#30Fieldsin30Days: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Just west of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, there is a building that, at first glance, appears to be an old warehouse. And, in fact, it is an old warehouse -- but it's also now a gateway to a ballpark that seems to have been there all along.
Tucked in behind the old B&O Warehouse (built between 1898 and 1905) is Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The park opened in 1992, simultaneously recalling the character of earlier parks and inspiring a new archetype for ballpark construction predicated on fitting the field to its home city.
The retro ballpark movement began in Baltimore, as Camden Yards seamlessly brought baseball to the neighborhood where Babe Ruth was born, where the game always seemed to belong.
-Eutaw Street: The walkway between the warehouse and the outfield stands is a hub for food and entertainment. It is also the place to be if you want to snag a monster home run. The homers that have made it to Eutaw Street are commemorated right on the sidewalk. During the 1993 Home Run Derby, Ken Griffey Jr. famously cleared Eutaw Street and hit a baseball off the warehouse.
-Boog's BBQ: Former Orioles star
