Neighborhoods in Providence
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The city of Providence, Rhode Island has 25 official neighborhoods.[1]
- Blackstone
- Charles
- College Hill
- Downtown
- Elmhurst
- Elmwood
- Federal Hill
- Fox Point
- Hartford
- Hope (Summit)
- Lower South Providence
- Manton
- Mount Hope
- Mount Pleasant
- Olneyville
- Reservoir
- Silver Lake
- Smith Hill
- South Elmwood
- Upper South Providence
- Valley
- Wanskuck
- Washington Park
- Wayland
- West End
Many of these neighborhoods are often grouped together referred to collectively:
- East Side - region of Blackstone, Hope (aka Summit), Mount Hope, College Hill, Wayland, and Fox Point.[2]
- Jewelry District - the area around Davol Square. This area will be united with Downtown after the completion of the Iway project to move I-195 south.[3][4]
- North End - sometimes given collectively to the neighborhoods of Charles and Wanshuck.[5]
- South Side or South Providence - region consisting of the neighborhoods of Elmwood, Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence, and West End.[6]
- West Broadway - an area of Federal Hill and West End along the western portion of Westminster Street.[7][8]
[edit] References
- ^ Providence Neighborhoods. City of Providence. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ Providence Neighborhood Profiles Alternative Neighborhood Names. The Providence Plan (2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ Providence Neighborhood Profiles
- ^ The Jewelry District
- ^ Providence Neighborhood Profiles
- ^ Providence Neighborhood Profiles
- ^ Providence Neighborhoods: West Broadway
- ^ WBNA - Home
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