2400 block of W. Franklin Street

ID: 1608 ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Eli Pousson ~ Date: 2010 July 22

This file appears in: Greater Rosemont and the Movement Against Destruction

2400 block of W. Franklin Street — CC 0 1.0

Rowhouses on Franklin Street once stood in the path proposed for the construction of the East-West Expressway.

This file appears in: Greater Rosemont and the Movement Against Destruction

Greater Rosemont and the Movement Against Destruction

Today, the parking lot of the West Baltimore MARC Station and the concrete highway lanes to the east dominate this site, symbols both of the weight of the past and prospects for the future. In the 1970s major demolition occurred in the corridor to…