History of Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Oriole park is the home stadium for the MLB team the Baltimore Orioles.  The park was built in 1992 and it blends in with the Urban context of downtown Baltimore while taking its image from baseball parks built in the early 20th century. Steel, rather than concrete trusses, an arched brick façade, a sun roof over the gentle slope of the upper deck, an asymmetrical playing field, and natural grass turf are just some of the features that tie it to those magnificent big-league ballparks built in the early 1900's.

Located beyond right field of the stadium, is the B&O Warehouse.  The B&O Warehouse was constructed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) beginning in 1899, with later sections completed in 1905, adjacent to the B&O's Camden Station and freight yard at Camden and Eutaw streets. The warehouse is the longest building on the East Coast at 1116 feet long, but it is only 51 feet wide.  The former B&O warehouse was incorporated into Camden Yards when it opened in 1992. The warehouse now serves as converted to team offices, team spaces, and a private club for the Orioles. It is also used for private wedding receptions.

The ballpark and warehouse are separated by a 60-foot-wide promenade, an extension of Eutaw Street which is closed to vehicular traffic. Along this street, spectators can get a view of the game or visit the many shops and restaurants that line the thoroughfare.  On game days, pedestrians must have a ticket in order to walk on the part of Eutaw Street adjacent to the stadium; however, on non-game days the street is open to all, while access to the stadium is gated.

It you stand on Eutaw street and look north you will get a stunning view of the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower.  Which has been a Baltimore landmark since its construction in 1911 and was the tallest building in Baltimore at the time.  The most interesting feature of the tower is the still-functioning tower clock, the face of which displays the word BROMO-SELTZER instead of numbers.  The clock was the largest four-dial gravity-driven non-chiming clock in the world.  A full restoration of the clock was completed in 2017. The original tower was topped by a 51-foot revolving replica of the blue Bromo-Seltzer bottle, which was illuminated with 596 lights and could be seen 20 miles away.  Due to structural concerns, the bottle was removed in 1936.