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Since 1636, Metro Center has served as the cultural, civic, and business center of Springfield and Western Massachusetts.The neighborhood sits on relatively flat land along the Connecticut Riverbank and stretches approximately two hundred meters inland where the first of a series of bluffs rises between the parallel Dwight and Chestnut Streets, (behind the MassMutual Center.)
The City of Springfield, Massachusetts features seventeen distinct neighborhoods, each of which has its own history and contemporary character.Some of Springfield's neighborhoods contain additional geographic markers; for example, McKnight and Old Hill are adjacent to and separated by Mason Square, and the Maple-High/Six Corners neighborhood includes Springfield's original Gold Coast, Maple ...
Old Hill is one of the seventeen neighborhoods of Springfield, Massachusetts. It is composed, almost entirely, of Victorian buildings overlooking Springfield's Metro Center. At the start of the twenty-first century, the Old Hill neighborhood struggled to maintain its vitality. Drugs and traffic had become a problem.
By another measure, crime and population data collected by the FBI, and indexed by NeighborhoodScout showed between 2010 and 2018 the violent crime rate for Springfield decreased by approximately 52.5%, whereas the property crime rate declined by 54%; both rates remain more than twice their respective state averages, as of 2018.
A portion of the neighborhood, encompassing some 130 acres (53 ha) and 350 homes, was designated a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. This was expanded in 1986 to 250 acres (100 ha) and 884 properties, encompassing virtually the entirety of the McKnight's development.
Besides streets of newer ranches, colonials, split-levels, and capes, the neighborhood has large condominium complexes on Nassau Drive. Sixteen Acres also features the 28-acre (11 ha) Greenleaf Park, [ 3 ] the Greenleaf community center, [ 2 ] a branch library, [ 2 ] [ 4 ] and two private beach clubs (Bass Pond and the Paddle Club).
The North End of Springfield, Massachusetts, is a name that describes three distinct Springfield neighborhoods: Brightwood, Memorial Square, and Liberty Heights.For more than a century, Springfield's North End neighborhood has served as a first home for some of the city's various immigrant communities, from Greeks in Memorial Square to Russians in Liberty Heights.
Liberty Heights is a neighborhood in Springfield, Massachusetts, named for its main thoroughfare of Liberty Street.. Located along Springfield's northern border, with easy access to I-291 and the Mass Turnpike (I-90), Liberty Heights is a residential neighborhood full of a variety of 20th-century housing types, such as: Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Cape Cods, and ranches.