Broadway East is a
neighborhood in the East District of
Baltimore
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. Its boundaries are the south side of
North Avenue, the west side of
Milton Street
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, the east side of
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
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, and the north side of
Biddle Street
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Heath St. Route 64. (MTA Maryland)
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Ramsay st
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. The neighborhood lies east of
Oliver, north of
Middle East
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, south of Lake Clifton, and west of
Berea.
Though the area was once considered middle-class, it has in the last century experienced economic depression, housing abandonment, and increased crime. The neighborhood was affected by the
Baltimore riot of 1968
The Baltimore riot of 1968 was a period of civil unrest that lasted from April 6 to April 14, 1968, in Baltimore. The uprising included crowds filling the streets, burning and looting local businesses, and confronting the police and national gua ...
. Its residents are largely poor and working-class
African American
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s. A filming location for
The Wire (TV series)
''The Wire'' is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series was broadcast by the cable network HBO in the United States. ''The Wire'' premiered on June 2, ...
, a Baltimore-based HBO drama. The Broadway East community is undergoing a resurgence which includes the Mary Harvin Transformation Center and Senior Housing, the renovation of the
American Brewery (building), the Baltimore Food Hub, and the Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center and Southern Views Multi-family Housing which is currently under construction and the development of affordable housing and mixed use property development cited in the East Baltimore Revitalization Plan adopted by the Baltimore City Planning Department in September 2018.
See also
List of Baltimore neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in the City of Baltimore are officially divided into nine geographical regions: North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest, and Central, with each district patrolled by a respective precinct of the Baltim ...
References
External links
Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth Overview Langsdale Library Special Collections. University of Baltimore.
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African-American history in Baltimore
Gentrification in the United States
Neighborhoods in Baltimore
Poverty in Maryland
Working-class culture in Maryland
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