Ellicott City &Columbia, Md.

摘要

This is a tale of two Maryland cities. Ellicott City was established in the early 1700s, cut from the banks of the Patapsco River. The western end of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's first stretch of track, it grew organically and retains its historic core. Columbia, on the other hand, was among the first modern master-planned communities in the United States, designed in the 1960s by developer James Rouse as part of the New Town Movement. Yet the cities share schools and other infrastructure and drive most of Howard County's economic and real estate development.