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ppw23 t1_itwsygr wrote

At the time of this plan. Baltimore still had its streetcar system. My parents lived in the city at this time, they both worked. My dad used the streetcar and my mom used the car since she worked in the county. Multiple cars serving one family didn’t hit until the mid to late ‘60’s. It’s my understanding that the Inner Harbor was a dark and desolate place for the most part. McCormick Spice (Light St.)and The NewsAmerican (across from Pratt St. Pavilion) brought many employees from the blue collar neighborhoods throughout the city. Banks, Insurance companies and other home offices lined N. Charles, Calvert and Lombard Streets. Residents still shopped at Lexington Market, The Fish Market and did shopping for clothing and household goods downtown. All this was reached by streetcar.

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