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West End, Providence, Rhode Island

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As of the 1990 census, one in three residents of the West End was Hispanic, about 30 percent were Black, and 14 percent were Asian, making the West End one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods. About one in three families was living below the poverty line and 44% of residents over 25 had
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In 2019, the City Plan Commission granted approval for redevelopment of the former Citizens Bank Building and five adjacent lots at Canonicus Square, at the intersection of Cranston and Westminster Streets, an area considered to be the gateway to the West
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between Sprague and Cromwell Streets was renovated and rebranded in 2019 as "Rooms & Works," a hybrid of residences and work spaces, including apartments, a commercial doughnut kitchen, and a brewery and bar.
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In recent years, new residents have worked to improve and renovate the area's housing supply, particularly the more historic houses, including turning older houses into affordable rentals. For example, the
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North of Cranston Street developed a white middle-class neighborhood of one and two family houses, while south of it, double and triple decker houses were built to accommodate increasing numbers of Irish,
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Three-year-old Knead has relocated all of its production ... to the 5,000-square-foot commercial kitchen space ... located at 55 Cromwell St., in a former factory complex now known as Rooms & Works
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The median family income is $ 23,346, below the citywide average of $ 32,058. 36.6% of families live below the poverty line while one in ten families receives some form of public assistance.
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Alfred Lima and Asa Messer Elementary Schools are both located in the West End area. Also, the West End Community Center, an afterschool program, is located on Bucklin Street.
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left the area Olneyville lost importance as a freight rail hub. Further, Route 10 was constructed, physically separating the West End from the rest of the city.
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Canonicus Square, which sits at the intersection of Cranston and Westminster Streets, is a critical gateway to the West End and Federal Hill neighborhoods
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in the form of farming. In 1739, Obidiah Brown built the Hoyle Tavern at the intersections of Westminster and Cranston Streets, near present-day
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The brewery's 3,500-square-foot new location opened this week in the renovated Mechanical Fabric Company factory complex on the West End.
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ROOMS&WORKS, Providence's first live-work community offering designer residences and shared workspace under the same roof
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According to the Providence Plan, a local nonprofit aimed at improving city life, half of all West End residents are
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neighborhood as middle class residents left. The adjacent Huntington Industrial Park in
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Following the urban decline of the 1930s, the West End has become a slowly decaying
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to the west. Cranston Street runs through the center of West End, past the
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The Former Citizens Savings Bank building, slated for redevelopment
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Neighborhood in the southwestern part of Providence, Rhode Island
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Hispanic and Latino American culture in Providence, Rhode Island
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which has given the neighborhood the alternative name of the "
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Nearly one in four children under the age of six have been
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The first settlement of the area took place shortly after
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Neighborhood of Providence in Rhode Island, United States
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Neighborhood of Providence
The Cranston Street Armory
Cranston Street Armory
Location of the West End within Providence
United States
Rhode Island
Providence
neighborhood
Providence, Rhode Island
South Side
Route 10
Cranston Street Armory
King Philip's War
Classical High School
French Canadians

Bonded Vault heist
inner city
Olneyville
Gorham Manufacturing Company
Mechanical Fabric Company
The Mechanical Fabric Company complex, now residences and work spaces
Mechanical Fabric Company
The Former Citizens Savings Bank building, slated for redevelopment
The restored Wedding Cake House, owned by Dirt Palace art collective
Wedding Cake House
Dirt Palace

Hmong Church
Hispanic

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