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About Pigtown
Pigtown, known sometimes as Washington Village, is a neighborhood in southwest Baltimore bordered by Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on the east, Monroe Street on the west, Russell Street on the south, and the B&O Railroad Museum on the north. It is rumored to have gotten its '"pig"' name from the scores of pigs that would be dragged through its narrow streets every day on their way to be slaughtered in meat-packing plants.
Pigtown's proximity to the I-95 corridor, the University of Maryland Medical
System campus, Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium, and downtown
Baltimore have brought upscale townhomes to the eastern edge of the
neighborhood, including the eclectic renovations of Barre Circle, one of
Baltimore's famous dollar-house neighborhoods.
However, other parts of the neighborhood have remained working class, as any
trip down an alley street will show you. The result of this evolutionary process
has been one of the few communities in Baltimore that is completely mixed
racially, culturally and economically. There are approximately 2,740 homes in
this community, which unlike many other Baltimore City neighborhoods continues
to enjoy an influx of population. From 1980 to 1990 the population increased 3%
from 6,503 to 6,705 people, strengthening Pigtown racial and socioeconomic
diversity even more.
Eastern portions of Pigtown are within easy walking distance of the Camden Yards
Transportation Center, served by both the Baltimore Light Rail and the MARC
Camden Line. The latter, along with the neighborhood's proximity to I-95 and the
Baltimore-Washington Parkway, make the neighborhood of interest to an increasing
number of people who work in Washington, D.C. but are looking to get out of
Washington's expensive housing market.