Editing Springfield, Illinois (section)

===Cityscape===
[[File:Illinois State Capitol at sunset.jpg|thumb|Illinois State Capitol and East Capitol Avenue in 2019]]
Springfield proper is largely based on a grid street system, with numbered streets starting with the longitudinal First Street (which leads to the Illinois State Capitol) and leading to 32nd Street in the far eastern part of the city. Previously, the city had four distinct boundary streets: North, South, East, and West Grand Avenues. Since expansion, West Grand Avenue became MacArthur Boulevard and East Grand became 19th Street on the north side and 18th Street on the south side. 18th Street has since been renamed after [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=2166 |title=The Grand Avenues |date=October 26, 2013 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804052454/https://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=2166 |url-status=live }}</ref> North and South Grand Avenues (which run east–west) have remained important corridors in the city. At South Grand Avenue and Eleventh Street, the old "South Town District" lies, with the City of Springfield undertaking a significant redevelopment project there.

Latitudinal streets range from names of presidents in the downtown area to names of notable people in Springfield and Illinois to names of institutions of higher education, especially in the Harvard Park neighborhood.

'''City neighborhoods'''

Springfield has at least twenty separately designated [[neighborhood]]s, though not all have neighborhood associations. They include: Benedictine District, Bunn Park, Downtown, Eastsview, Enos Park, Glen Aire, Harvard Park, Hawthorne Place, Historic West Side, Lincoln Park, Mather and Wells, Medical District, Near South, Northgate, Oak Ridge, Old Aristocracy Hill, Pillsbury District, Shalom, Springfield Lakeshore, [[Toronto, Illinois|Toronto]], Twin Lakes, UIS Campus, Victoria Lake, Vinegar Hill, and Westchester neighborhoods.<ref name="neigh">[http://www.springfield.il.us/Oped/neighborhoods.htm Neighborhood Associations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212190831/http://www.springfield.il.us/Oped/neighborhoods.htm |date=February 12, 2007 }}, Office of Planning & Economic Development, City of Springfield. Retrieved March 11, 2007.</ref>

The Lincoln Park Neighborhood is an area bordered by 3rd Street on its west, Black Avenue on the north, 8th street on the east and North Grand Avenue. The neighborhood is not far from Lincoln's Tomb on Monument Avenue.<ref name=lp>"[http://www.lpnaspringfield.org/boundry.asp Boundaries] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929171437/http://www.lpnaspringfield.org/boundry.asp |date=2007-09-29 }}", ''Lincoln Park Neighborhood Association''. Retrieved May 20, 2007.</ref>

Springfield completely surrounds four suburbs that have their own municipal governments: [[Jerome, Illinois|Jerome]], [[Leland Grove, Illinois|Leland Grove]], [[Southern View, Illinois|Southern View]], and [[Grandview, Illinois|Grandview]]. It also surrounds various unincorporated enclaves, including the neighborhoods of [[Laketown, Illinois|Laketown]] and [[Cabbage Patch, Illinois|Cabbage Patch]].<ref>{{Cite map |url=https://countyclerk.sangamonil.gov/Elections/Information/documents/Spfld_WardFinal_D.pdf |access-date=May 24, 2023 |title=City of Springfield Ward Map |date=September 16, 2022 |author-first=Don |author-last=Gray |publisher=Sangamon County }}</ref>