List of warehouse districts
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A warehouse district is a special area in many cities where many warehouses are or used to be located. Warehouses are big buildings where goods are stored before they are sold or shipped somewhere. These districts are often found in industrial parks, places set aside for businesses that need lots of space and easy ways to move things, like highways, railroads, and airports.
Cities usually plan these areas carefully, sometimes making them special zones for urban planning. They often have their own roads, utilities, and energy systems to help businesses run smoothly.
Sometimes, when a warehouse district is no longer needed for storing goods, cities change it into something new, like an art district. Even after the change, people might still call the area a warehouse district because of its history.
Canada
The Distillery District is in Toronto, Ontario. It has the most Victorian-era industrial buildings in North America. There is also a Warehouse District in Edmonton.
Germany
- Speicherstadt in Hamburg, Germany
Poland
Some places in Poland are known for having many warehouses. In Warsaw, you can find areas like Karolin, Służewiec, and Wyczółki. One part of Służewiec is called Służewiec Przemysłowy, which is also a place where many warehouses are located.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, there is a special area called the Harringay Warehouse District where many storage buildings are located.
United States (by state then city)
Arizona
- Tucson Warehouse Historic District, Tucson, listed on the NRHP in Pima County
Arkansas
California
- Warehouse Row Fresno, listed on the NRHP in Fresno County
- Warehouse District, Los Angeles
- Oakland Waterfront Warehouse District, Oakland, listed on the NRHP in Alameda County
Georgia
- Athens Warehouse Historic District, Athens, listed on the NRHP in Clarke County
- East Vine Street Warehouse and Depot District, Statesboro, listed on the NRHP in Bulloch County
Idaho
- Pocatello Warehouse Historic District, Pocatello, listed on the NRHP in Bannock County
- Twin Falls Warehouse Historic District, Twin Falls, listed on the NRHP in Twin Falls County
Illinois
- Fulton River District, Chicago
- Warehouse Historic District, Peoria, listed on the NRHP in Peoria County, Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
- Warehouse District, 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
- New Orleans Central Business District, New Orleans
Michigan
Minnesota
- Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, 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 Jersey
New York
- Meatpacking District, 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, listed on the NRHP in Wilson County
- Warehouse 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
South Dakota
- Old Courthouse and Warehouse Historic District, 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, Knoxville, listed on the NRHP in Knox County
- Southern Terminal and Warehouse Historic District, Knoxville, listed on the NRHP in Knox County
- South Bluffs Warehouse Historic District, Memphis, listed on the NRHP in Shelby County
Texas
- EaDo, Houston
- Warehouse District, Austin
- West End Historic District, Dallas, Texas, Dallas
Utah
- Warehouse District, Salt Lake City, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake County
Virginia
- Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District, Danville, listed on the NRHP in Danville
- Roanoke Warehouse Historic District, Roanoke, listed on the NRHP in Roanoke
Washington
- Desmet Avenue Warehouse Historic District, 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
- Historic Third Ward, Milwaukee, Milwaukee
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