If you know Baltimore only from the TV show The Wire, your dominant impression will be of social dysfunction and urban decay. If you've glimpsed the city only through the window of an Amtrak coach, you'll recall row house slums and dead factories. So the apparent health of Baltimore's downtown may surprise you. Right next to the lively Inner Harbor commercial and entertainment district, downtown Baltimore has a handsome, largely historic building stock. It is compact and well served by transit On weekdays, plenty of people are out on its sidewalks. And some 4,000 people actually live there; this census tract had the greatest recent population increase of any in the city. By comparison, many American downtowns seem moribund and vacant So why is there now an $80 million plan to remake streetscapes and pedestrian corridors and to build parks and plazas in downtown Baltimore? And how, when cities are slashing budgets and corporations are shy about investing, can that plan possibly be fulfilled?
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机译：如果您仅从电视节目《 The Wire》中了解巴尔的摩，您的主要印象将是社会功能障碍和城市衰败。如果仅通过Amtrak教练的窗户瞥见这座城市，就会想起排屋贫民窟和死去的工厂。因此，巴尔的摩市中心的健康状况可能会让您感到惊讶。巴尔的摩市中心紧靠热闹的内港商业和娱乐区，拥有漂亮的，历史悠久的建筑。它结构紧凑，交通便利。平日，人行道上人山人海。实际上，大约有4,000人居住在那里。该人口普查区是该市近期人口增长最大的地区。相比之下，许多美国市区似乎空无一人，所以为什么现在有一项耗资8000万美元的计划来改造巴尔的摩市区的街景和人行道以及建造公园和广场？当城市削减预算而企业不愿进行投资时，该计划如何得以实现？
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