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In 1950, Baltimore had a population of just under 950,000 people. The 2020 census put the city’s population at just over 585,000. Today, that number continues to drop with estimates of Baltimore’s 2023 population sitting at just over 565,000 people. “There’s been a precipitous drop in population over the last 70 years, which means that a housing stock that was needed for roughly 300,000 more people 70 years ago is no longer needed today,” explains Frank Lance, President & CEO of Baltimore’s Parks & People, a nonprofit that aims to improve Baltimore through green space and education. “As Baltimore City thinks about its future, there’s a great opportunity to create green space where you had asphalt, where you had roads, where you had housing that’s not going to be redeveloped.”