Sabina Mattfeldt, Baltimore

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Sabina Mattfeldt
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Sabina Mattfeldt
Coordinates: 39°21′52″N76°38′55″W / 39.36444°N 76.64861°W / 39.36444; -76.64861 Coordinates: 39°21′52″N76°38′55″W / 39.36444°N 76.64861°W / 39.36444; -76.64861
Country United States
State Maryland
City Baltimore
Area
[1]
 • Total.165 sq mi (0.43 km2)
 • Land.165 sq mi (0.43 km2)
Population
 (2009) [1]
 • Total204
 • Density1,200/sq mi (480/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
21209
Area code 410, 443, and 667

Sabina Mattfeldt is a neighborhood in the North District of Baltimore, located beside the Jones Falls, between the neighborhoods of Mount Washington (west) and Poplar Hill (east). [2] Its name comes from the two streets, Sabina Avenue and Mattfeldt Avenue, where most of the neighborhood's homes are located. [3]

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Falls Road and Jones Falls Expressway mark the neighborhood's east and west boundaries. The back yards of homes on the north side of Appleby Avenue touch the community's north boundary at the Baltimore County line. Its southern limit is Northern Parkway. [1]

Northern Parkway is a major road that runs west–east across the northern part of the city Baltimore. For most of the way, it is at least six lanes wide, and it is used by motorists for crosstown travel. It is designated E. Northern Pkwy and W. Northern Pkwy with Charles Street being the dividing line. It was constructed in the 1950s through several neighborhoods and several homes were razed in the process from right-of-way. The section of E. Northern Pkwy from Harford Road to Fleetwood Ave was originally called German Lane.

History

Most of the homes in this tiny, secluded community are two-story, wood-frame houses built by Charles Mattfeldt from 1886 to the mid-1890s. Mattfeldt rented the houses to employees of the mills located along the Jones Falls. A portion of the neighborhood was razed by the City of Baltimore after several houses on Mattfeldt Avenue were flooded by Hurricane Agnes in 1972. The empty lots became the neighborhood's two open areas. [3]

Hurricane Agnes Category 1 Atlantic hurricane in 1972

Hurricane Agnes was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season. Agnes developed on June 14 from the interaction of a polar front and an upper trough over the Yucatán Peninsula. Initially forming as a tropical depression, the storm headed slowly eastward and emerged into the western Caribbean Sea on June 15. Once in the Caribbean, the depression began to strengthen, and by the following day, it became Tropical Storm Agnes. Thereafter, Agnes slowly curved northward and passed just west of Cuba on June 17. Early on June 18, the storm intensified enough to be upgraded to Hurricane Agnes. Heading northward, the hurricane eventually made landfall near Panama City, Florida late on June 19. After moving inland, Agnes rapidly weakened and was only a tropical depression when it entered Georgia. The weakening trend halted as the storm crossed over Georgia and into South Carolina. While over eastern North Carolina, Agnes re-strengthened into a tropical storm on June 21, as a result of baroclinic activity. Early the following day, the storm emerged into the Atlantic Ocean before re-curving northwestward and making landfall near New York City as a strong tropical storm. Agnes quickly became an extratropical cyclone on June 23, and tracked to the northwest of Great Britain, before being absorbed by another extratropical cyclone on July 6.

As the mills along the Jones Falls closed in the late 20th century, Sabina Mattfeldt transformed from a neighborhood of factory workers into a community of artists and musicians. Its residents have maintained and restored much of the original architecture in their homes, which still have round-top attic windows. [3]

Significant landmarks

Most of the residential properties in the community are located in the southern half of the neighborhood on Mattfeldt Avenue. Meadowbrook Aquatic & Fitness Center is located between these homes and Kelly Avenue, opposite the post office on Cottonworth Avenue. Build in 1930 by George Morris, Meadowbrook Aquatic serves as a venue for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club and was the home training facility for Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. [4]

North Baltimore Aquatic Club

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Whole Foods Market operates a grocery store to the north of Kelly Avenue on Smith Avenue.

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Asbury Park fills the area between Whole Foods Market and the houses on Appleby Avenue.

Public transportation

The Route 27 (MTA Maryland) bus crosses through the northern end of the neighborhood on Kelly Avenue, then travels along Falls Road on its way to Downtown Baltimore. After crossing the Jones Falls Expressway on Kelly Avenue, it stops at the Mount Washington Light Rail Stop and continues to the Rogers Avenue Metro station.

Route 60 (MTA Maryland) also passes through the neighborhood on Kelly Avenue as it travels between the Reisterstown Road Plaza Metro station and Brooklandville, Maryland.

Route 44 (MTA Maryland) provides crosstown bus service on Northern Parkway, along the community's southern edge.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sabina-Mattfeldt neighborhood in Baltimore". City-data.com. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Discover Your Neighborhood". Live Baltimore. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Charles Belfoure (April 1, 2001). "City dell is a tiny refuge off I-83". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ "About Us". Meadowbrook Aquatic & Fitness Center. Retrieved June 14, 2011.

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See also

List of Baltimore neighborhoods

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