Editing Wilmington, Delaware (section)

===West of I-95===
[[File:2401 Baynard Wilmington DE.JPG|thumb|House on [[Baynard Boulevard Historic District|Baynard Boulevard]]]]
[[File:1001 Monroe Wilm DE.jpg|thumb|[[Shipley Run Historic District|Shipley Run]]]]
[[File:Sam DuPont.JPG|thumb|[[Samuel Francis Du Pont]], an 1884 statue by [[Launt Thompson]] in [[Rockford Park]]]]
* Bayard Square
* Browntown – areas in the city that were originally populated by Polish immigrants. Today, the Polish community maintains a strong presence, while other ethnicities have moved in the neighborhood's borders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Hedgeville  |title=Hedgeville Community Association  |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527145146/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Hedgeville |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* Canby Park – About 1930 the Wilmington City Council renamed Southwest Park as Canby Park in honor of Henry and [[William Marriott Canby]].<ref name=JSTOR>{{cite web|title=Canby, William Marriott (1831–1904)|website=JSTOR, Global Plants|url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000150660|access-date=August 17, 2021|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817185147/https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000150660|url-status=live}}</ref>  Canby Park Estates is on one side of the park.
* Cool Spring & Tilton Park – bounded loosely by Pennsylvania Avenue on the north, West 7th Street on the south, North Jackson Street on the east and North Rodney Street on the west. The neighborhood is home to two Catholic schools, [[Ursuline Academy (Delaware)|Ursuline Academy]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ursuline.org/content/co-ed-and-single-sex |publisher = Ursuline Academy |access-date  = July 19, 2012 |title = Co-ed and Single Sex |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130605090816/http://www.ursuline.org/content/co-ed-and-single-sex |archive-date = June 5, 2013 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> and [[Padua Academy]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.paduaacademy.org/page.aspx?pid=315 |publisher= Padua Academy |access-date= July 19, 2012 |title= Padua Academy: About Us |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120312234634/http://www.paduaacademy.org/page.aspx?pid=315 |archive-date= March 12, 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The neighborhood is also the location of the private University & Whist Club and the Holy Trinity [[Greek Orthodox]] Church, which hosts an annual Greek cultural festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/wilmington-de/coolsprings |title=Neighborhoodlink.com |publisher=Neighborhood Link |access-date=October 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714162728/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/wilmington-de/coolsprings/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
* Delaware Avenue
* The Flats – The Flats was founded by businessman William Bancroft who developed the neighborhood in 1901 under the Woodlawn Company, now known as the Woodlawn Trustees, with the intention of creating affordable homes for working class residents of Wilmington. The predominantly minority community is currently in the process of gaining authorization for a $100 million revitalization to be performed in seven phases over 12 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130818/NEWS/308180081/After-demolition-neighborhood-reborn |title=After demolition, a neighborhood reborn |first=Andrew |last=Staub |date=August 17, 2013 |newspaper=The News Journal |location=Wilmington, Delaware |access-date=August 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821130724/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130818/NEWS/308180081/After-demolition-neighborhood-reborn |archive-date=August 21, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Forty Acres – This historically Irish neighborhood, rural until the mid-19th century, developed from the farmland of Joshua T. Heald. One of the city's first suburbs, the neighborhood is centered on the St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church. The name Forty Acres is taken from the fertility of the farmland. One acre of the land was said to be worth {{convert|40|acre|m2}} one might find someplace else. The neighborhood exists northeast of Delaware Avenue, southwest of Riddle Avenue, east of Union Street and west of DuPont Street, with Lovering Avenue as its eastern boundary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Forty_Acres  |title=Forty Acres Civic Association  |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519023847/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Forty_Acres |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* Greenhill
* Happy Valley – a small collection of late 19th-century row houses on the southeastern slope to Brandywine Park, between Adams Street, Van Buren Street (I-95), Wawaset Street and Gilpin Avenue. This neighborhood also includes a significant number of more modern townhouses (1970's) designed by architect Richard Chalfant.
* Hedgeville
* The Highlands – located between Pennsylvania Avenue and Delaware Avenue, the Highlands neighborhood, centered on 18th Street southeast of Rockford Park, was developed by Joshua Heald in the 19th century for affluent, middle-class residents. It contains detached and semi-detached houses of exuberant architectural detailing, representing numerous popular styles of the time.
* Hilltop – This area located along 4th Street and roughly bordered by Lancaster Avenue, Jackson Street, Clayton Street has remained one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city since the late 19th century. Today, this area is home to one of the city's fastest growing segments – the Hispanic community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/neighborhood/Hilltop/wg_introduction.htm |title=Hilltop Neighborhood Working Group |publisher=City of Wilmington |work=Community Services: Neighborhoods |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628220346/http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/neighborhood/Hilltop/wg_introduction.htm }}</ref> Historically, Westside/Hilltop was one of the two of city's most crime and drug plagued neighborhoods based on the number of service calls for police. In the Westside/Hilltop area, drug related calls was 285 in 1989 and 808 in 1990. "This increase in reported drug activity coincides with similar increases in other cities which were related to the growth of the crack cocaine trade."<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Harris|first1=Richard J|last2=O'Connell|first2=John P|last3=Mande|first3=Mary J|last4=Kane|first4=James|date=September 1999|title=Evaluation of Operation Weed & Seed in Wilmington, Delaware|url=https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/181088NCJRS.pdf|publisher=State of Delaware Document Number 100703-990904|page=14|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010200519/https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/181088NCJRS.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Little Italy, Wilmington|Little Italy]] – this neighborhood consists of the area around Union Street and Lincoln streets, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Lancaster Avenue. Anchored by the immigration waves of the late 19th century and early 20th century, Little Italy has retained its roots, even as neighborhood remodeling projects update the scenery. A central feature of the neighborhood is the St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church. The neighborhood hosts an annual Italian Festival in the summertime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discoverlittleitaly.com/ |title=Welcome to Little Italy |publisher=Little Italy Neighborhood Association |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=June 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608192107/http://www.discoverlittleitaly.com/home.htm }}</ref>
* St. Elizabeth Area – The St. Elizabeth area is anchored by the St. Elizabeth Parish at 809 S. Broom St., considered the heart of the Catholic community. This historic church, built on the grounds of the Banning Estate, dates back to 1908.
[[File:Trolley Square mall in Wilmington, northeast side.jpg|thumb|right|One side of the Trolley Square mall. The third store from the left on the lower level was once the computer repair shop that became the originating location of the [[Hunter Biden laptop controversy|Hunter Biden laptop saga]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2023/03/17/hunter-biden-sues-wilmington-delaware-laptop-repairman-john-paul-mac-isaac/70020444007/ | title=Hunter Biden is suing Trolley Square laptop repairman at center of data leak | first=Xerxes | last=Wilson | newspaper=The News Journal | location=New Castle, Delaware | date=March 17, 2023 }}</ref>]]
* Trolley Square – settled in the 1860s after the city's trolley line had extended into farmland once owned by the Shallcross and Lovering families. The city's former trolley depot and bus barn was located on the spot where the Trolley Square shopping complex now sits. The neighborhood lies between Harrison Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovering Avenue and the CSX Transportation railroad track.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Trolley Square Delaware Shopping, Activities, Events |publisher=Trolley Square Merchant Association |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=May 9, 2009 |url=http://www.visittrolleysquare.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509164843/http://www.visittrolleysquare.com/}}</ref> The depot and other buildings were demolished in 1974 and the mall opened in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hagley.org/librarynews/trolley-square-wilmington%E2%80%99s-streetcar-system-and-delaware-coach-company | title=Trolley Square, Wilmington's Streetcar System, and the Delaware Coach Company | first=Clayton | last=Ruminski | publisher=Hagley Museum and Library | date=September 22, 2016 }}</ref>
* Wawaset
* Wawaset Heights
* [[Wawaset Park, Wilmington, Delaware|Wawaset Park]] – The neighborhood was constructed by the Dupont Company in 1918 to provide a residential community for their employees. Baltimore architect Edward L. Palmer, Jr. was chosen to design the community, which was to have a mix of single family homes and smaller attached Prior to the development of houses. The neighborhood was constructed on a {{convert|50|acre|m2|adj=on}} plot. Prior to its construction, the tract of land had been used as a horse racing track and a fairground. Wawaset Park was placed on the Register of Historic Places in 1986. The neighborhood is bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, West 7th Street, Woodlawn Avenue and Greenhill Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Wawaset_Park_Maintenance_Corp  |title=Wawaset Park Maintenance Corp.  |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519022054/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Wawaset_Park_Maintenance_Corp |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* West Hill
* Westmoreland – detached housing developed in the 1950s, as part of the suburban movement that followed the end of World War II. Its location is adjacent to the original [[Wilmington Country Club]], bounded by Ogle Avenue, Dupont Road, the Wilmington High School property and the Ed "Porky" Oliver Golf Course.
* [[Union Park Gardens]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Union_Park_Gardens  |title=Union Park Gardens  |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606011227/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Union_Park_Gardens |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref>