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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting post. [b]In the 80's Baltimore was going under serious gentrification[/b]. The Inner Harbor was a date destination, leisurely walk over to Little Italy where the Nanas still sat on their front porches, the Aquarium had new exhibits (sea horses!) and there was a huge, live music venue in a power plant (name escapes me now, was it just the Power Plant?). After the rioters destroyed the city (what was the point of that riot anyway?|, it's continued to go downhill. Baltimore was wayyy ahead of DC in gentrification in the 80's. I worked in a DC office overlooking Franklin Park at 14 and K in the late 80's. The park was known as needle park and johns, pimps, and prostitutes mingled with the druggies 24/7. Wasn't safe to cut through the park in daylight, due to crime, needles, homeless camps. [/quote] Nah. There was some stuff in a few limited areas. Festival marketplaces are mostly for tourists, not actual residents.[/quote]
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