In the packed room, a woman simply put her child’s empty stroller on top of a table and another, seeing no seats and many people leaning along the wall, sat down on the floor.

What brought about 150 people to an occasionally tense meeting in Hampden last night was a proposal by Himmelrich Associates to transform the Pepsi plant below the Jones Falls Expressway into a mixed-use community with retail, offices, a supermarket and 300 to 400 apartment units.

But the specific purpose for the “emergency” gathering, as 7th District Councilman Nick Mosby described it, was rezoning for the project.

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