PB PlaceMaking - Maryland Department of Transportation

Connections/Destinations Diagram
State Center and McCulloh Homes Land Area
12 State Center Transit Oriented Development Strategy
Site Context
Context
Connections and Destinations
State Center is strategically located within close proximity to
downtown Baltimore and the Inner Harbor. In addition to the
existing State Center Office complex, a few of the numerous local
destinations include:
• Maryland General Hospital
• Lyric Opera House
• Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
• University of Baltimore
• Maryland Institute College of Art
• St. Mary’s Seminary Complex
• Arena Players Theater
Convenient connections to other areas within the city and region is
possible via the Metro Green Line (with a possible future extension)
and the Light Rail Line to places such as the BWI Corridor (for
employment and air travel), Johns Hopkins, and Penn Station (where
Amtrak and MARC connect the area to Washington, D.C. and points
such as New York, N.Y.). Additional future transit connections may
be realized through development of the proposed Street Car Project,
Red Line Transit Project and/or a proposed Yellow Line.
Existing Uses
The State Center Complex is the largest concentration of State
government offices in Maryland and is comprised of approximately
24 acres of land around the State Center/Cultural Center Metro
station, and across the street from the Cultural Center LRT station.
The site is surrounded by several major streets: Martin Luther King,
Jr. Blvd.; Howard Street; Hoffman Street; and McCulloh Street.
These streets serve as thoroughfares to and from I-83, I-95, US 40
and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (I-295). The State Center
Complex has three mid- to high-rise state office buildings housing
approximately 3,500 employees. The offices were constructed
approximately 30-50 years ago and in their current configuration will
soon surpass their productive lifespan. Two large surface parking
lots for the public and state employees occupy 5 of the 24 acres.
The nearby Penn Station is within a ten-minute walk of the site and
serves as a major multi-modal transportation hub in Baltimore, with
access to the LRT, Amtrak, MARC commuter rail, as well as several
local and express bus routes.