An example of Brutalist architecture, the McKeldin fountain was built in 1982 as part of a master plan created by the Philadelphia firm Wallace, McHarg, Roberts & Todd (now WRT) to guide development around Baltimore’s harbor basin. Dedicated to the former governor and mayor of Baltimore Thomas McKeldin, the fountain was designed made with a series of concrete prisms and walkways and intended to be the centerpiece and physical link from the hotels and convention centers downtown, to the pavilions at the redesigned waterfront.