Jeff Garcia. The Great Baltimore Fire on February 7, 1904 destroyed over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. Tom Rathman. After the riot, Union troops occupied Baltimore and Maryland came under direct federal administration — in part, to prevent the state from seceding — until the end of the war in April 1865. Brent Jones. Pro-Southern sentiment led to the Baltimore riot of 1861 when Union soldiers marched through the city. Harris Barton.

Many, if not most, people in Baltimore at the time were sympathetic to the Confederacy. Matt Millen. During the Civil War, Maryland was officially part of the Union but kept slavery legal. Eric Wright. Baltimore became an independent city in 1851, being detached from Baltimore County at that time. Jesse Sapolu. The city is also the site of the first architectural monument honoring George Washington, a 178 foot doric column erected in 1829 and designed by Robert Mills, who later designed the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. Charles Haley.

Baltimore's harbor is the location of Fort McHenry, which came under attack by British forces in the War of 1812 and whose defense inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," which furnishes the lyrics to the United States national anthem. Roger Craig. The relatively shorter distance between Baltimore and the Caribbean colonies allowed swift transport and minimized the spoilage of flour. Michael Carter. The profit from sugar encouraged the maximum possible cultivation of cane and the importation of food. Ray Wersching. Baltimore grew swiftly in the mid-late 18th century as the granary for sugar producing colonies in the Caribbean. Jack Reynolds.

During the 17th century, various towns called "Baltimore" were founded as commercial ports at various locations on the upper Chesapeake Bay. The present city dates from July 30, 1729 and is named after Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore who was the first Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. Fred Dean. Because there is also a Baltimore County adjacent to (but not including) the city, it is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City when a clear distinction is desired. Randy Cross. The city is a major part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and a major U.S.seaport. Gene Washington. It is the largest city in Maryland, named after the founding proprietor of the Maryland Colony, Cęcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore. Len Rohde.

As of July 1, 2002, the population is 638,614, and the population of the Baltimore-Washington Metroplex as of 2000 is 7.6 million, up from 6.7 million in 1990. Kermit Alexander. state of Maryland. Ken Willard. Baltimore is an independent city located in the U.S. John Thomas. Frank Zappa. Bernie Casey.

Montel Williams. Dave Parks. John Waters. Owens. Johnny Unitas. C. Anne Tyler. R.

Anne Truitt. Abe Woodson. Tupac Shakur. Frankie Albert. Pam Shriver. Jerry Rice. Babe Ruth. 87 - Dwight Clark.

Cal Ripken, Jr. Clair. Adrienne Rich. 79 - Bob St. Edgar Allan Poe. 73 - Leo Nomellini. Jada Pinkett-Smith. 70 - Charlie Krueger.

Michael Phelps. 42 - Ronnie Lott. Nancy Pelosi. 39 - Hugh McElhenny. Jim Palmer. 37 - Jimmy Johnson. Ric Ocasek. 34 - Joe Perry.

Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson. 23 - Reyman Cua. Kweisi Mfume. 16 - Joe Montana. Mencken. 12 - John Brodie. H.L. Andy Lee.

Jim McKay. Kirk Yliniemi. Thurgood Marshall. Cole Farden. Laura Lippman. Joe Nedney. Barry Levinson. Dwaine Carpenter.

Francis Scott Key. Keith Lewis. William Henry Cardinal Keeler. Tony Parrish. Johns Hopkins. Allan Amundson. Billie Holiday. Randee Drew.

David Hasselhoff. Arnold Parker. Dorothy Hamill. Shawntae Spencer. Philip Glass. Mike Rumph. Johnny Gill. Rayshun Reed.

Drew. Derrick Johnson. Charles R. Joselio Hanson. Elijah Cummings. Daven Holly. Ben Carson. Mike Adams.

Cab Calloway. Ahmed Plummer. David Byrne. Andre Carter. Charles Joseph Bonaparte. Andrew Williams. Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues. Jeff Ulbrich.

Eubie Blake. Richard Seigler. Carmelo Anthony. Julian Peterson. Baltimore Thunder - (National Lacrosse League) - moved to Pittsburgh, then D.C.; now Colorado. Jamie Winborn. Baltimore Skipjacks - (American Hockey League, Eastern Hockey League, Southern Hockey League). Derek Smith.

Baltimore Clippers - (American Hockey League). Brandon Moore. Baltimore Bandits - (American Hockey League). Saleem Rasheed. Baltimore Blades - (World Hockey Association ). Max Yates. Baltimore Bays - (North American Soccer League). Ray Wells.

Baltimore Bayrunners - (International Basketball League). Anthony Adams. Baltimore Claws - (American Basketball Association). Ronald Fields. Baltimore Bullets - (National Basketball Association). Isaac Sopoaga. Baltimore Colts - (National Football League). Tony Brown.

Baltimore Stars - (United States Football League). Bryant Young. Baltimore Stallions - (Canadian Football League ). Josh Cooper. 2005-2006 ABA Expansion Team. Marques Douglas. Baltimore Blast - (Major Indoor Soccer League). Corey Smith.

Baltimore Bayhawks (Major League Lacrosse). Scott Scharff. Baltimore Ravens (National Football League). John Engelberger. Baltimore Orioles (Major League Baseball). Chris Cooper. Westminster Hall and Burying Ground. Norm Katnik.

Walters Art Museum. Eric Heitmann. USS Constellation. Jeremy Newberry. Star Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 Museum. Tony Wragge. Pimlico Race Course. Thomas Herrion.

National Museum of Dentistry. Justin Smiley. National Aquarium in Baltimore. David Baas. Maryland Science Center. Adam Snyder. Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame Museum. Scott Peters.

Harborplace. Patrick Estes. Fort McHenry National Monument. Brendan Darby. Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum. Khiawatha Downey. Dime Museum. Jonas Jennings.

B&O Railroad Museum. Kwame Harris. Blacks In Wax Museum. Brian Jennings. Baltimore Maritime Museum. Billy Bajema. Baltimore Museum of Industry. Aaron Walker.

Baltimore Museum of Art. Eric Johnson. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption. Jason McAddely. Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum. Rasheed Marshall. American Visionary Art Museum. Marcus Maxwell.

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Gbarnga, Liberia. Steve Bush. Enoch Pratt Free Library. Terry Jackson. University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Fred Beasley. University of Baltimore (UB). Brian Johnson.

Morgan State University. Maurice Hicks. Coppin State University. Frank Gore. Baltimore City Community College (BCCC). Kevan Barlow. Sojourner-Douglass College. Cody Pickett.

Peabody Institute. Ken Dorsey. Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Tim Rattay. Loyola College in Maryland. Alex Smith. Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Steve Young.

College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Dave Wilcox. Baltimore International College (BIC). Ronnie Lott. Baltimore Hebrew University. Joe Montana. Martin State Airport - (general aviation), located in Baltimore County. Jimmy Johnson.

Baltimore-Washington International Airport - Located in neighboring Anne Arundel County. Bill Walsh. Clair. Bob St. John Henry Johnson.

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Joe Perry. Leo Nomellini.