Viewing Baltimore from above
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.
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- Baltimore police officer Regis Raffensberger pilots a helicopter above the city in 1971. (Carl D. Harris / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore skyline in 2013. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Baltimore Trust Company Building — now the Bank of America Building — is photographed from an airplane in 1949. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)
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- 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)
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- The Inner Harbor during construction of various project is seen in this aerial view from 1980. (William Hotz / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is seen from above in 1960. (Richard Stacks / The Baltimore Sun)
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- An aerial view of what is now considered the Inner Harbor shot October 20, 1948. (Robert F. Kniesche/ The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore waterfront — now the Inner Harbor — is photographed from a plane in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche/ The Baltimore Sun)
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- Federal Hill Park and the Baltimore skyline is seen during a snowstorm in 1938. (Robert F. Kniesche/ The Baltimore Sun)
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- Sun photographer Robert F. Kniesche took this photo of the Baltimore skyline in 1938 looking from East Baltimore. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore skyline is seen from above in 1937. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood is seen from above in 1988. (William G. Hotz, Jr. / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore skyline in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Baltimore skyline in 2013. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- An aerial view of President Street in downtown Baltimore in 2013. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)
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- Memorial Stadium photographed from above during the World Series in 1966. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- Memorial Stadium photographed from above during the World Series in 1966. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- Ravens Stadium (now M&T Bank Stadium) is under construction in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Ravens Stadium is photographed from the air before the team’s first game in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)
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- M&T Bank Stadium is seen from above in 2005. (David Hobby / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Oriole Park at Camden Yards is seen from above in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Oriole Park at Camden Yards is seen from above in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Oriole Park at Camden Yards is seen from above on opening day in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- The view of the Howard Street Bridge, looking southeast. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- The Hanover Street bridge in 2003. (Kenneth K. Lam / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Aerial of an interchange between Interstate 95 and Interstate 695 in White Marsh in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)
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- Aerial of an interchange between Interstate 95 and Interstate 695 in White Marsh in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)
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- Freight cars in Locust Point bask in the late afternoon sun in 1998. (Doug Kapustin / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Baltimore Washington International airport is seen from above in 2009. (Lloyd Fox, The Baltimore Sun)
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- The entrance to the Harbor Tunnel is seen from the air in 2005. (Jed Kirschbaum / The Baltimore Sun)
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- A Jones Falls Expressway interchange is under construction at 28th street in Baltimore in August of 1961. (Robert F. Kniesche/ Baltimore Sun)
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- The Jones Falls Expressway is seen from above in 1958. (Richard Stacks / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Downtown Baltimore is seen in 1952. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- Hundreds of rowhomes are seen in an aerial view of East Baltimore in 2006. (David Hobby / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Hundreds of rowhomes are seen in an aerial view of East Baltimore in 2006. (David Hobby / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Hundreds of rowhomes are seen in an aerial view of East Baltimore in 1940. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- The Washington Monument in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood is seen from above in 2001. (Amy Davis / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Washington Monument is photographed by flying drone camera in 2012. (Terry Kilby / Special to The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Standard Oil building on St. Paul Street in Baltimore is seen in this aerial photo from 1935. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- The Patterson Park Pagoda is photographed by flying drone camera in 2012. (Terry Kilby / Special to The Baltimore Sun)
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- Southeast Baltimore is photographed by flying drone camera in 2012. (Terry Kilby / Special to The Baltimore Sun)
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- Patterson Park is seen from above in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Federal Hill Park is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Fort McHenry is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Fort McHenry is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Fort McHenry is photographed from a helicopter in 1975. (Irving Phillips / The Baltimore Sun)
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- A Baltimore Police Helicopter provides an aerial view of the state penitentiary in 1971. (Carl D. Harris / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood is seen from above in 1923. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- The Baltimore skyline in 1937. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- Downtown Baltimore in 1923. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- Workers finish the USF&G Building — now called the Transamerica Tower — in 1973. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- HarborView Marina and Yacht Club is photographed from a helicopter in 2006. (Kim Hairston / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Pier Six concert pavilion is photographed from a helicopter in 2006. (Kim Hairston / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Ritz Carlton Residences near Federal Hill Park are photographed from a helicopter in 2013. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- The Ritz Carlton Residences near Federal Hill Park are photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Fort Carroll is photographed from a helicopter in 2009. (Lloyd Fox / The Baltimore Sun)
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- An aerial view of the crowd attending the annual Maryland Hunt Cup point-to-point in 1931. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- The Baltimore Marine Hospital and Baltimore Museum of Art are seen from the air in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)
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- An aerial view of Loyola College in north Baltimore in 1965. (Clarence Garrett, The Baltimore Sun)
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- St. Anges Hospital in Southwest Baltimore is photographed from above in 1939. (Robert F. Kniesche / The Baltimore Sun)
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- Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore’s Park Heights neighborhood is photographed from the air in 1939. (Baltimore Sun File Photo)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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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Bob
Jan 13, 2018 @ 18:19:43
Fascinating. Really enjoy looking at pictures of my old home before it became what it is today.
Becky Shock
May 26, 2015 @ 13:26:22
I enjoyed this look at the first place I remember as home. We lived here from 1960 until my dad retired in 1973, the time we lived there was a rich cultural experience, I remember the Museums, as well as the Symphony, and waterfront with Domino Sugar, and the McCormick spice plant (sometimes I can still smell those aromas). I could walk to the B&O Roundhouse and I remember when they tore down the Grain Elevator across from it. My heart is sad because of the violence seen there now.