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* '''[[Boston Road, Springfield, Massachusetts|Boston Road]]''' – named for its proximity to the original [[Boston Post Road]] system, features the [[Eastfield Mall]]. Primarily commercial in character, it comprises several shopping plazas designed for automobile travel.
* '''[[Brightwood, Springfield, Massachusetts|Brightwood]]''' – features numerous [[Baystate Health]] specialty buildings. Amputated from the rest of Springfield by the [[Interstate 91 (Massachusetts)|Interstate 91]] elevated highway, academic suggestions are being made to reunite the neighborhood with the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=larp_honors&sei-redir=1#search=springfield+north+end+interstate+91+umass |title=Landscape Urbanism for the Highway city of Springfield North End |author=Piyawut Inthasorn |date=2010-05-14 |website=scholarworks.umass.edu |accessdate=2017-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=larp_grad_research&sei-redir=1#search=springfield+north+end+interstate+91+umass |title=Making Connections – Envisioning Springfield's North End |author=David M. Ahronian |date=2009 |website=scholarworks.umass.edu |accessdate=2017-07-12}}</ref>
* '''[[East Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts|East Forest Park]]''' – Primarily
* '''[[East Springfield, Springfield, Massachusetts|East Springfield]]''' – features [[Smith & Wesson]] and the [[Performance Food Group]]. Residential and working-class in character.
* '''[[Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts|Forest Park]]''' – features [[Frederick Law Olmsted]]'s renowned {{convert|735|acre|km2|1}} [[Forest Park (Springfield)|Forest Park]] and the Forest Park Heights Historic District, (established 1975).<ref name="springfieldcityhall">{{cite web |url=http://www.springfieldcityhall.com/planning/fileadmin/Planning_files/forms/Hist_Neighborhoods/forestpark.pdf |date=May 1, 2006 |title=Forest Park Heights Historic District |accessdate=October 16, 2014}}</ref> Residential in character, featuring a commercial district at "The X" and an upper-class garden district surrounding Olmsted's park.
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