Article: Options studied for replacing Inner Harbor eyesore: Structure near Constellation on Pier One critical to ship, focal point for waterfront.

Byline: Jill Rosen

May 01--If one could measure regret per square foot, the little structure built 16 years ago next to the Inner Harbor's iconic Constellation would be off the slip-up scales. The paint had scarcely dried when condemnation began rolling in: The building is not only homely, critics groused, it covers up the very thing it's intended to promote. "You'd be hard-pressed to find any architect's group that would give that an award," says Donald C. Fry, president of the Greater Baltimore Committee. "It does not provide the attraction worthy of the dock that's a centerpiece of the Inner Harbor." Though you might assume critics would be relieved ...

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