Retro: A look back at Harborplace’s happy early days as redevelopment approaches

There’s a good reason why people grow nostalgic about Harborplace when it was new in 1980. It was special. And it came at the right time to boost Baltimore’s confidence. Over the past four decades, the Pratt and Light streets pavilions lost their luster and many of their merchants and customers. Now, developer P. David Bramble and his firm plan to buy Harborplace and “completely re-imagine” what was once the toast of Baltimore.