词条 | Edmondson, Baltimore |
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| name = Edmondson Village Edmondson | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Neighborhood of Baltimore | image_skyline = File:MD BaltimoreCity EdmondsonVillageHD 0025 (16139634458).jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Rowhouses along Edmondson Avenue | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Maryland | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = Baltimore | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_sq_mi= | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = Eastern | utc_offset1 = -5 | timezone1_DST = EDT | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 21229 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 410, 443, and 667 | website = | footnotes = }} Edmondson Village is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of Baltimore, Maryland, encompassing most of the Edmondson Avenue corridor in 21229. The Edmondson Village area is made up of several smaller communities. Its communities include Hunting Ridge, Uplands, Rognel Heights, Wildwood, West Mulberry, Allendale, Edgewood, and Lower Edmondson Village. It is located north of Frederick Avenue, and south of the Gwynns Falls Parkway, Leakin and Gwynns Falls Parks. Communities in the area range from middle class to lower income. A notable shopping center opened in the neighborhood in 1947. HistoryRacial succession and white flight occurred in Edmondson Village as a result of the real estate sales process of blockbusting between 1955 and 1965.[1] According to A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, it was not uncommon at this time for communities within the Edmondson Village area to shift from 100% White to 100% Black in a span less than one year.[2] EducationThe neighborhood is home to Edmondson High School. Other schools in Edmondson Village include Lyndhurst Elementary, Mary E. Rodman Elementary, and Rognel Heights Elementary/Middle, And THOMAS Jefferson Elementary/Middle. Public transportationThe Edmondson Village area is served by Baltimore Link, provided by the Maryland Transit Administration. In popular cultureBunk Moreland and Omar Little, both fictional characters from HBO's The Wire, grew up in the Edmondson Village area. Bubbles' sister lived in Edmondson Village in The Wire, and Bubbles lived in her basement for a period of time. References1. ^{{cite book|title=Blockbusting in Baltimore: The Edmondson Village Story|author=W. Edward Orser|publisher=The University Press of Kentucky|year=1994}} 2. ^*{{cite book|title=The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood|author=David Simon|author-link=David Simon}}
3 : African-American history in Baltimore|Neighborhoods in Baltimore|Southwest Baltimore |
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