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NYTimes - Aug. 6, 2008
BALTIMORE — Bulldozing entire neighborhoods to revitalize them seemingly went out of fashion decades ago, after the first mid-20th-century efforts at urban renewal were denounced as failures.
But in the blocks just north and east of the vast and expanding Johns Hopkins Hospital here, that is precisely what is happening. The medical institution and Forest City Enterprises, a Cleveland-based building company, have joined forces to demolish a neighborhood to save it. Huge blocks of row houses have been razed, and many more are destined for the bulldozer.
As it was, the neighborhood — a shooting location for the HBO series “The Wire” — stood in sharp contrast to the gentrifying neighborhoods of Butchers Hill and Canton to the south...
Now, the area, sometimes referred to as Middle East Baltimore, is re-emerging as the New East Baltimore, offering the promise of turning what had become an urban wasteland into a vibrant 88-acre community centered on a medical science and technology office park, which includes laboratory space.
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