On Baltimore’s Eastside, rehabbing – not razing – a blighted block

ReBUILD Metro kicks off its latest redevelopment project: Overhauling dilapidated rowhouses on Mura Street in Johnston Square

Sixty years ago when Sharon Duncan was a girl, her mother rented their two-story rowhouse on Mura Street for $12 a week.

By the time Sharon was an adult and employed at a hospital, she moved a few doors away and paid a landlord $275 a month. Given the option of buying the house, she jumped in at $15,000…

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