Images of the Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration
Dublin Core
Title
Images of the Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration
Subject
Urban renewal
Baltimore
Citizen participation
Poverty
City planning
Description
This digital exhibit highlights 120 images from the Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration (MUND) program in Baltimore, Maryland from 1968-1971. The images were selected from approximately 5,000 black and white 35 mm film negatives contained in the Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration Records (MUND), at the University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives.
Using funds from the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, MUND began in 1967 as a public-private partnership between the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Westinghouse Corporation. After the first two years of the program, local elections created the Neighborhood Development Council, and control was transferred to community residents. Although begun as an earlier demonstration, MUND was related to the Model Cities Program, which provided federal funding to American cities for better coordination of anti-poverty programs, local planning of urban renewal initiatives, and participation by the residents of selected model neighborhoods.
The stated goal of MUND was to focus the resources and expertise of the private sector on a single district within Baltimore City, applying the best practices of business to the challenges of urban renewal. The district selected for the demonstration encompassed portions of neighborhoods now known as East Baltimore-Midway, Barclay, Old Goucher, and Remington. At the end of the three year demonstration, this district was to merge into Baltimore's Model City Areas, spreading the benefits of its intensive planning process, professional consultation, and best business practices to the other districts. This merger never took place, however, and MUND continued independently until both MUND and Model Cities ended in 1974.
The images selected for this exhibit focus on the personal and communal aspects of MUND, highlighting youth, senior citizens, community leaders, and neighborhood activities. Research was conducted to identify as many of the names, dates, and places in the photos as possible.
Using funds from the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, MUND began in 1967 as a public-private partnership between the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Westinghouse Corporation. After the first two years of the program, local elections created the Neighborhood Development Council, and control was transferred to community residents. Although begun as an earlier demonstration, MUND was related to the Model Cities Program, which provided federal funding to American cities for better coordination of anti-poverty programs, local planning of urban renewal initiatives, and participation by the residents of selected model neighborhoods.
The stated goal of MUND was to focus the resources and expertise of the private sector on a single district within Baltimore City, applying the best practices of business to the challenges of urban renewal. The district selected for the demonstration encompassed portions of neighborhoods now known as East Baltimore-Midway, Barclay, Old Goucher, and Remington. At the end of the three year demonstration, this district was to merge into Baltimore's Model City Areas, spreading the benefits of its intensive planning process, professional consultation, and best business practices to the other districts. This merger never took place, however, and MUND continued independently until both MUND and Model Cities ended in 1974.
The images selected for this exhibit focus on the personal and communal aspects of MUND, highlighting youth, senior citizens, community leaders, and neighborhood activities. Research was conducted to identify as many of the names, dates, and places in the photos as possible.
Date
1968-1971
Rights
Use of these images is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image.
Relation
The MUND Newsletters (1968-1970) located in Series 2: Neighborhood Development Corporation Records of the Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration Records at the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore are related to a number of these images and may be of interest to researchers. Many of these newsletters are digitized and are available online in the UB Special Collections & Archives collections database.
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Still image
Identifier
R0082-MUND
Date Created
2019-09
Extent
120 images
Collection Items
Lloyd Davis Press Conference
MUND video footage from the collection showing a press conference given by Lloyd Davis dated before February 1970
North Aisquith Street cleanup
A woman leans on a garden tool in front of row houses during a cleanup effort in the 2200 block of North Aisquith Street.
WMAR-TV interviews councilman outside Sea Host
WMAR reporter, Susan White, interviews Councilman Bob Douglass, Chairman of the MUND Development Corporation, in front of the Sea Host restaurant at the corner of Maryland and North Avenues.
Representing Cecil Community School
Marchers along North Avenue hold a Cecil Community School banner during the MUND Summer Festival parade.
Morton Street fire
Two explosions at a plastics company in the 2400 block of Morton Street required sixty firefighters and 14 pieces of equipment to extinguish the fire.
Sea Host's Grand Opening
A view of the exterior of the Sea Host restaurant, 33 West North Avenue, during its grand opening celebration.
Students observe their karate instructor
Children learning karate from their instructor, Martin Pinkney, in the basement gym of School Number 74.
View of East 21st Street
Streetscape of the 300 block of East 21st Street, where protests and testimonies from MUND residents helped close the corner bar (in the foreground) associated with violence and nuisance crimes.
Taking the MUND plan to HUD
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro and Baltimore officials (including Robert Embry, Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, and Larry Reich, Director of the Planning Commission) talk after a presentation at the Department of Housing and Urban…
Talking at the Famous Ballroom
Two men talk at the bar during the First Annual MUND Summer Festival Ball at 1717 North Charles Street.
Summer Festival Ball
Couple dancing at the Famous Ballroom, 1717 North Charles Street, during the First Annual MUND Summer Festival Ball.
Incorporating self-concept
A woman points to a chart that illustrates the MUND model of self-concept.
Doing its thing
Parade participants carry a banner which reads: "Come One, Come All and See, 'MUND' 'Doing It's Thing', Your Thing My Thing Our Thing, In The MUND Festival Parade…".
Silver Eagles on parade route
MUND’s Silver Eagles marching band walks downhill during a parade prior to the Festival of Champions Junior Drum and Bugle Corps Competition.
Seniors arrive at multipurpose center
Senior citizens stand in front of a van at Model Cities Agency’s multipurpose center.
Community Learning Center
A young man paints on an easel at the Community Learning Center, 609 North Paca Street. Sponsored by the Model Cities Agency, this program opened in September of 1970 and was administered by Jesuit priests.
From the Top
Representatives from MUND appear on a local television program, "From the Top" on WJZ channel 13. From left to right: Father William Dawson, Harry Smith, Jerusha Armstrong, and Skip Saunders, program host.
CAC open house
Oliver Holmes staffs a MUND display at the Community Action Council’s open house at its new multi-purpose center, 1131 Harford Road.