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The unique appeal of an older city lies in its history and diversity - the mix of events, peoples, styles and circumstances that give a place its special character. As the city of Baltimore celebrates its bicentennial in 1997, its citizens can look with renewed pride and interest to a heritage that includes a colorful history, architectural treasures, diverse ethnic neighbourhoods, world-renowned institutions, and a reinvented waterfront that mixes tourism and industry. First published in 1980 - at the height of the city's acclaimed "renaissance" - "Baltimore: The Building of an American City" offered a lively, well-illustrated history of the city's growth and development. In this expanded bicentennial edition, Sherry H. Olson brings Baltimore's story up to date with a new chapter and new illustrations. Olson describes the "boom and bust" urban development that makes Baltimore's experience typical of urban centres around the world. She also chronicles the ongoing search for unique solutions to problems such as poverty, unemployment, racial tension, labour disputes and the inevitable conflict between the public and private sectors and urban and suburban interests. This new edition of "Baltimore: The Building of an American City" helps us understand why the city has always won the hearts of residents and visitors - and fascinated historians and students of urban development.