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Gay Street (Baltimore)

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was essentially paved over, and the land was fitted into the surrounding street grid. Despite the rebuild, there are still a few housing units in the area that still follow the angular path that Gay Street cut through the neighborhood. Just north of Monument Street next to the Cain athletic field,
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Gay Street continues north from Chase, is briefly cut by the recently rebuilt (2000s) median of Broadway, then continues up to (and ends at) North Avenue, also known as
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there is a well-worn pedestrian path that follows the old route of Gay Street in defiance of the grass and meandering concrete sidewalk that borders the park.
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that gets its name from Nicholas Ruxton Gay, who surveyed the area in 1747. It begins at the intersection of East
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Streets, was converted from a working street to a pedestrian mall. The street from that point north to
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Urban development in the 1970s essentially cut Gay Street in half in east Baltimore.
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Sellman, Mary (December 15, 1968). "RENEWAL--WITH A DIFFERENCE".
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Gorsuch-Mitchell Papers, 1698-1921 Maryland Historical Society
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This article is about the street. For the neighborhood, see
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