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A major U.S. Seaport since the 1700s , Baltimore's Inner Harbor was chiefly an industrial port until the 1970s , when it was turned into the main cultural center of the city by then-Mayor William Donald Schaefer . Harborplace , the waterfront Festival Marketplace , officially opened on July 1 , 1980 . Since being reincarnated as a cultural hub, the Inner Harbor has become the home to many tourist attractions. In September 2003 , the Inner Harbor area was flooded by Hurricane Isabel . On March 6 , 2004 , a Seaport Taxi (now out of business, and operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation ), capsized in the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River near Fort McHenry during a storm; 5 passengers died in the accident. While occurring over a mile downstream of the Inner Harbor, it nonetheless was associated with the Inner Harbor by news reports and casual observers. ATTRACTIONS IN AND AROUND THE INNER HARBOR
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