Woodberry is a
neighborhood
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located in the north-central area of
Baltimore, Maryland
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,
USA
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. A largely residential, middle-class area, Woodberry is a historic community bordered on the north by
Cold Spring Lane
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Heath St. Route 64. (MTA Maryland)
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, on the south by
Druid Hill Park
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, and on the east by the
Jones Falls Expressway
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and the
Jones Falls
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. Woodberry is located within
Postal Zip code 21211.
Community organizations include the Concerned Citizens of Woodberry.
Greenspring Trails is a locally popular trail.
Television Hill
Woodberry also houses the facilities for four of Baltimore's commercial television stations, and because of its altitude, it also is the
site
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of two large broadcasting
masts. This area, once known as Malden Hill, is also known as Television Hill (or simply TV Hill). The first television station and transmission tower were completed in 1948.
TV Hill is the transmitting site for four of the city's television stations and two radio stations. Three of the TV outlets,
WMAR-TV
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(channel 2),
WBAL-TV
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(channel 11), and
WJZ-TV
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(channel 13)–along with radio stations
WIYY
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(97.9 FM) and
WZFT
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(104.3 FM)–transmit from a red-colored, tri-mast
candelabra
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Although electricity has relegated candleholders to decorative use, interior designers continue to model light fixtures ...
tower, which stands 997 feet (304 meters) above ground level.
Two other television stations,
Sinclair Broadcast Group
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-owned
WBFF
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(channel 45) and
WNUV
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(channel 54), along with radio station
WWMX
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(106.5 FM), transmit from a single tower just to the northeast of the candelabra; this mast stands 1,280 feet (390 meters) above ground level. A third, shorter tower also handles communications for various
municipal service agencies of the City of Baltimore (e.g., police, fire, public works).
Five television stations also have their
broadcasting studios located on TV Hill: WJZ-TV, located at the end of Malden Avenue and to the west of the towers; the WBAL Building (which is also home to WIYY and
WBAL radio), on Hooper Avenue to the northeast; and WBFF/WNUV (and
WUTB
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), which share facilities on West 41st Street, just southeast of the towers. (The WMAR-TV studios are located on
York Road, at the Baltimore City/
Baltimore County
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line.)
Housing stock
Some of the first housing situated in what is now Television Hill was built by David Carroll for his textile mill workers.
Though there are the occasional
apartment building
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s, much of Woodberry's housing stock consists of two- and three-story
rowhouses
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built in the early 20th century.
Demographics
At the 2000
U.S. Census, there were 1,100 people living in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of Woodberry was 72.1 percent
White
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, 22.1 percent
African American
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, 0.9 percent
Native American, 1.4 percent
Asian
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, 1.3 percent from
other races
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, and 1.8 percent from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race comprised 1.8 percent of the population. 61.4 percent of occupied housing units were owner-occupied. Twelve percent of housing units were
vacant
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.
More than 95% of those in the civilian labor force were employed, 2.5 percent were unemployed, and 39.2 percent were not in the labor force. The
median household income
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was
$36,806.
Companies
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Franklin Balmar
Public transit
Woodberry is served by the
Woodberry Light Rail Station on Union Avenue. Bus lines 21 and 22 also serve the neighborhood.
See also
*
List of Baltimore neighborhoods
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References
External links
Live in Baltimore - WoodberryMap of Television Hill*, including photo from 2003 an
boundary map at Maryland Historical Trust
Woodberry listing at CHAPincludes maps
{{National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
American middle class
Woodberry
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Baltimore
Gothic Revival architecture in Maryland
Italianate architecture in Maryland