Editing Binghamton, New York (section)

===Neighborhoods===
[[File:RobersonMansionAndMuseum.JPG|thumb|[[Roberson Mansion]]]]

[[File:Northside of Binghamton.jpg|thumb|North Side, along Chenango Street]]
Binghamton is divided into seven neighborhoods.<ref name="neighborhoods">{{cite web |title=Binghamton Neighborhood Assemblies |url=http://www.binghamtonneighbors.org/ |publisher=Binghamton Neighborhood Assemblies |access-date=August 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628135117/http://www.binghamtonneighbors.org/ |archive-date=June 28, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Bennett |first=Sean |title=Participatory Planning in Binghamton, New York |journal=Progressive Planning Magazine |date=Spring 2009 |volume=179 |url=http://www.plannersnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2009_179_spring.pdf |access-date=August 31, 2013 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113022337/http://www.plannersnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2009_179_spring.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Parks and Recreation 2013 Programs: Summer in the Parks |publisher=City of Binghamton |year=2013}}</ref> [[Downtown Binghamton]], also known as Center City, is home to most of the city's largest buildings and government services. Located at the northeast corner of the river confluence and increasingly populated by college students, it supports a flourishing arts scene.<ref name="downtownrevival" /><ref>{{cite web |title=First Fridays |url=http://www.gorgeouswashington.com/firstfridays/firstfridays.html |publisher=Gorgeous Washington Street Association |access-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911002410/http://gorgeouswashington.com/firstfridays/firstfridays.html |archive-date=September 11, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[North Side, Binghamton|North Side]] is across the [[Norfolk Southern]] rail tracks from downtown, along the Chenango River.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Side Riverfront District Planning Guide |url=http://www.esf.edu/ccdr/projects/binghamton/RiverfrontDistrictPlanningGuide_opt.pdf |work=Center for Community Design Research |publisher=SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry |access-date=September 1, 2013 |date=August 1, 2005 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113014033/http://www.esf.edu/ccdr/projects/binghamton/RiverfrontDistrictPlanningGuide_opt.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The North Side is a light commercial and working-class residential area of the city, with Chenango Street serving as its major artery. The [[East Side, Binghamton|East Side]] lies east of the [[Brandywine Highway]], along the north bank of the Susquehanna River. The neighborhood is largely residential with commercial corridors along Robinson and Court streets, and it has pockets of industrial development along its borders.

Across the Chenango River lies the [[West Side, Binghamton|West Side]], a primarily residential neighborhood along the banks of the Susquehanna that has a combination of family homes, student housing, and stately mansions. Main Street's large supermarkets, pharmacies, bank branches, pubs, restaurants, auto shops, and a few strip malls form the West Side's commercial corridor.<ref>{{cite web |title=The West Side |url=http://westsidebinghamton.org/westside.html |publisher=West Side Neighborhood Association |access-date=August 31, 2013 |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904041823/http://westsidebinghamton.org/westside.html |archive-date=September 4, 2013}}</ref> The [[First Ward, Binghamton|First Ward]], a largely residential neighborhood opposite the railroad tracks from the West Side, is best known for Antique Row, a series of antique shops that line Clinton Street. This part of the city is home to several gold-domed Christian churches built by the area's many Eastern European immigrants.<ref name="golddomechurches">{{cite web |title=Gold Dome Churches Tour |url=http://www.pastny.org/tours/support/brochures/Gold-Dome-Churches.pdf |publisher=Preservation Association of the Southern Tier |access-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113023014/http://www.pastny.org/tours/support/brochures/Gold-Dome-Churches.pdf |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also home to several large supermarkets, churches, pharmacies, bank branches, a few bars and restaurants as well as [[mom and pop]] shops that provide such goods as video games and music. Ely Park, Binghamton's northernmost neighborhood, contains its municipal golf course.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ely Park Golf Course |url=http://www.elyparkgolf.com/ |access-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-date=August 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819050137/http://www.elyparkgolf.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It lies on parts of Prospect Mountain and other hills north of the First Ward.

The [[Southside, Binghamton|Southside]] lies along the south bank of the Susquehanna River and is connected to downtown by several bridges. At the base of the historic [[South Washington Street Parabolic Bridge|South Washington Street Bridge]] is the Southbridge commercial district.<ref>{{cite news |title=Commons area underway in city's southside |url=http://binghamton.ynn.com/content/top_stories/547550/commons-area-underway-in-city-s-southside/ |access-date=September 1, 2013 |newspaper=YNN Southern Tier |date=June 21, 2011 |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901141728/http://binghamton.ynn.com/content/top_stories/547550/commons-area-underway-in-city-s-southside/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The neighborhood is partitioned into two neighborhood assemblies, divided by Pennsylvania Avenue and Southbridge, due to their distinct characters.<ref name="neighborhoods" /> Southside East has working-class residences and some public housing projects and is home to the [[Islamic Awareness Center]], while Southside West is primarily made up of larger middle-class residences.