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About Washington Hill
Washington Hill is a neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is north of Fells Point, south of Johns Hopkins Hospital, east of Jonestown and west of Butchers Hill. It is bounded by Fayette Street, Washington Street, Lombard Street, and Central Avenue. The neighborhood is named for the now-defunct Washington Medical College.
Most of Washington Hill's development dates to the years just following the
Civil War. Jewish immigrants from Germany and Russia built homes along with
Appalachian migrants, Irish Americans and Polish Americans. While some of the
neighborhood did meet the wrecking ball, parts of Washington Hill were saved
from 70s era urban renewal projects by citizen protest. It contains many large
homes lining Broadway that once housed some of Baltimore's wealthiest residents.
Today the community is more economically diverse, with the Douglass and Perkins
Homes public housing projects at its north and south ends, and a number of
luxury apartments and condominiums. Racially, there is a mix of African
Americans, an increasing number of White Americans, and a growing Hispanic
community. Mexican American day laborers congregate in the neighborhood and in
Upper Fells Point.
City Springs School, a charter school for the Baltimore Curriculum Project, is
located in Washington Hill. City Springs was the second school in Baltimore City
history to be removed from the state's "recon list" of failing schools. Also
nearby is City Springs Park, which contains recreational facilities.