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229:"District 4 Communities"
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1354:Fell's Point
1334:Brewers Hill
1292:Pratt Monroe
1283:Mount Winans
1278:Locust Point
1258:Federal Hill
1222:Yale Heights
1204:Union Square
1176:Morrell Park
1156:Franklintown
1068:Four By Four
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976:Madison Park
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1552:Hanlon Park
1475:Mason Homes
1369:Harbor East
1245:Cherry Hill
1209:Violetville
1191:Saint Agnes
1151:Dickeyville
1114:Orangeville
1095:Middle East
936:Bolton Hill
839:Harlem Park
797:Wilson Park
762:Morgan Park
723:Gardenville
636:Roland Park
622:Poplar Hill
589:Lake Walker
515:Cold Spring
439:Mount Holly
419:Howard Park
409:Greenspring
399:Garwyn Oaks
394:Forest Park
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1592:Wyman Park
1407:St. Helena
1384:Joseph Lee
1263:Harborview
1250:Curtis Bay
1141:Beechfield
1006:Seton Hill
903:West Hills
868:Penn-North
792:Waltherson
777:Ramblewood
757:Mid-Govans
747:Loch Raven
742:Lauraville
671:Wyman Park
646:Stone Hill
608:Oakenshawe
507:Cedarcroft
384:Dorchester
270:2008-05-05
239:2008-05-04
215:References
147:Community
86:K-8 school
25:76°36′07″W
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1497:Poe Homes
1448:Claremont
1435:Allendale
1379:Jonestown
1364:Greektown
1316:Southeast
1254:Fairfield
1213:Wakefield
1200:Ten Hills
1171:Irvington
1133:Southwest
991:Otterbein
971:Koreatown
961:Chinatown
873:Poppleton
858:Mondawmin
843:Lexington
830:Edmondson
767:Northwood
719:Frankford
686:Northeast
676:Wyndhurst
666:Woodberry
631:Remington
580:Koreatown
535:Glen Oaks
530:Evergreen
429:Levindale
389:Fallstaff
379:Cheswolde
364:Ashburton
359:Arlington
351:Northwest
168:District
161:District
154:District
1306:Westport
1273:Lakeland
1240:Brooklyn
1105:Old Town
1016:Westside
923:Downtown
908:Westgate
893:Walbrook
878:Rosemont
752:Mayfield
618:Pen Lucy
598:Medfield
570:Homewood
565:Homeland
545:Guilford
525:Edgecomb
294:Archived
261:Archived
233:Archived
199:McIntosh
195:Anderson
1393:Linwood
1389:Kresson
1329:Bayview
1186:Pigtown
1034:Barclay
772:Overlea
704:Cedonia
661:Waverly
575:Keswick
555:Harwood
550:Hampden
520:Cylburn
482:Barclay
449:Pimlico
104:History
80:Schools
1344:Canton
1196:Sowebo
1181:Oaklee
1110:Oliver
863:Mosher
737:Hillen
727:Govans
540:Govans
208:Henry
1511:Parks
1232:South
1039:Berea
888:Upton
477:Abell
469:North
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257:(PDF)
204:Mfume
151:State
98:Lewis
1026:East
812:West
404:Glen
302:2015
186:4th
177:43rd
94:City
182:7th
96:or
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335:e
328:t
321:v
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