Schaefer tried to reverse the city’s fortunes by encouraging the development of the downtown and tirelessly promoting the city’s Inner Harbor, in hopes that Baltimore would survive with a shift toward tourism. But tourism dollars never really materialized. The result was three distinct Baltimores, says historian Marc V. Levine: the Renaissance City, represented by downtown and the Inner Harbor; the Suburbs, neighborhoods located outside city limits in Baltimore County; and the Underclass City, comprised of West Baltimore and other neighborhoods like Fairfield, Dundalk, the Monument Street
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