Driving Baltimore's Notorious Pimlico & Park Heights Areas

In northwest Baltimore, just south of Pimlico Racetrack, home of the Preakness Stakes, lie some of the city's roughest neighborhoods. The areas have been in decline for decades, however recently there has been a mass demolition program. Blight reduction in this area has been a major focus for the city and state. The effects are very clear as many places that used to be empty row homes are now empty fields. There are also some new construction projects underway.
Chapters
0:20 - Park Circle
4:20 - Central Park Heights
5:48 - Pimlico Racetrack
9:48 - Pimlico & Wylie Corner

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My Dad grew up in Pimlico 3910 Hayward Ave in the 40s-50s

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Unfortunately, my dad passed in 2011 but I don't remember him mentioning the Shipley's. His mom's name was Ruth and I believe his dad's name was Elmer

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I think I remember Mother Hubbard's daycare across the street. I used to visit my grandma a lot in the '70s and early '80s. She passed in 87

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@@susanjenkins470 his name was Donald and his older brother William (Don and Bill)
Not sure when my uncle Bill passed but my dad was 80 when he passed in 2011

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@@susanjenkins470 my dad always referred to it as Pimlico his last name was Towns by the way