Edmondson, Baltimore

Edmondson is a region in the western section of Baltimore, Maryland encompassing the neighborhoods of Allendale, Edmondson, Edmondson Village, Rognel Heights, Uplands, and West Mullbery. It is located above Frederick Avenue, west of the Gwynns Falls Parkway, and below Leakin and Gwynns Falls Parks. Neighborhoods in the area range from middle class to lower income.

Education

The neighborhoods are home to Edmondson High School and Southwestern High School and its feeder middle and elementary schools.

Trivia

Bunk Moreland and Omar Little both fictional characters from HBO's The Wire grew up in the Edmondson Village area.

Bibliography

The book "Blockbusting in Baltimore: The Edmondson Village Story" by sociologist W. Edward Orser (TheUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1994) tells the story of the racial succession and white flight that occurred in Edmondson as a result of the real estate sales process of blockbusting between 1955 and 1965. According to "The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood", it was not uncommon at this time for neighborhoods within Edmondson to shift from 100% White to 100% Black in a span less than one year. In 1968, particularly the section along Edmondson Avenue east of Gwynns Falls was one of the worst hit areas during the Baltimore riot of 1968 following the death of Martin Luther King Jr. [http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=1634]

External links

* [http://www.ci.baltimore.md.us/neighborhoods/southwest.html Edmondson Village Neighborhoods]
* [http://censusprofile.bnia.org/Edmonson%20Village%20Demographic%20Profile.pdf Demographics from Baltimore Neighbohoord Indicators Alliance]