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Even as politicians and community leaders prepare to celebrate the opening of a new, four-story building of affordable apartments in the 2600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue — just blocks away from the intersection that became infamous last April as the epicenter of the riot — the developer worries such projects will become harder to do in the future.

A community center and apartments being built across the street from the Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore were ablaze Monday night — a huge, raging fire visible from blocks away.