tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519465687535991407.post3243444215528997112..comments2024-01-29T11:37:40.191-05:00Comments on Baltimore City's Past Present and Future: Say Goodbye to Pimlico and Park Heights as We Know ThemSpence Leanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961564411302768615noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519465687535991407.post-15420879993345306282020-11-15T12:14:52.384-05:002020-11-15T12:14:52.384-05:00You told nothing but the truth! It was a time in t...You told nothing but the truth! It was a time in the late 80s where the police didnt like going up in the park heights area because of the Jamaicans. Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12652437631216787687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519465687535991407.post-2945061893108297322014-04-01T21:26:54.826-04:002014-04-01T21:26:54.826-04:00Man oh man, my mom told us the wildest stories abo...Man oh man, my mom told us the wildest stories about Park Heights. She grew up on Elmer Ave, which is just off of Belvedere. She said when they first moved around there in the early '70s their block was mostly white (maybe even a little Jewish), they even had flowers, fruit trees and bushes. She said it was country living in the city. According to her, a lot of that changed around the early '80s. She told me about how all these natural plants started dying out most likely because people stopped taking care of their properties and how part of the reason there's a drug epidemic in Park Heights has to do with the Jamaicans bringing it to the area. <br /><br />My mom said the area became a saddle town by the mid to late '80s. A lot of people including one of my uncles died because of the illegal drug trade (he was killed in 1990) and even more were wiped out by the AIDS epidemic because of heroin (as you mentioned), unprotected sex or both. All I can say is, "Tales from the Ghetto," whenever I think about all the stories my mom told me about different people she knew. There are some people who are trying to improve the area. One of my mom's childhood friends moved back there with her brother to try to do something (they own a barbershop together), but a lot more can be done by the city and the state. <br /><br />BTW, you showed a picture from Google earth of some boarded up apartments. I may have seen them before riding through Park Heights. There's a lot of bad pockets between Belvedere Ave and Reisterstown Road closer to Mondawmin. Jeninehttp://myowncartoon.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519465687535991407.post-44266969559495080842012-04-15T21:37:56.425-04:002012-04-15T21:37:56.425-04:00The problem with Pimlico was created a long time a...The problem with Pimlico was created a long time ago with all the social programs the left politicians of Md love.YOu give away money and homes to the poor and they stay poor and will not take care of the homes.sadly Pimlico was taken away from me while I was serving in Vietnam. Our parent sold us out to the block busters. Yes maybe it is time ot move the racetrack for health and safety but if the state just keeps on giving those freebies away then nothing will change there and it will be another slum after the reconstruction efforts,but something definitely need to be done .retired4mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257778140561793345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4519465687535991407.post-14568594230153885022010-09-30T13:37:01.614-04:002010-09-30T13:37:01.614-04:00I know this post is way old, but if you're by ...I know this post is way old, but if you're by any chance still around on this blog, could you tell me where you got your info? I'm doing a research project on the area and it would really help me out (if it isn't just general knowledge for you). 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