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55: 335: 350: 327: 310: 17: 51:. The Highland Park Plaza/Northern Highland Park boundaries are roughly defined by Pensacola ave and the railroad tracks to the north, Fifth avenue to the east, E. Brookland Park boulevard to the south, and Meadowbridge Road (the Richmond-Henrico Turnpike) to the west. The zip code is 23222. 125:, three brothers who gained infamy for a seven-month spree in the Greater Richmond Region during which they robbed, tortured, and killed at least 11 people (and attempted to burn two others to death), were raised in Highland Park. Linwood and James were executed in 1985. 47:. The southern Highland Park boundaries are roughly First Avenue to the west, Fifth Avenue to the east, the Shockoe Valley to the south, and E. Brookland Park Boulevard to the north. The Highland Park Southern Tip neighborhood is also known as the 113:. The city's "Neighborhoods in Bloom" program, a public-private partnership focused on encouraging investment activity in targeted areas, has also contributed to this resurgence. 399: 247: 106: 48: 44: 1074: 458: 63: 1245: 392: 278: 1298: 743: 1036: 385: 542: 105:
and other economic factors encouraged wealthy and middle-class residents to depart for newer neighborhoods in the city's West End.
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starting in 1891, the community quickly became a magnet for the city's burgeoning southern & eastern European
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Largely residential in character, the area is notable for having Richmond's largest remaining stock of
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is currently seeing a resurgence of activity thanks to its location convenient to downtown and the
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Index


neighborhood
historic districts
Richmond, Virginia
North Highland Park (Highland Park Plaza)
South Highland Park (Chestnut Hill/Plateau)
Chestnut Hill-Plateau Historic District

Queen Anne style
streetcar suburb
immigrant
Italians
Germans
Poles
Highland Park Plaza Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
World War II
white flight
Southern Highland Park
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park
Linwood, James, and Anthony Briley
Richmond: The Story of a City
223–225
ISBN
0-8139-1274-1
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Virginia BioTechnology Research Park
"Neighborhoods In Bloom - Richmond (VA) website"

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