For more than 10 years, the area around the Roland Water Tower has been fenced off because pieces of the building were falling off and it was unsafe to stand too close.
But on Sunday more than 200 people gathered at the tower’s base to celebrate completion of a $1.5 million stabilization and restoration that not only made it safe again but underscored its significance as a symbol of pride and unity for the North Baltimore neighborhoods around it.
A 3 p.m. ribbon cutting ceremony capped a day of activities at the tower, including music by the Powell Brothers; hula hoop lessons from Baltimore Hoop Love; and a chalk drawing of the tower by Baltimore artist Michael Kirby.
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