A City Of Neighborhoods
Baltimore has often been called a “City of Neighborhoods”. In that way it is reminiscent of Brooklyn, NY. In fact it is often used as a stand-in for Brooklyn in film and TV. There are scores of distinct neighborhoods in this city and admittedly I have so far been to only a handful of them. However, the diversity can be striking. This may seem strange considering the city is known for its omnipresent rowhouse, which should be a sign of uniformity. But there is a surprising number of architectural styles of rowhouse, reflecting different periods. Moreover, a neighborhood is more than its houses, it also encompasses their cultural treasures, vibes, and of course people of the neighborhood, which then give the seen-one-seen-them-all reputation of the rowhouse neighborhood quite a bit of interesting diversity. Just ask Brooklyn.
TABLE OF CONTENTS- Featured Neighborhoods:
- Mount Vernon (My home)- 3
- Charles North- 4
- Hampden- 4
- Little Italy- 5
- Old Goucher- 5
- Remington- 6
- Bolton Hill- 6
- Downtown/Inner Harbor- 7
- Seton Hill- 7
- Fells Point- 8
- Guilford- 8
- Federal Hill- 9
- Riverside- 9
- Locust Point- 10
- Ridgely’s Delight- 10
- Westport- 11
- Mount Washington- 11
- Butchers Hill- 12
- Brewers Hill- 12
- Canton- 13
- Westside- 13
You captured ‘my’ neighborhood well. I look forward to seeing future posts.