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"Pigtown", also known as "Washington Village", is a neighborhood in the Southwest District of Baltimore, bordered by Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (with the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus, Downtown Baltimore and the "Inner Harbor") to the east, Monroe Street on the west, Russell Street/Baltimore-Washington Parkway (Interstate 295) on the south, and the B&O Railroad Museum at the Mount Clare Shops on West Pratt Street on the north.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Washington Village neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pigtown/Washington Village )〕 The neighborhood acquired its name during the second half of the 19th century, when the area was the site of butcher shops and meat packing plants to process pigs transported from the Midwest on the B&O Railroad; they were herded across Ostend and Cross Streets to be slaughtered and processed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 In the 21st century, Pigtown holds an annual Pigtown Festival.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pigtown Festival )〕 Pigtown's proximity to the I-95 corridor, the University of Maryland Medical Center, Gerald Field, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, M & T Bank/Ravens Stadium, and Downtown Baltimore has attracted developments of upscale townhouses to the eastern edge of the neighborhood. In 2012, these were extended on the western side of Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard to include the eclectic, historical preservation and renovations of Barre Circle. Other parts of the neighborhood are occupied by the working class, with the older version of townhomes known as rowhouses, often with 1950s-era formstone facades on brick fronts. An area of settlement by European immigrants and African Americans, Pigtown developed as one of a few residential communities in Baltimore that are completely mixed racially, culturally and economically. There are 2,740 homes in the area, which continues to enjoy an influx of population. In the decade from 1980 to 1990, the population increased by 3 percent, from 6,503 to 6,705 people, contributing to Pigtown's racial and socio-economic diversity. ==History== The area where Pigtown is now located was originally part the Mount Clare plantation, a 2,368-acre estate owned by Dr. Charles Carroll in the 18th century. Carroll built one of Maryland's first iron foundries on the property, which operated the largest pig iron furnace in the colonies prior to the American Revolution. Dr. Carroll was a cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who signed the Declaration of Independence.〔 In 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was founded in Baltimore. Ground was broken on the Mount Clare property in 1828, with the first stone laid by Charles Carroll of Carrollton, at the age of 90. Initially providing service between Baltimore and Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott City, Maryland), the railroad began operating along West Pratt Street on May 22, 1830. The horsedrawn cars of the early B&O Railroad were the nation's first regular passenger rail.〔 Construction of the first houses to the north and south of the railroad yards began in 1833. A community of railroad workers grew along Columbia Avenue (now Washington Boulevard) in the 1840s, followed by industrial development in the 1850s and 1860s. Slaughter houses located near the railroad yards earned the area its name as Pigtown as workers herded pigs for slaughter and processing to shops and packing plants across the streets from the rail cars. Although official records have identified the neighborhood as Washington Village at various points since the 1970s, it has been consistently labeled as Pigtown since 2006 at the insistence of community groups such as Southwest Community Council, Inc.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pigtown, Baltimore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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