Baltimore, Maryland
With new design hotels and a high-low culinary renaissance, Baltimore is getting its groove back.
The Latrobe Building in central Baltimore has long been a symbol of the city’s shifting fortunes. It opened in 1912 as luxuriously appointed apartments for young men who’d found prosperity in what was then a flourishing port. But as the city went from boom to bust, so did the Latrobe. Over the years it has been a flophouse, a makeshift office block, and finally, when its owners went bankrupt, an abandoned shell.
But the building has rediscovered its old glamour: it’s now the fabulously over-the-top hotel Ulysses, which opened in September 2022. When I checked in one recent afternoon, I was shown to a room that mixed the louche style of the 1970s with the richness of the Renaissance. The carpet was blue leopard print, and the claw-foot tub was encircled by silk curtains. Downstairs, the lobby was hung with brooding, Caravaggio-esque paintings, and orchids grew from silver planters with swan’s necks for handles.
Read more about a visit to Baltimore and its renaissance in this Travel+Leisure article.
https://www.travelandleisure.com/baltimore-new-hotels-11708537
