Phillips, Minneapolis

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map_caption = Location of Phillips within the U.S. city of Minneapolis
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subdivision_name= United States
subdivision_name1= Minnesota
subdivision_name2= Hennepin
subdivision_name3= Minneapolis
established= Founded
established_date= 1849
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population_as_of = 2000
population_total = 19,805
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population_metro = 3,502,891
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population_footnotes=cite web| title=Twin Cities Region Population and Household Estimates, 2006| url=http://www.metrocouncil.org/metroarea/2006PopulationEstimates.pdf | format=PDF | date=2006-04-01 | publisher=Metropolitan Council | accessdate= 2007-07-24] cite web |title=Table 2: Population Estimates for the 100 Most Populous Metropolitan Statistical Areas Based on July 1, 2006 Population Estimates: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url=http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07-51tbl2.pdf | format = PDF | date = 2007-04-05 |accessdate=2007-04-16]
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postal_code = 55404, 55407, 55408
area_code = 612
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Phillips is a community in Minneapolis, just south of downtown. For the past couple decades, it has been considered the most blighted and crime-ridden area on the south side of Minneapolis, although there are efforts to change that. Traditionally, it was both a community and a neighborhood (in Minneapolis, a "neighborhood" is a subdivision of a "community"). In other words, the Phillips community only contained one neighborhood, also called Phillips. The geographical area of the community is understandably much smaller than other communities. Most Minneapolis communities contain several neighborhoods, so this situation was fairly strange. Only in the past couple years has Phillips been subdivided into smaller neighborhoods, although it should be noted that most Phillips residents don't acknowledge these new neighborhood designations, as these are recent changes. The official neighborhoods in Phillips are Ventura Village, Phillips West, East Phillips, and Midtown Phillips. The boundaries of the Phillips community are Interstate 94 to the north, Hiawatha Avenue to the east, Lake Street to the south, and Interstate 35W to the west.

External links

* [http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/neighborhoods/phillips_profile_home.asp Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - Phillips Community]
* [http://www.pnn.org Phillips Neighborhood Network]
* [http://eastphillips.blogspot.com East Phillips Community Blog]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phillipseast The Phillips East Yahoo Group]