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The Signal, 11.18.11 & 11.19.11, OUT OF THE BLOCKS – 3300 GREENMOUNT
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It’s the premiere of OUT OF THE BLOCKS, an original coproduction of radio producer Aaron Henkin and electronic musician Wendel Patrick. The concept is simple: one hour of radio - one city block - everybody’s story.
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Between 33rd and 34th Streets in Baltimore’s Waverly neighborhood, there’s a block of Greenmount Avenue that’s as intricate as it is invisible. You can drive past it a dozen times and never think twice about the King’s Fried Chicken carry-out on the corner, Christine’s Discount Mart up the street, the Dreams Boutique fashion emporium, Kat’s Cuts barbershop, the Maryland Tag & Title outlet, Momma’s Grocery, Thai restaurant, the Mayflower Buffet, the Shear Intensity Hair Salon, the Stereo & Jewelry Exchange, The Stadium Lounge, or any of the idle ranks sitting on stoops and bus benches, watching the traffic roll by.
Inconspicuousness is in the nature of a block like this. But under its camouflage of anonymity, there’s a buzzing microcosm of humanity here, a honeycomb of lives playing themselves out simultaneously. The people on this block are from here, and everywhere: Pakistan, Mali, Korea, China, Thailand, Eritrea, and the Ukraine. They are a one-of-a-kind tapestry of hopes, fears, and dreams.
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Creating Peace
Another resident of this block, though not mentioned in the story, is the headquarters of Community Mediation. It's hard to miss our building on the corner of Venable with its amazing mural that you can see on your left if you are driving or walking south on Greenmount. Community Mediation offers free conflict resolution services to the city of Baltimore and beyond. We are very much a part of the community of the block, well-known to residents from the neighboring businesses we patronize to the folks who come in to use our bathroom or inquire about our services to the city officials and cops who patrol. I understand it would have been hard to fit our organization into this one hour-long story. There is no one person to interview and it is such a BIG topic. Maybe one for a whole other hour! Julia www.communitymediation.org
33RD and Greenmount is DEADLY!
Deadly, day or night. The drugs, the dangerous shooting that started in KINGS Chicken and spread to the Gas Station accross the street. At top Saturday afternoon business hours. Hundreds of people around who could of been possible victims. This is why people are terrified of 33 RD and Greenmount. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."
Get yo head straight
No one's terrified of 33rd and Greenmount-- unless you're some kinda little crybaby. You call it "deadly," we call it "flavor." But here's the truth: you and your kind do nothing but create some kind of mythology that says places like this are full of nothing but drugs, violence, and crime. And that's simply not true. We are a flourishing community that have had some hard times, but we're REAL people living in a place that constantly gets demonized by white-flight scared-ass little boys and girls. And that ain't right. Stick to the burbs and let us keep fighting the good fight. Your "help" isn't wanted or needed.
Out Of The Blocks-3300 Greenmount Avenue
How wonderful! A show that interviews the people and their businesses as they are in Waverly. I lived in Waverly for thirteen years and I still love to shop there. I will so look forward to listening to this radio show. I LOVE WAVERLY!