The Greater Baltimore Committee was formed to revitalize Baltimore City by businessmen in 1954. Developer

James Rouse James Wilson Rouse (April 26, 1914 – April 9, 1996) was an American businessman and founder of The Rouse Company. Rouse was a pioneering American real estate developer, urban planner, civic activist, and later, free enterprise-based philant ...

chaired the urban renewal subcommittee. In 1955, the committee pushed for legislation to build the Jones Falls Expressway. GBC projects included * Charles Center Plan *

Jones Falls Expressway Interstate 83 (I-83) is an Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its southern terminus is at a signalized intersection with Fayette Street in Baltimore, Maryland; its northern terminus is at I-81 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Most ...

* Friendship Airport * Baltimore Civic Center * Maryland Port Authority * Mass Transit Administration

References

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External links

Greater Baltimore Committee official site
History of Baltimore Urban planning in the United States