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== Overview ==
The Baltimore City Planning Commission defines the neighborhood as being bound by [[Eager Street]] to the North, The [[Jones Falls Expressway]] (JFX, aka Interstate 83) to the east, [[Franklin Street (Baltimore)|Franklin Street]] to the South, and [[Eutaw Street]] to the West. The Commission also considers the northern section to be the ''Midtown-Belvedere'' neighborhood after the Belvidere estate of [[John Eager Howard]], the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] patriot. The [[Inner Harbor]] is about half a mile south of Centre Street.
Being close to downtown, Mount Vernon is well-served by public transit. Many area major bus routes head through the neighborhood on their way to the financial district including the Purple Line of Charm City Circulator which runs through Mt. Vernon northbound on Charles Street and southbound on St. Paul Street. The [[Baltimore Light Rail|Light Rail]] line runs along [[Howard Street (Baltimore)|Howard Street]] on the west edge of the neighborhood, and the [[Baltimore Metro Subway|Metro Subway]] runs beneath Eutaw Street a block west of that; both have stations within easy walking distance of the neighborhood. [[Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)|Penn Station]], served by [[Amtrak]] and [[MARC Train|MARC]] commuter rail, is also one block to the north past Mount Royal Avenue and over the JFX.
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