To save Baltimore’s Harborplace, turn Pratt Street into a world-class public park | GUEST COMMENTARY

In 2004, The City of Chicago completed the transformation of 25 acres of surface parking lots and rail tracks into a world-renowned public park. Now Chicago’s beating heart, Millennium Park was born from a vision and leadership.

As the story goes, Mayor Richard Daley was sick of seeing a sea of parked cars from his dentist’s office that overlooked downtown. Daley understood that in the 21st century, the land between skyscrapers and the waterfront could become premier stomping grounds not...