The Mall That Became Downtown Towson
Drive north out of Baltimore on York Road, and there’s a point where the traffic bunches up without explanation. Cars slow. Parking garage signs appear. People are crossing from all directions, dragging bags, arguing about where they parked.
The building responsible for all of it sits at the corner of Dulaney Valley Road and Joppa Road – four floors of glass and retail and poured concrete built into the side of a hill.
Towson Town Center has been standing at 825 Dulaney Valley Road since 1959 in one form or another. For most of that time, it was simply a fact of life for anyone who lived in Baltimore’s northern suburbs…