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This is a list of notable warehouse districts. A warehouse district or warehouse row is an area found in many urban setting known for being the current or former location of numerous
warehouses A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities, town ...
. Logistically, warehouses are often located in
industrial park An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office park, ...
s, with access to bulk transportation outlets such as highways, railroads, and airports. The areas where warehouses are typically built are often designated as special zones for
urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
purposes, and "can have their own substantial
infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...
s, comprising
road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...
s,
utilities A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and r ...
, and energy systems". In many instances, where changing social and economic conditions have made it unfeasible to maintain an existing warehouse district, cities or communities will invest in converting the district to other purposes for which this infrastructure can still be used, such as an art district.American Planning Association, ''Planning and Urban Design Standards'' (2006), p. 435. Such a converted area may continue to be known as a warehouse district. Notable areas known as warehouse districts include:


Canada

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Distillery District The Distillery District is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, east of Downtown Toronto, downtown, which contains numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed within heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and W ...
is located in
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
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Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
and is the largest collection of
Victorian-era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardi ...
industrial architecture in North America.


Germany

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Speicherstadt The Speicherstadt (, literally: 'City of Warehouses', meaning warehouse district) in Hamburg, Germany is the largest warehouse district in the world where the buildings stand on timber-pile foundations, oak logs, in this particular case. It is ...
'' in Hamburg, Germany


United Kingdom

* Harringay Warehouse District


United States (by state then city)


Arizona

* Tucson Warehouse Historic District, Tucson, listed on the NRHP in Pima County


Arkansas

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Hot Springs Railroad Warehouse Historic District The Hot Springs Railroad Warehouse Historic District encompasses three early 20th-century brick warehouses in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, which serve as a reminder of the importance of rail transport to the economic success of the resor ...
, Hot Springs, listed on the NRHP in Garland County


California

* Warehouse Row Fresno, listed on the NRHP in Fresno County *
Warehouse District This is a list of notable warehouse districts. A warehouse district or warehouse row is an area found in many urban setting known for being the current or former location of numerous warehouses. Logistically, warehouses are often located in indust ...
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Oakland Waterfront Warehouse District Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay ...
, Oakland, listed on the NRHP in Alameda County


Georgia

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Athens Warehouse Historic District Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List ...
, Athens, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County *
East Vine Street Warehouse and Depot District East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
, Statesboro, listed on the NRHP in Bulloch County


Idaho

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Pocatello Warehouse Historic District Pocatello () is the county seat of and largest city in Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the ...
, Pocatello, listed on the NRHP in Bannock County *
Twin Falls Warehouse Historic District Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy.MedicineNet > Definition of TwinLast Editorial Review: 19 June 2000 Twins can be either ''monozygotic'' ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two e ...
, Twin Falls, listed on the NRHP in Twin Falls County


Illinois

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Fulton River District Fulton River District is a Chicago neighborhood located on the edge of Chicago's downtown, northwest of the Loop. The district is bounded by the Chicago River to the east, the Kennedy Expressway to the west, Ohio Street to the north and Madison ...
, Chicago * Warehouse District, Chicago, Chicago * Warehouse Historic District, Peoria, listed on the NRHP in Peoria County, Illinois


Iowa

* Crescent Warehouse Historic District, Davenport, listed on the NRHP in Scott County


Kansas

* Wichita Historic Warehouse and Jobbers District, Wichita, listed on the NRHP in Sedgwick County


Kentucky

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Warehouse District This is a list of notable warehouse districts. A warehouse district or warehouse row is an area found in many urban setting known for being the current or former location of numerous warehouses. Logistically, warehouses are often located in indust ...
, Danville, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Boyle County * Hopkinsville Warehouse Historic District, Hopkinsville, listed on the NRHP in Christian County


Louisiana

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New Orleans Central Business District The Central Business District (CBD) is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. A subdistrict of the French Quarter/CBD area, its boundaries, as defined by the City Planning Commission, are Iberville, Decatur and C ...
, New Orleans


Michigan

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River Place The historic River Place (also known as Stroh River Place) is located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded by Joseph Campau Street, Joseph Campau Avenue, Wight Street, McDougall Street, and the Detroit International Riverfront. It was formerly the Parke ...
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Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
, listed on the NRHP in Wayne County


Minnesota

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Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District The North Loop, also commonly called The Warehouse District, is a neighborhood of the Central community of Minneapolis, Minnesota that was Minneapolis's main commercial district during the city's years as a midwestern shipping hub. Although on ...
, Minneapolis, Minnesota, listed on the NRHP in Hennepin County * North Loop, Minneapolis, which includes the ''Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District''


Missouri

* Warehouse Row Historic District, Cape Girardeau, listed on the NRHP in Cape Girardeau County * Walnut Street Warehouse and Commercial Historic District, Kansas City, listed on the NRHP in Jackson County * Cupples Warehouse District, St. Louis, listed on the NRHP in St. Louis, Missouri * Washington Avenue Loft District, St. Louis * Springfield Warehouse and Industrial Historic District, Springfield, listed on the NRHP in Greene County


New York

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Meatpacking District The Meatpacking District is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan that runs from West 14th Street south to Gansevoort Street, and from the Hudson River east to Hudson Street. The Meatpacking Business Improvement District along ...
, New York * Larkin District, Buffalo


North Carolina

* Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Historic District, Greenville, listed on the NRHP in Pitt County *
Wilson Central Business-Tobacco Warehouse Historic District Wilson may refer to: People * Wilson (name) ** List of people with given name Wilson ** List of people with surname Wilson * Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender * Wilson (footballer, born 1984), full name Wilson Ro ...
, Wilson, listed on the NRHP in Wilson County *
Warehouse (Raleigh) The Warehouse District is a major downtown district in Raleigh, North Carolina, The Warehouse District is a growing arts, restaurant, nightlife, and entrepreneurial district located three blocks west of the Raleigh Convention Center. The district ...
, Raleigh


Ohio

* Cincinnati East Manufacturing and Warehouse District, Cincinnati, listed on the NRHP * Cleveland Warehouse District, Cleveland, listed on the NRHP in Cleveland, Ohio * Huron-Superior Streets Warehouse-Produce Historic District, Toledo, listed on the NRHP in Lucas County


Pennsylvania

* Strip District, Pittsburgh


South Carolina

* Waccamaw River Warehouse Historic District, Conway, listed on the NRHP in Horry County


South Dakota

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Old Courthouse and Warehouse Historic District Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
, Sioux Falls, listed on the NRHP in Minnehaha County


Tennessee

* Market Street Warehouse Historic District, Chattanooga, listed on the NRHP in Hamilton County * Johnson City Warehouse and Commerce Historic District, Johnson City, listed on the NRHP in Washington County *
Jackson Avenue Warehouse District The Jackson Avenue Warehouse District is an historic district in the Old City (Knoxville), Old City section of Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. The district includes several warehouses a ...
, Knoxville, listed on the NRHP in Knox County *
Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic District The Southern Terminal is a former railway complex located at 306 West Depot Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. The complex, which includes a passenger terminal and express depot adjacent to a large railyard, was built in 1903 by the Southern Ra ...
, Knoxville, listed on the NRHP in Knox County * South Bluffs Warehouse Historic District, Memphis, listed on the NRHP in Shelby County


Texas

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Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
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Warehouse District This is a list of notable warehouse districts. A warehouse district or warehouse row is an area found in many urban setting known for being the current or former location of numerous warehouses. Logistically, warehouses are often located in indust ...
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Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
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West End Historic District, Dallas, Texas The West End Historic District of Dallas, Texas, is a historic district that includes a area in northwest downtown, generally north of Commerce, east of I-35E, west of Lamar and south of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway. It is south of Victory P ...
, Dallas


Utah

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Warehouse District This is a list of notable warehouse districts. A warehouse district or warehouse row is an area found in many urban setting known for being the current or former location of numerous warehouses. Logistically, warehouses are often located in indust ...
, Salt Lake City, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake County


Virginia

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Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District The Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 532 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the city of Danville. ...
, Danville, listed on the NRHP in Danville * Roanoke Warehouse Historic District, Roanoke, listed on the NRHP in Roanoke


Washington

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Desmet Avenue Warehouse Historic District The Desmet Avenue Warehouse Historic District is a Historic districts in the United States, historic district in the Logan, Spokane, Logan neighborhood just outside the city center of Spokane, Washington which was listed on the National Register ...
, Spokane, listed on the NRHP in Spokane County * Union Depot-Warehouse Historic District, Tacoma, listed on the NRHP in Pierce County


West Virginia

* Morgantown Wharf and Warehouse Historic District, Morgantown, listed on the NRHP in Monongalia County * Wheeling Warehouse Historic District, Wheeling, listed on the NRHP in Ohio County


Wisconsin

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Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee The Historic Third Ward is a historic warehouse district located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This Milwaukee neighborhood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the Third Ward is home to over 450 businesses and maintai ...
, Milwaukee


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See also

* Arts district *
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