For my decade of 1970-1980, I was able to find a few articles in the archives of the Baltimore Sun. My findings for included obituaries, political campaign activity, industrial testing, a memorial pieces, demographic concern, and wedding announcements. The industrial testing articles spoke about the pollution in bodies of water that affected the water supply that was distributed to the neighboring communities. The memorial pieces consisted of a dedication to a retired Baltimore City policeman who had died of a heart attack and a member of the National Guard. The article on demographic concern referenced population movements between Baltimore City and Baltimore County, speaking of possible causes. The wedding announcements talked about brides to be and the tie to Brooklyn and Curtis Bay was that their families were from those areas.
The more recent publications referenced the movie filming of “XXX:State of the Union” which came to Baltimore City , political activity amongst communities and government officials and political activists’ working on facilitating community relations. The article about the movie spoke about how part of the city had to be shut down to accommodate filming and the article about community relationships spoke about the Chemical Industry Council of Maryland placing billboards throughout the city to "improve community outreach".
In relation to demographics and census data, I was able to find listings for both Brooklyn and Curtis Bay. Each chart contained valuable data with reference to population, ethnicity, income, age and all other viable pieces of information. I have both pdf’s printed out for reference.
Source for Demographics:
“Baltimore City NSA Demographic Profiles” Census 2000 data.
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