Monument City

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Location

E 33rd Street, between Ellerslie Avenue & Ednor Road (Street View)

GPS: 39° 19′ 45.00″ N 76° 36′ 5.40″ W

History

Built in 2006, this location is also known as Thanksgiving Place Labyrinth, and was a joint project between the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation and the TKF Foundation, “a private grant-making foundation” involved in a civic development project called “Open Spaces, Sacred Places,” integrating meditative green spaces in the midst of bustling urban locations. The Bell Tower at Stadium Place stands just slightly west of what was once the entrance gates of old Memorial Stadium, the former location also of another significant Baltimore monument, the Memorial Urn, the urn, which contains soil from military cemeteries around the world, was moved to Camden Yards.

Notes

The Bell Tower park at Stadium Place also features a stone labyrinth on the ground, surrounded on one side by a white wooden structure, trees, flowering gardens and benches. Nearby is the state’s largest YMCA and the retirement community called Stadium Place. There is also an all volunteer-built playground behind the YMCA on 33rd and Ellerslie. When a fire burned most of the playground, volunteers assembled once again to re-build it, a testament to the civic spirit of area residents.

Nearby

• Reese Monument
• Martin Luther
• Mother’s Garden

Links

• On Panoramio & Flickr