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Baltimore Arena station

Light rail station in Baltimore, Maryland, US

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ7894542 ↗
Source-derived summary

Baltimore Arena station (formerly University Center/Baltimore Street station) is a Baltimore Light RailLink station in Baltimore, Maryland adjacent to the CFG Bank Arena.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Baltimore Arena station” as light rail station in Baltimore, Maryland, US. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Baltimore, Arena and station.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 23-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Baltimore, Arena and station providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Baltimore Arena station”, the useful work is to connect “light rail station in Baltimore, Maryland, US” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7894542. Authority coordinates are 39.289, -76.619. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Baltimore Arena station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Baltimore Arena station primary sources, Baltimore Arena station archive and Baltimore research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Baltimore Arena station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.