Editing East Greenwich, Rhode Island (section)

==Waterfront==
Many restaurants, bars, and clubs sit on the waterfront. East Greenwich Cove also has ample boat parking. There is also a public dock good for fishing and eating, and a dock with a small [[beach]]. Across from the coast is Goddard Memorial State Park, which has many beaches including Sandy Point and has easy access from East Greenwich Cove.

Scalloptown Park has been completed at the southern end of Greenwich Cove, built atop the old town landfill.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.egcove.com/scalloptown.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018010702/http://www.egcove.com/scalloptown.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 18, 2012 | title=Scallop Town Park | work=East Greenwich Cove | access-date=October 23, 2013 }}</ref> However, it is not part of historical Scalloptown, which was another name for the waterfront in earlier times. Home to a poor community of squatters in the late nineteenth century to the earliest twentieth century, Scalloptown became a community untethered from the rest of East Greenwich.<ref name="Hess">{{cite journal | url=http://www.rihs.org/assetts/files/publications/1970_JulyOct.pdf | title=Black Settlement House, East Greenwich 1902 - 1914 | author=Hess, Jeffrey A. | journal=Rhode Island History | year=1970}}</ref> In contrast to the other villages in East Greenwich, Scalloptown consisted primarily of poor whites and African Americans. The true Scalloptown goes from the town dock down past the clubs to Finn's Marina.