Neighborhoods in Providence, Rhode Island
The city of Providence, Rhode Island has 25 official neighborhoods.[1]
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]
- North End - sometimes given collectively to the neighborhoods of Charles and Wanshuck.[3]
- South Side or South Providence - region consisting of the neighborhoods of Elmwood, Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence, and West End.[3]
- West Broadway - an area of Federal Hill and West End along the western portion of Westminster Street.[5][6]
The oldest, highest density neighborhoods are either those close to downtown or proximate to the Woonasquatucket River, which provided a power source for early industrialization in Manton, Hartford, and Olneyville. More distant neighborhoods developed later, mostly as transportation as public horse car and streetcar lines were added.
References
- ^ "Providence Neighborhoods". City of Providence. http://www.providenceri.com/Neighborhoods/NeighborhoodMap_c.html. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ Providence Neighborhood Profiles "Alternative Neighborhood Names". The Providence Plan. 2007. http://204.17.79.244/profiles/altnames.html Providence Neighborhood Profiles. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
- ^ a b c Providence Neighborhood Profiles
- ^ The Jewelry District
- ^ Providence Neighborhoods: West Broadway
- ^ WBNA - Home
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