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City · Anne Arundel County

City of Annapolis

Annapolis brings together the State House, downtown streets and the maritime setting of Eastport. Explore its separate pockets on foot and by local transit, with attention to the creek crossings and your destination’s entrance.

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Community · Howard County

Columbia

Columbia’s villages, paths and shared institutions explain how the planned community works. Start with its history, a local village center and the right organization for an everyday question.

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Community · Anne Arundel County

Severna Park

Severna Park’s daily landmarks include Ritchie Highway, the library on West McKinsey Road and the B&A Trail. Explore the community through its local errands, trail entrances and nearby county parks.

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Community · Calvert County

Solomons

A Patuxent waterfront community with maritime history, public water access and a connection to St. Mary’s County.

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Municipality · Carroll County

Taneytown

Taneytown offers a local-history museum and several distinct public parks. Start with an exhibition date, a pond-side walk at Roberts Mill or a gathering at Memorial Park.

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Community · Baltimore County

Towson

Towson brings Baltimore County government, a university campus and a substantial public library into a town center with a history distinct from Baltimore City.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Abell

Abell’s porch-front streets, former ballpark site and community-managed open space connect neighborhood history with everyday life near Greenmount Avenue.

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Neighborhood · City of Annapolis

Admiral Heights

Admiral Heights connects Annapolis streets named for naval leaders with neighborhood waterfront spaces. Dewey Dock, Halsey Park and the separately managed boat club have distinct uses and access arrangements.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Allendale

Allendale’s porch-front rowhouses sit alongside New Cathedral Cemetery and share library resources with the wider Edmondson Avenue area.

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Neighborhood · Town Center

Amesbury Hill

Amesbury Hill is a small Town Center residential area off Ten Mills Road near Route108. Its community history, nearby golf resources and Centennial Park entrances help orient a first visit.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Arcadia

Arcadia’s bungalows, cottages and duplexes connect an early twentieth-century subdivision story with an improvement association publishing current neighborhood news.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Arlington

Arlington’s mix of houses, school investment and community housing work gives it a distinct place within northwest Baltimore.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Ashburton

Ashburton’s detached homes and civic history form part of the Liberty Heights corridor’s long residential story.

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Neighborhood · Town Center

Banneker

Banneker is a Town Center residential neighborhood on Banneker Road. Its fire-station landmark, local play areas and the current Central Library give practical orientation points.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Barclay

Barclay’s rowhouses, former industrial spaces and community organizing reflect a central Baltimore neighborhood shaped by transportation and successive stages of development.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Barre Circle

Barre Circle is a compact rowhouse neighborhood near Pigtown and Hollins Market, with a community association and a nearby library branch currently closed for improvements.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Bayview

Bayview’s porch-front rowhomes and alphabetically named streets form a residential neighborhood beside the separate Johns Hopkins Bayview campus.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Beechfield

Beechfield combines smaller rowhouses and detached homes near the city line, with a neighborhood association and a developing rail-trail connection.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Belair-Edison

Belair-Edison brings porch-front houses, a Belair Road business corridor and neighborhood housing resources together near Herring Run and Clifton Park.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Original Northwood

Original Northwood combines a planned residential streetscape with neighborhood stewardship and practical library services at nearby Loch Raven Boulevard and Cold Spring Lane.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Otterbein

Otterbein’s restored rows and small shared spaces reflect Baltimore’s dollar-house redevelopment era. Its resident association explains the history and the different stewards of its common areas.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Overlea

City Overlea has older detached houses and a small mapped park, while sharing a wider community name with neighboring Baltimore County.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Park Circle

Park Circle’s rowhouse streets border Druid Hill Park and connect with a named MTA bus route across northwest Baltimore.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Parklane

Parklane combines several housing types with Edgecombe Park and the James D. Gross Recreation Center.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Parkside

Parkside’s rowhomes sit beside the Herring Run landscape, with nearby park maps and volunteer opportunities helping residents explore the area.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Patterson Park

Patterson Park pairs an urban lake and bird habitat with historic architecture; the Observatory’s maintenance closure remains important for visitors.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Patterson Place

Patterson Place’s two- and three-story rowhomes sit northwest of Patterson Park, close to its historic fountain and opportunities for park stewardship.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Pen Lucy

Pen Lucy’s local resources include individual tutoring, arts and reading programs, with community connections extending toward Waverly, Guilford and Original Northwood.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Penn-Fallsway

Penn-Fallsway connects downtown’s eastern edge with institutional and support services, including the downtown Health Care for the Homeless clinic at 421 Fallsway.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Penn North

Penn North’s Pennsylvania and North Avenue crossroads connect residential streets, Metro service and the Arch Social Club’s long history of Black civic and cultural life.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Perkins Homes

Perkins Homes is being remade as Perkins Square, with completed mixed-income housing phases inside a larger redevelopment that remains in progress.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Perring Loch

Perring Loch’s postwar rowhouses sit near Morgan State, with Chinquapin Run and Woodbourne Avenue parkland adding local geographic reference points.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Poppleton

Poppleton is home to Poe House, where museum visits continue with reservations while adjacent demolition makes current arrival and access information especially important.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Port Covington

Port Covington combines a south Baltimore waterfront setting with marina access by reservation, while the Baltimore Peninsula district remains a distinct local destination label.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Purnell

Purnell’s apartment and attached-housing area sits between Dickeyville, Howard Park and the Forest Park landscape.

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Neighborhood · Baltimore City

Radnor-Winston

Radnor-Winston’s bungalows and American Foursquares reflect York Road’s streetcar era, with a resident garden and civic association sustaining local connections.

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