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List of streets in Baltimore

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This is a list of notable streets in the city ofBaltimore,Maryland,United States.

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
The Alameda Harford Road north to Limit Avenue at city line (continues south as St. Lo Drive; continues north as Sherwood Road) Ramblewood
Wilson Park
Pen Lucy 		Baltimore City College Planned as a road through a park when constructed.[1]Carries MD 542 from south end to Loch Raven Boulevard. Served by bus routes3and36.
Aliceanna Street Boston Streetwest to dead end at Inner Harbor Inner Harbor East,Fells Point,Canton National Katyn Massacre Memorial Site of house whereFrederick Douglassonce lived as slave (not known by that name then).[2]Furniture store that was seed toHecht'sdepartment store first opened on this street in the 1850s. Has atraffic circlewithPresident Street.

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Biddle Street Park Biddle Avenue toEast Chase Street Berea One-way pair(eastbound) withPreston Street.Named after Elizabeth Gordon Biddle.[3]Once viewed as home of gentlemen, but now considered to be a run-down area.[4]Former home of a railway station known asBiddle Street Station.[5]Part of route ofBus Route 5.
Broening Highway O'Donnell StreettoBaltimore Beltway O'Donnell Heights Riverside Generating Station Former location ofGeneral Motorsplant that closed in 2005[6]and the oldWestern Electric"Point Breeze" plant. In the county, it is maintained by the state as MD 695A.

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Druid Park Lake Drive Druid Hill Avenueto I-83 (continues as28th/29th Streets) Reservoir Hill Druid Hill Park(southern border) I-83 exit 7. Built in the 1940s as a barrier betweenDruid Hill Parkand the neighborhoods to the south.[7]Part of what was once planned as an interstate.

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Eager Street Three discontinuous streets:
Park AvenuetoGuilford Avenue
 Fallswayto dead end east of Collington Avenue
Madeira Street to alley between Linwood Avenue and Curley Street 		Collington Square One of three streets in Baltimore named afterJohn Eager Howard.Had the only bridge not destroyed in the flood of 1854.[8]Part of route ofBus Route 15.

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Fallsway I-83 north toGuilford Avenue Jonestown Carries northbound traffic for part ofGuilford Avenuethat is one way. Built originally to accommodate railroad and subway lines.[9]Construction later seen as a "mistake" by urban planners.[10]
Federal Street Aisquith Streetto Orville Avenue (shortly pastErdman Avenue) Collington Square Bus routes5and6operate on part of Federal Street
Another small section of Federal Street exists west ofGreen Mount Cemetery
Fleet Street President StreettoHaven Street
Lehigh Street to Umbra Street 		Inner Harbor East
Fells Point
Highlandtown
Brewer's Hill
Greektown 		Formerly known asCanton Avenue.[11]Part of route ofBus Route 31
Split by railroad and factory between Haven and Lehigh Sts.
Fremont Avenue Pennsylvania Avenueto Booth Street Upton
Sandtown-Winchester 		Interrupted byUS 40,where there is no crossing overthe former I-170 freeway.Former route of theFremont Avenue Streetcar LineandBus Route 102(both now defunct).[12]

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Garrison Boulevard Greenspring Avenueto Clifton Avenue Pimlico
Forest Park 		Garrison Middle School
Langston Hughes Elementary School
 Part of route ofBus Route 91,formerly Garrison Boulevard Streetcar.[13]Was original location ofBeth Tfiloh Congregation.[14]
Guilford Avenue University ParkwaytoBaltimore Street
(continues asSouth Street) 		Charles Village Copycat Building Exit 3 off southboundJones Falls Expressway.Served by bus route36.Major rail center from the 1850s to 1950s.[15]Former location of the Guilford Avenue Elevated Streetcar Trestle Line.[16]

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Keith Avenue Haven StreettoBroening Highway I-95exit 56[17]
Kelly Avenue Cross Country BoulevardtoFalls Road Mt. Washington Mount Washington Arboretum Part of route ofBus Route 27.Prior to 1950, was not a road, but a streetcar track path. Was modified then in order to accommodate a change from streetcars to buses.[18][19]

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Howard Streetsouth toI-395 Bolton Hill Once part of a planned interstate. Originally called "Harbor City Boulevard." Is the route of the annual Martin Luther King's Day Parade in Baltimore.[20]

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Patterson Park Avenue Sinclair Laneto Essex Street Collington Square
Butcher's Hill
Canton
McElderry Park 		Patterson Park Western boundary ofPatterson Park.[21]Part of route of bus routes5,7,and13

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
Redwood Street various discontinuous sections betweenMartin Luther King Jr. BoulevardandSouth Street Downtown Baltimore Old Saint Paul's Cemetery
University of Maryland at Baltimore
University of Maryland Medical Center 		There are three discontinuous sections of Redwood Street: one fromMartin Luther King Jr. Boulevardto a dead end just east of Penn Street, one fromGreene Streetto a dead end just east ofEutaw Street,and one fromCharles StreettoSouth Street.Formerly known as German Street, and before that Lovely Lane. Named afterGeorge Redwood,the first officer killed inFranceinWorld War I.[22][23]

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Street Route Communities Landmarks Notes
25th Street Howard StreettoWolfe Street Remington This street serves as a two way east–west large thoroughfare into lower/southernCharles Village.Formerly known as Huntingdon Avenue (for the old village named along the Greenmount Avenue/Old York Road in the nowWaverlyresidential neighborhood and commercial strip.[24]A part of Huntingdon Avenue between 25th and 31st Streets in Remington still exists under that name.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Clayton Coleman Hall, ed. (1912).Baltimore: its history and its people, Volume 1.Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York. p.446.the alamedabaltimore.
  2. ^Frederick Douglass (1845).Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.p. 1050.ISBN0-940450-79-8.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.
  3. ^Madison Smartt Bell (2007).Charm City: a walk through Baltimore.Random House, Inc. p. 28.ISBN978-0-307-34206-5.
  4. ^Letitia Stockett (1997).Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History.Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 281.ISBN0-8018-5670-1.
  5. ^Public Service Commission (1911).Report of the Public Service Commission of Maryland, Volume 2.Baltimore Sun Job Printing Office. p.371.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.Biddle Streetbaltimore.
  6. ^Stacey Hirsh (May 14, 2005)."Plant makes its final run".The Baltimore Sun.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.
  7. ^Eden Unger Bowditch and Anne Draddy (2008).Druid Hill Park: the heart of historic Baltimore.The History Press, Charleston, SC. p. 116.ISBN978-1-59629-209-3.
  8. ^John Thomas Scharf (1881).History of Baltimore City and County.Luis H. Everts, Philadelphia. p.213.Eager Streetbaltimore.
  9. ^Christiane Crasemann Collins (2005).Werner Hegemann and the search for universal urbanism.W. W. Norton & Company, New York. p. 95.ISBN0-393-73156-1.
  10. ^Collins, p. 378
  11. ^Elizabeth Feeand Linda Shopes (1993).The Baltimore Book: New Views of Local History.Temple University Press. p. 131.ISBN9781566391849.
  12. ^Harwood, p. 40.
  13. ^Harwood, p. 58.
  14. ^Lauren R. Silberman (2008).The Jewish Community of Baltimore.Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC. p. 59.ISBN978-0-7385-5397-9.
  15. ^Charles Duff and Tracey Clark (2006).Baltimore Architecture.Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC. p. 89.ISBN0-7385-4281-4.
  16. ^Harwood, p. 14.
  17. ^Tom Gilligan (2008).The I-95 Exit Information Guide.Starsystems. p. 68.ISBN978-0-9719857-1-1.
  18. ^Harwood, p. 82.
  19. ^"A History of the Falls Road Streetcar Line".Baltimore Transit Company Archives. Archived fromthe originalon June 1, 2002.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.
  20. ^Elizabeth A. Evitts and Nancy Jones-Bonbrest (November 2004).Insiders' Guide to Baltimore, 4th edition.Morris Book Publishing, LLC. p. 185.ISBN978-0-7627-3499-3.
  21. ^Scharf, p. 276.
  22. ^Stockett, p. 35.
  23. ^"Fourth Hotel Statler".Hotel monthly, volume 26.John Willy. January 1918. p. 63.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.
  24. ^Stockett, p. 12.
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