Hyde Park is a neighborhood of

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. A historic North St. Louis neighborhood, Hyde Park is bound by Ferry to the North,

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to the East, Palm Street and Natural Bridge Avenue to the South, and Glasgow to the West. The community is named after William Hyde. The neighborhood lost its prosperity to industrial

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following

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. Harland Bartholomew included Hyde Park among the neighborhoods destined for

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, and with the departure of General Motors, the North Side fell on its way to becoming a "ghost town."

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conflicts were apparent. The mostly

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leadership referred to the plans for Hyde Park and other neighborhoods in the urban core as "

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," while the

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leaders within the community referred to it as "

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removal." Located near the center of the neighborhood is the eponymous urban park, comprising an area of just less than 12 acres. The park is bounded by Bremen Avenue to the north, Blair Avenue to the east, Salisbury Street along the south edge, and North 20th Street to the west.

Demographics

In 2020 Hyde Park's population was 84.6% Black, 9.7% White, 0.3% Asian, 0.4% American Indian, 3.8% Two or More Races, and 1.2% Some Other Race. 1.6% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/research/documents/upload/Total-Population-by-Neighborhood-Census-2020-Redistricting-Release-2.pdf

References

External links

Neighborhood Website

Hyde Park Master Plan

The Landmarks of Hyde Park"
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