Hello traveler, if you are reading this you are ready to embark on the economic history tour of modern Baltimore. Baltimore has undergone many drastic changes throughout its modern history; In 1950 it was the sixth largest city in the entire country and boasted a thriving manufacturing and shipping industry. This tour will endeavor to visit the places within the city that defined the city and were its lifeblood at the time. It will take you through Baltimore's past and bring you up to the economic reality of the present Tourist oriented economy.