Baltimore - Charles Center

To the south of the Basilica of the Assumption, on Charles Street and Lombard Street, is the busy Charles Center, a complex of office buildings and apartment blocks built from 1959 onwards. The building at One Charles Center was designed by Mies van der Rohe (1962). Further south, on Baltimore Street and Charles Street, is the Morris Mechanic Theatre, which puts on Broadway productions. Adjoining this is the Hopkins Plaza (concerts and theatrical shows). Also on Charles Street is the granite and steel facade of the Sun Life Building, with the 26-storey Charles Center South immediately south of it.