Broadway East is a

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in the East District of

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. Its boundaries are the south side of North Avenue, the west side of Milton Street, the east side of

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, and the north side of

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. The neighborhood lies east of

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, north of

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, south of Lake Clifton, and west of

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. Though the area was once considered middle-class, it has in the 20th century experienced economic depression, housing abandonment, and increased crime. The neighborhood was affected by the

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. Its residents are largely poor and working-class

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s. A filming location for

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, 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 American Brewery, located in the Broadway East, Baltimore community, is an historic former brewery located at 1701 North Gay Street in northeast Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Formerly abandoned and left to decay for four decades, re ...

, 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.

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Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth Overview
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