Editing Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (section)

===Cityscape===
====Neighborhoods====
{{See also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Kootenai County, Idaho}}
[[File:Clark Mansion-Hayden-ID1.jpg|thumb|alt=The Clark House built in 1912 by F. Lewis Clark south of Hayden Lake|The [[Clark House (Clarksville, Idaho)|Clark House]], built in 1912 by [[Disappearance of F. Lewis Clark|F. Lewis Clark]], south of [[Hayden Lake]]]]

As Coeur d'Alene has grown from a fort town, different neighborhoods and suburbs have grown around it.<ref>{{cite web| title = Coeur d'Alene, ID| publisher = NeighborhoodScout| url = https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/id/coeur-dalene| access-date = September 19, 2020}}</ref> The downtown city center of Coeur d'Alene is in the southeast of the urban area as the presence of Hayden Lake and Lake Fernan and the Coeur d'Alene mountains inhibit development to the east and Lake Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane River limit development to the south and southwest. Historic additions from the early 1900s were added close to the city center a few blocks from downtown, such as on East Sherman Avenue, East Lakeshore Drive near Sanders Beach, and near present-day City Park.<ref>Singletary (2019), pp. 50–51</ref> Today, the city has many neighborhoods, the largest being Coeur d'Alene city center, [[Post Falls, Idaho|Post Falls]] and [[Hayden, Idaho|Hayden]]. The Coeur d'Alene city center has several parks and attractions and as a community gathering place, it has heavy foot traffic on fair weather summer weekends.

The largest building in the city, the {{convert|216|ft|adj=on}} Coeur d'Alene Resort Lake Tower, is in the city center. The downtown area is of increasing interest to higher density multifamily apartment and condominium-type developments to cope with the growth in housing demand and due to a lack of space and concerns about [[Californication (word)|urban sprawl]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Coeur d'Alene| publisher = [[Emporis]]| url = https://www.emporis.com/city/101953/coeur-d-alene-id-usa| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150511191602/http://www.emporis.com/city/101953/coeur-d-alene-id-usa| url-status = usurped| archive-date = May 11, 2015| access-date = September 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Criscione| first = Wilson| title = As Kootenai County grows, can it preserve what makes it attractive in the first place?| newspaper = Inlander| date = January 23, 2020| url = https://www.inlander.com/spokane/as-kootenai-county-grows-can-it-preserve-what-makes-it-attractive-in-the-first-place/Content?oid=18968975| access-date = September 19, 2020}}</ref>

Investment in residential and retail development has been intensive along the Interstate 90 corridor and has made Post Falls near the Washington state line become Kootenai County's second largest city. Due to its central location between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene, the city is host to a growing list of retail stores and is considered a [[bedroom community]] of Spokane.

The historic Post Falls Dam and surrounding Falls Park on the Spokane River is a local landmark. Hayden is the third largest city in the Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area, and it is known for the eponymous Hayden Lake that was once the historic center of the community. The shores of the lake are filled with summer cabins and large mansions. The historic Hayden Lake Country Club, which lies at the center of the [[Hayden Lake, Idaho|Hayden Lake]] community, was built in 1907 along with a rail connection with the [[Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad]] that same year, which brought in many tourists to the resort and Honeysuckle Beach.<ref>Dahlgren et al. (2009), pp. 122–123</ref>

With the rising use of the automobile, the center of town shifted away from the lake and railroad and reoriented toward Government Way.<ref>Dahlgren et al. (2009), p. 116</ref>