Greenmount West, Baltimore
- Greenmount West, Baltimore
Greenmount is a neighborhood in the eastern part of Baltimore, Maryland located below North Avenue along Greenmount Avenue. The neighborhood contains portions of the Baltimore City Correctional Facilities and its residents are mostly low income African-American families. The neighborhood has suffered from extensive urban decay and housing abandonment, crime, and racial rioting. It is largely comprised of lower income African American residents and was a filming location for the Baltimore based HBO drama The Wire. The neighborhood was the Baltimore home of the now deceased rapper Tupac Shakur.
External links
* [http://censusprofile.bnia.org/Greenmount%20West%20Demographic%20Profile.pdf Demographics from Baltimore Neighbohoord Indicators Alliance]
* [http://www.alleyezonme.com/ Tupac Shakur]
* [http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=1634 Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth]
* [http://www.citypaper.com/special/story.asp?id=11846 Wish You Weren't Here: A Guided Tour Of The Wire's East Baltimore]
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