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Arlington is a neighborhood in Northwest
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Baltimore, Maryland
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. Major streets running through the area include Wabash Avenue, Rogers Avenue, Dolfield Avenue, and West Belvedere Avenue. Two Baltimore Metro Subway stations, Rogers Avenue and West Coldspring are located in the area.
History
Prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, racial covenants were used in Baltimore to exclude African-Americans, Jews, and other minorities. A 1920 ''Baltimore Sun
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'' advertisement offered housing in West Arlington only for a "recommended Gentile family".
Demographics
Arlington, along nearby Pikesville, is home to a largeRussian-American
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population.
As of the late 1990s, Arlington was home to a population of 6,000 Russian-speaking Jews from Russia
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, Ukraine
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, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe
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. By 2003, some 20,000 Jews of Russian origin lived in the Baltimore region, predominantly in Northwest Baltimore and nearby neighborhoods of Baltimore County.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Arlington include: * Sidney W. Bijou (1908–2009),developmental psychologist
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.
See also
*List of Baltimore neighborhoods
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References
External links
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