Spring Hill (Norwalk)

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Spring Hill
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Norwalk Hospital, the most prominent landmark in the neighborhood
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut
County Fairfield
City Norwalk
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5:00)
  Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4:00)
Area code(s) 203

Spring Hill is a section of Norwalk, Connecticut named after the hill on which most of the neighborhood sits. The neighborhood is located west of the Central section of Norwalk, across U.S. Route 7 and north of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. Norwalk Hospital is on the eastern edge of the neighborhood. Riverside Cemetery is on the northeastern edge.

Norwalk, Connecticut City in Connecticut, United States

Norwalk is a U.S. city located in southwestern Connecticut, in southern Fairfield County, on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. Norwalk is included statistically within both the New York metropolitan area as well as the Bridgeport metropolitan area.

The Central or Midtown section of Norwalk, Connecticut is an urbanized area in roughly the geographic center of the city, north of the South Norwalk neighborhood and the Connecticut Turnpike. Wall Street, West Avenue and Belden Avenue are the main thoroughfares. It has also been called "Norwalk Center" or "Downtown Norwalk".

U.S. Route 7 highway in the United States

U.S. Route 7 (US 7) is a north–south United States highway in western New England that runs for 308 miles (496 km) through the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. The highway's southern terminus is at Interstate 95 (I-95) exit 15 in Norwalk, Connecticut. Its northern terminus is at I-89 exit 22 near the village of Highgate Springs, Vermont, immediately south of the Canada–US border.

About 9,000 people live in Spring Hill, a densely populated part of the city where condominiums have been built in recent decades. [1] The Spring Hill Neighborhood Association is an advocacy group for the community.

In 2008, the parks committee of the First Taxing District of Norwalk agreed to create a park out of a 0.75-acre (3,000 m2) tract surrounding the water towers in the neighborhood (bordered by Dover Street, Grandview Avenue and Magnolia Street). The property includes several oak trees that are about 150 years old. Up until the creation of the park, the neighborhood was the only one in Norwalk without a park. Riverside Park, a 1-mile (1.6 km) long strip, previously existed where the "Super 7" highway connector was built in the early 1980s. [1]

Norwalk Hospital is a major landowner in the neighborhood. Aside from the land where the hospital buildings are located, the hospital owns more than a dozen parcels totaling roughly 6 acres (2.4 ha) on Truman, Stevens and Maple streets, Magnolia Avenue and Rhodonolia. The parcels contain houses, condominiums and medical facilities. [2]

Jefferson Science Magnet School is located in Spring Hill.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Fenwick, Alexandra, "Norwalk neighborhood to get long-awaited park", The Advocate of Stamford, Connecticut, March 10, 2008, pp A5, A6
  2. Koch, Robert, "Spring Hill residents: We want a park" The Hour of Norwalk, Connecticut, January 12, 2008

Coordinates: 41°06′59″N73°25′32″W / 41.1165°N 73.4255°W / 41.1165; -73.4255 (Spring Hill)

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