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IN BRIEF

France-Merrick Performing Arts Center

BY THE NUMBERS

30,000 average weekly attendance at the Hippodrome Theatre (now called the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center) in 1920
228 steps in the Washington Monument (the country's first)
70 years that Old Bay has been seasoning blue crabs, shrimp and fries
100,000 amount (in dollars) it costs to keep the Domino Sugar sign lit all year

FREE RIDERS

Last month, the city unveiled a brand-new free shuttle service called the Charm City Circulator (www.yournameyourride.com). These hybrid buses travel along three convenient routes (with stops near many tourist destinations), and run every 10 minutes, seven days a week.

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass learned to read in Baltimore when he was serving as a slave to the Auld family. The saga of his life is highlighted at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park (www.douglassmyers.org) in Fells Point, which also tells the story of the city's African-American maritime history. (Douglass later worked and lived on the Baltimore docks.)

DID YOU KNOW?
Baltimore's World Trade Center is the tallest five-sided building in the world. Check out a 360-degree view from Top of the World (www.viewbaltimore.org), on the 27th floor.

BRUSH UP ON YOUR BALMORESE.

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