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UTC # 97 / L2 # 194 Logistics
and General Information

Location & Venue

The meeting is hosted by the Digital Hammurabi Project, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

It will be held on the university campus, Homewood.

The meeting rooms accommodate 25-30 people and have wired Ethernet Internet connectivity for 15 users, plus one 802.11g compatible, wireless access point (Apple Airport Extreme) that will support 50 connections. An SVGA LCD computer projector will be available for conference use.

Official Hopkins driving directions can be found here but I prefer this route from I-95:

1. From I-95 merge onto I-395 N via exit number 53 toward DOWNTOWN. (0.92 miles)
2. Take the MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD exit toward RUSSELL ST. (0.27 miles)
3. Merge onto MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD. (1.94 miles)
4. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto N HOWARD ST. (0.65 miles)
5. Turn RIGHT onto US-1 N/W NORTH AVE. (0.30 miles)
6. Turn LEFT onto N CALVERT ST/MD-2 N. Continue to follow N CALVERT ST. (1.35 miles)
7. Turn LEFT onto E UNIVERSITY PKWY. (0.21 miles)
8. Turn LEFT onto N CHARLES ST. (0.23 miles)

Dates & Daily Schedule

  • Monday 11/3            10:00am - 6:00 pm    (Shriver Boardroom, Shriver Hall)
  • Tuesday 11/4             9:00am - 6:00 pm    (Shriver Boardroom, Shriver Hall)
  • Wednesday 11/ 5      9:00am - 6:00 pm    (Shriver Boardroom, Shriver Hall)
  • Thursday 11/6            9:00am - 6:00 pm    (Sherwood Room, Levering Hall)
  • Friday 11/7                 9:00am - 5:00 pm    (Shriver Boardroom, Shriver Hall)

Shriver Hall is building 39 and is located at the bottom of the map.

(Monday, November 3rd, has been set aside for UTC interaction with cuneiformists; we will have presentations and discussions related to issues encountered in encoding Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform.)

Administrative & Emergency Contact

  • Dean Snyder      --      410 516-6850 / 410 245-7168      --      dean.snyder@jhu.edu
  • Lee Watkins       --      410 516-5418                                  --      lee.watkins@jhu.edu

Local Hotels

The following hotels are within walking distance of the Homewood campus:

Doubletree Inn at the Colonnade
4 West University Pkwy
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-235-5400, 800-222-TREE
410-235-5572 (fax)
  Quality Inn Suites at the Carlyle
500 W. University Pkwy.
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-889-4500, 1-800-424-6423
410-467-3073 (fax)
     

Hopkins Inn
3404 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-235-8600
410-467-3073 (fax)
(less expensive, less fancy, but
serviceable and closest to campus)

   
   

 

Hotels near Baltimore's Inner Harbor (requiring transportation to the campus):

Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor
110 South Eutaw Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-962-0202, 1-800-228-9290
410-625-7892 (fax)
  Days Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor
100 Hopkins Place
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-576-1000, 1-800-329-7466
410-576-9437 (fax)
     
Holiday Inn Inner Harbor
301 West Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-685-3500, 1-800-HOLIDAY
410-727-6169 (fax)
  Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel
300 S. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-962-8300

Airports

  • Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)  -- about 15 miles away, public transportation to campus - 1 hour - less than $2
  • Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) -- about 50 miles away, public transportation to campus - 1 1/2 hours - less than $10
  • Washington Dulles International (IAD) -- about 70 miles away, public transportation to campus - 2 1/2 hours - less than $25

Directions

  • From Baltimore-Washington International (BWI)
    1. Start out going Southeast on FRIENDSHIP RD toward HOURLY PARKING. (0.05 miles)
    2. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto DEPARTURES/FRIENDSHIP RD. (0.02 miles)
    3. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto AIRPORT EXIT. (0.26 miles)
    4. Take I-195 W. (1.04 miles)
    5. Merge onto MD-295 N via exit number 2A toward I-695/BALTIMORE. (7.46 miles)
    6. Take RUSSELL ST toward HAMBURG ST/I-395 S/MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD.. (0.07 miles)
    7. Take the I-395 S ramp toward I-95. (0.02 miles)
    8. Take the MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD ramp. (0.25 miles)
    9. Merge onto MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD. (1.73 miles)
    10. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto N HOWARD ST. (0.65 miles)
    11. Turn RIGHT onto US-1 N/W NORTH AVE. (0.30 miles)
    12. Turn LEFT onto N CALVERT ST/MD-2 N. Continue to follow N CALVERT ST. (1.35 miles)
    13. Turn LEFT onto E UNIVERSITY PKWY. (0.21 miles)
    14. Turn LEFT onto N CHARLES ST. (0.23 miles)
    Total Estimated Time: 20 minutes Total Distance: 13.67 miles

     

  • From Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)

  • 1. Start out going Northeast on B C ARRIVALS TICKETING toward B C TICKETING/CHECK IN. (0.09 miles)
    2. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto B C ARRIVALS/BAG CLAIM. (0.39 miles)
    3. Stay straight to go onto AIRPORT EXIT. (0.13 miles)
    4. Take the ramp toward GW PARKWAY NORTH. (0.10 miles)
    5. Stay straight to go onto AIRPORT EXIT. (0.17 miles)
    6. Merge onto GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PKWY N/GW PKWY N. (0.81 miles)
    7. Merge onto I-395 N toward WASHINGTON. (1.63 miles)
    8. Merge onto I-295 S via the exit- on the left. (1.19 miles)
    9. Take SOUTHEAST FRWY toward PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. (0.78 miles)
    10. Take the PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE exit. (0.25 miles)
    11. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE/JOHN PHILIP SOUSA BRIDGE. Continue to follow PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE. (0.40 miles)
    12. Turn LEFT onto FAIRLAWN AVE SE. (0.02 miles)
    13. Merge onto DC-295 N. (34.98 miles)
    14. Take RUSSELL ST toward HAMBURG ST/I-395 S/MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD.. (0.07 miles)
    15. Take the I-395 S ramp toward I-95. (0.02 miles)
    16. Take the MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD ramp. (0.25 miles)
    17. Merge onto MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD. (1.73 miles)
    18. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto N HOWARD ST. (0.65 miles)
    19. Turn RIGHT onto US-1 N/W NORTH AVE. (0.30 miles)
    20. Turn LEFT onto N CALVERT ST/MD-2 N. Continue to follow N CALVERT ST. (1.35 miles)
    21. Turn LEFT onto E UNIVERSITY PKWY. (0.21 miles)
    22. Turn LEFT onto N CHARLES ST. (0.23 miles)
    Total Estimated Time: 53 minutes Total Distance: 45.77 miles

     

  • From Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)

  • 1. Start out going West on DULLES AIRPORT ACCESS RD toward SAARINEN CIR. (0.01 miles)
    2. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto SAARINEN CIR. (0.32 miles)
    3. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto SAARINEN CIR/ARRIVALS. (0.46 miles)
    4. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto SAARINEN CIR. (0.02 miles)
    5. Stay straight to go onto DULLES AIRPORT ACCESS RD. (12.56 miles)
    6. Take the exit toward I-495/EXIT 18-19/VA-123/BALTIMORE/RICHMOND. (0.32 miles)
    7. Merge onto VA-267 E (Portions toll). (0.33 miles)
    8. Merge onto I-495 N/CAPITAL BELTWAY via exit number 18 toward BALTIMORE/BETHESDA MD. (18.56 miles)
    9. Merge onto I-95 N via exit number 27 toward BALTIMORE/NEW YORK. (26.41 miles)
    10. Merge onto I-395 N via exit number 53 toward DOWNTOWN. (0.92 miles)
    11. Take the MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD exit toward RUSSELL ST. (0.27 miles)
    12. Merge onto MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD. (1.94 miles)
    13. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto N HOWARD ST. (0.65 miles)
    14. Turn RIGHT onto US-1 N/W NORTH AVE. (0.30 miles)
    15. Turn LEFT onto N CALVERT ST/MD-2 N. Continue to follow N CALVERT ST. (1.35 miles)
    16. Turn LEFT onto E UNIVERSITY PKWY. (0.21 miles)
    17. Turn LEFT onto N CHARLES ST. (0.23 miles)
    Total Estimated Time: 1 hour, 12 minutes Total Distance: 64.85 miles

    Additional Recommendations:

    It's been recommended that participants fly into BWI rather than the Washington DC airports, to avoid driving in congested areas.

    Driving from BWI to the hotels around JHU:
    Alternative route: Take Howard Street all of the way North to where it gently swings to the right and changes to Art Museum Drive, which ends at Charles Street. Then turn left (North) onto Charles Street to get to University Blvd.

    Parking:
    The hotel and driving information is on the web site. However, parking may not be available at the 3 hotels next to campus. Parking on the street in the area of the University is limited. The downtown hotels have parking. As with any University, parking is an issue. The local hotels are within walking distance but it may seem long if carrying a laptop.

    The visitors' parking close to the meeting room is just west of the building across the road (left of the meeting building on the map) and is available for a fee.  Bring cash because the cost may be high. While it is large, one cannot guarantee how full the lot will be when participants arrive.

    The easiest way to get to the visitor parking is to be going South on Charles Street, turn right at Art Museum Drive, turn right again just past the Art Museum, and take the first entrance to campus on your right. Visitor parking will be on the left. The main campus is bounded by University Parkway on the North (top), Charles Street on the East, and Art Museum Drive to the South.

    Driving to Visitor Parking lot from BWI Airport or Downtown via I-95:

     it's a bit tricky to know where to turn to get to campus and the visitor parking lot. On the left side of the above map, see the arrow labeled "To Howard St.", from where you will be coming.

     Exit from the Airport and head West. Exit to I-95 N.
    1. From I-95 exit at I-395 N via exit number 53 toward DOWNTOWN. (0.92 miles)
    2. Take the MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BLVD exit toward RUSSELL ST. (0.27 miles)
    Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. takes you around downtown.
    3. Merge onto MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD. (1.94 miles)
    4. Turn SLIGHTLY LEFT onto N HOWARD ST. (0.65 miles)
    5. Continue on N. HOWARD ST.
    It is tricky to find the turn to get to the visitor's parking lot when driving from the BWI Airport or from downtown. Making the left turn is also dangerous because the oncoming traffic is moving fast and you must cross 2 lanes.  Watch for 29th Street because it is the intersection BEFORE the turn onto campus. At 29th Street, you should see a park to the right after seeing houses on each side of Howard Street.
    At the next intersection (where Howard St. ends as the bottom of a "Y" but appears to continue to the right), turn left onto Wyman Park Drive. (Side notes. If you continue and go right, Howard Street changes to Art Museum Drive.
    At the intersection of Howard and Art Museum Dr., you should see the Art Museum to your right on the North side of Art Museum Drive.) Immediately after turning left, turn right at the South Campus Entrance. Visitor parking is on the left.

    To locate Shriver Hall, see the campus map at
    http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/information_about_hopkins/visitor_informat ion/images/homewood_map.pdf

    Shriver Hall is #39 near the bottom (South) of the page. Shriver Hall is the building at the South end of the quadrangle across the road (East) from the visitor parking lot.
    Go into the quadrangle and enter Shriver Hall from the quadrangle (North) entrance. The Board Room door is at the far right corner of the vestibule.

    To get to the nearby hotels from N. Howard Street.

    Call the hotel to get its location with respect to North Charles Street and University Parkway and to get driving directions.

    University Parkway crosses N. Charles St. at a diagonal and is the North campus boundary. University Pkwy. has a barrier in the middle so you need to be on the hotel side of the street. St. Paul Street is one-way going South. St. Paul is parallel to N. Charles St. and the next street East of N. Charles St. Where Howard Street ends at Art Museum Drive, bear to the right and continue on Art Museum Drive 1 block to where it terminates at N. Charles St. At the "T" at N. Charles Street, turn left (North) Continue on N. Charles St. until you get to University Pkwy. Turn left or right, depending on your hotel's location.

    Printing and Copying:
    A printer will be available at the meeting site. However we would greatly appreciate it if people would bring about 20 copies of their last minute documents if they wish to distribute them at the meeting.