Edmondson, Baltimore
Edmondson is a region in the western section of Baltimore, Maryland encompassing the Edmondson Avenue corridor. Neighborhoods of Edmondson include Allendale, Edmondson Village, Rognel Heights, Uplands, and West Mulberry. It is located north of Frederick Avenue, and south of the Gwynns Falls Parkway, 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. Bubbles' sister lived in Edmondson Village in the Wire, where Bubbles lived in her basement for a period of time.
Bibliography
The book Blockbusting in Baltimore: The Edmondson Village Story by American Studies professor W. Edward Orser (The University 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.
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Coordinates: 39°17′49″N 76°40′51″W / 39.29694°N 76.68083°W