Editing Davenport, Iowa (section)

===Neighborhoods===
{{Main|Neighborhoods of Davenport, Iowa}}
[[File:Map of Davenport, Iowa Neighborhoods.png|right|thumb|alt=A map of a city with several areas highlighted to illustrate historic neighborhoods|Map highlighting the historic neighborhoods]]
[[File:Village of East Davenport.jpg|thumb|right|alt=A row of three older buildings lines the far side of a street. On the near side is grass from a park with two park benches|One of Davenport's oldest neighborhoods, the [[Neighborhoods of Davenport, Iowa#East neighborhoods|Village of East Davenport]], is full of small specialty shops.]]

Davenport has several neighborhoods dating back to the 1840s.<ref name=Commission>''Historic Preservation in Davenport, Iowa'', p. 17</ref> The original city plot was around current day Ripley and 5th Streets, where [[Antoine Le Claire]] had built his house. The city can be divided into five areas: downtown, central, east end, near north and northwest, and west end. Many architectural designs are found throughout the city including [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]], [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]], [[Tudorbethan architecture|Tudor Revival]], and others.<ref>''Historic Preservation in Davenport, Iowa'', p. 12</ref> Many of the original neighborhoods were inhabited by German settlers.<ref name="Commission"/>

The east side of the city dates back to 1850 and has always contained higher end housing. The proximity and commanding view of the river kept these neighborhoods a fashionable address, long after the original families departed.<ref>''Historic Preservation in Davenport, Iowa'', p. 31</ref> Lindsay Park, in The [[Neighborhoods of Davenport, Iowa#East neighborhoods|Village of East Davenport]], was used as parade grounds for [[American Civil War|Civil War]] soldiers from Camp McClellan.<ref name=Svendsen12/>

In contrast to the east side, the central and west neighborhoods originally contained many of the working class Germans who settled the town. Development on the west side started in the 1850s, with extensive construction occurring in the 1870s.<ref>''Historic Preservation in Davenport, Iowa'', p. 36</ref> Housing was mostly one and a half to two-story front [[gable]] [[American Foursquare]] and simplified [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]] style. The central Hamburg neighborhood, now known as the [[Hamburg Historic District (Davenport, Iowa)|Hamburg Historic District]], contains the most architecturally significant residences in the old German neighborhoods.<ref>''Historic Preservation in Davenport, Iowa'', p. 19</ref> Also in central Davenport, the [[Vander Veer Park Historic District]] is a neighborhood anchored by [[Vander Veer Botanical Park|Vander Veer Park]], a large park with a botanical garden and a fountain. The park was modeled after New York City's [[Central Park]] and originally shared its name.<ref name=Pres35>''Historic Preservation in Davenport, Iowa'', p. 35</ref> Vander Veer is surrounded by large Queen Anne and Tudor Revival style houses that were built between 1895 and 1915. Development of the Vander Veer Park was one of the first major beautification efforts.<ref name=Pres35/>

Today, the eastern side of Davenport still contains many of the higher class houses in the city. The old Civil War parade grounds, in The Village of East Davenport ("The Village" for short), have been turned into Lindsay Park, which is surrounded by small specialty shops. West of The Village, Downtown contains the two tallest buildings in the Quad Cities; the [[American Commercial and Savings Bank|Wells Fargo Bank Building]], which is 255 feet tall, and the [[Mid-American Energy Building]], which is 220 feet tall.<ref name="Buildings2">{{cite news|title=Tallest Buildings in Q-C|newspaper=Quad City Times|url=http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_a5d85d53-2f28-533c-bab7-b45ad29fe4b4.html|date=January 4, 2002|access-date=2011-03-05|archive-date=August 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803050638/http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_a5d85d53-2f28-533c-bab7-b45ad29fe4b4.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other tall buildings include the 11-story [[Hotel Blackhawk]], the 150-foot [[Kahl Building]] and the [[Davenport City Hall]].<ref name="Buildings">{{cite news| title =Ask the Times: Davenport buildings tower above the rest| newspaper =Quad City Times| url =http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_7e5a04ad-8a54-5fb3-8f02-d2fd3af7a3b8.html| access-date =2008-10-05| archive-date =June 17, 2016| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160617172557/http://qctimes.com/news/local/article_7e5a04ad-8a54-5fb3-8f02-d2fd3af7a3b8.html| url-status =live}}</ref>