The city of Providence, Rhode Island has 25 official neighborhoods.
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
Regions Many of these neighborhoods are often grouped together referred to collectively:
East Side – Blackstone, Hope, Mount Hope, College Hill, Wayland, and Fox Point. North End – Charles, Wanskuck, Smith Hill, Elmhurst, and Mount Pleasant.Providence Neighborhood Profiles South Side or South Providence – Elmwood, Lower South Providence, Upper South Providence, West End, and Washington Park.
The Jewelry District occupies the southern portion of Downtown Providence. Since the area was re-united with Downtown following the relocation of Interstate 195, the city has been working to attract high-tech and research companies to this area under the rebranded name of "Knowledge District." This area is not recognized as one of Providence's 25 official neighborhoods.The Jewelry District The Hospital District, a non-residential area within Upper South Providence is similarly unrecognized.
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.
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