Ansel slammed on the brakes in front of a brick rowhouse. They were too late. The body of an elderly rotund man was slumped in the open front door of his house. His eyes had a lifeless stare. Blood trickled down the stairs. Ansel bolted out of the car, gun in hand. In the late 19th to early 20th century, huge urban development projects built narrow, brick, energy-efficient and affordable rowhouses for an influx of immigrants. Within 100 years, Baltimore had more rowhouses than any other US city, housing 70% of the population.
