Light City Baltimore

In 1816, Baltimore became the first city in the United States to install gas street lamps, which allowed Baltimoreans to go about their business past nightfall. In 2016, Light City Baltimore is celebrating Baltimore’s legacy of light with installations and activities throughout the city. We’re opening the Sun’s archives to take a look back at the gas lamps of history — the last were lit in 1957.

Nov 10, 2015

Light festivals around the world

Steve Earley 0 Comment World art, Australia, Baltimore, Belgium, Berlin, Czech Republic, festivals, France, Germany, Light City Baltimore, lights, Maryland, Prague, Seoul Lantern Festival, seoul South Korea, Signal Festival, Sydney, turin Italy, Vivid Sydney

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Baltimore is one of the latest world cities to be turned on to large-scale artistic light displays. The inaugural Light City Baltimore, modeled after the Vivid Sydney festival in Australia, is planned for seven days this spring. These photos of the Sydney festival and six others around the world offer a glimpse of the type of treatments the Inner Harbor and locations in five city neighborhoods might get.

Light City Baltimore

Historic gas lamps of Baltimore

Light festivals around the world