Explore Saint Paul's Neighborhoods

Click on the name of each Neighborhood for more information and a self-guided tour brochure.

Rice Street
Rice Street is located just north of downtown Saint Paul. It has a deep history and has always been a blue collar neighborhood. Download the brochure to see buildings that still exist today from when Rice Street first established itself in the late 1800s.

Selby Avenue
Selby Avenue is located west of downtown Saint Paul, near the Cathedral of Saint Paul. During the 19th century, Selby was home to some of the wealthiest people in Saint Paul. Today Selby is home to tasty restaurants such as Costello's, Fabulous Fern's Bar & Grill and W.A. Frost.

West Side
The Mississippi River split the West Side from the rest of Saint Paul causing many beautiful limestone bluffs. During the 1840s, the division of the Mississippi made the West Side subject to many floods and homes to many poor immigrants. Today, the Wabasha Street Caves, Harriet Island and the Cinco de Mayo celebration can be found on Saint Paul's West Side.

Payne Avenue
Payne Avenue is located Northeast of downtown Saint Paul. It is home to many different ethnicities and cultures due to its past immigrants. During the 1930s, it became the primary business district for the East Side. Today, Payne Avenue is home to Yarusso Brothers Italian Restaurant, Water and Oil art gallery, the Harvest Festival, and the Dragon Festival (Phalen Park).

Eastside / Lowertown
Many immigrants came to settle just past downtown Saint Paul because of all its natural resources. This was a very vibrant community at one point in time and then was abandon and forgotten. Then, in the 1970s, Lowertown became a very urban and chic part of town once again. Today CAMP BAR, Alary's, the Saint Paul Farmers Market, and the Saint Paul Art Crawl are found in Lowertown.

* The Neighborhood Guide Brochures were published by Historic Saint Paul.

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