The 40-year old pyramid roof of the National Aquarium in Baltimore is failing and in need of an $8 million replacement, becoming the second prominent glass feature of the city’s skyline to get an overhaul.
Aquarium operators are piecing together government and private funding to replace each of the 684 panes that make up the ceiling. The project gained urgency after reports in 2019 of glass falling from the Upland Tropical Rain Forest exhibit covered by the pyramid.
Aquarium officials say manufacturers need to start fabricating replacement glass this summer, to be ready for installation during seasonable temperatures in 2022. Along with the Domino Sugars sign, now being refurbished, it will become the second Baltimore waterfront landmark getting an overhaul.
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