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A pedestrian walks past some of the dilapidated houses that line the streets of the neighborhood, a symbol of the area's urban decline.

A drug addict injects liquefied cocaine into his arm in the basement of a vacant building. He keeps an eye on the back door, worried that others might come in to rob him.

A woman and her daughter quickly walk down the street, hoping not to become a crime statistic. Several children have been killed by stray bullets in the area.

A grandmother clutches her granddaughter who is left in her care while her mother goes off to work and support the family. There are no male members of the family in the household.

teenager shows off his newly purchased gun to friends.

Baltimore city police officer Anthony Brown takes time out from his rounds to chat with some of the neighborhood kids.

Teenagers on their way to school walk through this alley, which is littered with discarded syringes. Most streets and alleys in the area are full of these needles.

A known drug dealer and one of the most dangerous people on the block holds up two syringes he found in the street.

Discarded mattresses and trash make a cushion for a young boy who jumps off a wall. This 'playground' is the only area in the block where kids can play. Discarded syringes litter the area.

man runs past an entire row of vacant row houses, many of which are used as shooting galleries and stash houses for drugs and guns.