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Manchester, New Hampshire

City

View of portion of downtown from Hampshire Plaza, looking

south along Elm Street, featuring 20-story City Hall Plaza on

right

Seal

Nickname(s): Queen City, Manch Vegas

Location in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Coordinates: 425927N 712749W

Country United States

State New Hampshire

County Hillsborough

Incorporated 1751

Government

Mayor Ted Gatsas (R)

Aldermen Joyce CraigRon LudwigPatrick LongJim RoyEd OsborneGarth Corriveau

Manchester, New HampshireFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenthlargest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, anarea comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is inHillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which dividesthe city into eastern and western sections. Manchester is near the northern endof the Northeast megalopolis. As of the 2010 census, the city had a

population of 109,565,[1] the most of any city in northern New England.

In 2009 CNNMoney.com rated Manchester 13th in a list of the 100 best

cities to live and launch a business in the United States.[4] In addition,Kiplinger voted Manchester the second most tax friendly city in the United

States, second only to Anchorage, Alaska.[5] Also in 2009, Forbes magazineranked the Manchester region first on its list of "America's 100 Cheapest

Places to Live."[6]

Contents

1 History2 Geography and climate3 Government

4 Neighborhoods5 Surrounding communities6 Demographics

7 Media8 Education

8.1 Public schools8.2 Private schools

8.3 Post-secondary schools9 Culture10 Sports11 Transportation

11.1 Air

11.2 Roads11.3 Bus

11.4 Passenger rail (future)12 Economy

12.1 Downtown

12.2 Shopping13 Notable people

14 Sister cities

15 See also16 References

17 External links

History

See also: Timeline of Manchester, New Hampshire, history

Pennacook Indians called it Namoskeag, meaning "good fishing place"areference to the Amoskeag Falls in the Merrimack River. In 1722, John Goffesettled beside Cohas Brook, later building a dam and sawmill at what wasdubbed Old Harry's Town. It was granted by Massachusetts in 1727 as

Coordinates: 425927N 712749W



Garth CorriveauWilliam P. SheaThomas KatsiantonisBarbara E. ShawPhil GreazzoRuss OuellettePatrick ArnoldJoseph Kelly LevasseurDaniel P. O'Neil

Area

City 34.9 sq mi (90.4 km2)

Land 33.0 sq mi (85.5 km2)

Water 1.9 sq mi (4.9 km2) 5.44%

Elevation 210 ft (64 m)

Population (2012)[1][2][3]

City 110,209 (US: 241th)

Density 3,320.2/sq mi (1,281.5/km2)

Urban 158,377 (US: 209th)

Metro 402,922 (US: 131th)

Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)

Summer (DST) Eastern (UTC-4)

Zip code 03101-03111 (03110 assigned tosuburb Bedford)

Area code(s) 603

FIPS code 33-45140

GNIS feature ID 0868243

Website www.manchesternh.gov(http://www.manchesternh.gov/)

Mills on Merrimack River and the

West Side of Manchester

Elm Street c. 1905

View of downtown from the north

Tyngstown to veterans of Queen Anne's War who served in 1703 underCaptain William Tyng. But at New Hampshire's 1741 separation fromMassachusetts, the grant was ruled invalid and substituted with Wilton, Maine,so Governor Benning Wentworth rechartered the town in 1751 as

Derryfield. Derryfield remains aneighborhood in contemporaryManchester, along its easternmostarea adjacent to Massabesic Lake.

In 1807, Samuel Blodget opened acanal and lock system to allowvessels passage around the falls. Heenvisioned here a great industrialcenter, "the Manchester ofAmerica", like the IndustrialRevolution's Manchester in England,the first industrialized city in theworld. Sure enough, in 1809,

Benjamin Prichard and others built a cotton spinning mill operated by waterpower on the western bank of the Merrimack. Following Blodgett'ssuggestion, Derryfield was renamed Manchester in 1810, the year the mill was

incorporated as the Amoskeag Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company.[7]

It would be purchased in 1825 by entrepreneurs from Massachusetts,expanded to 3 mills in 1826, and then incorporated in 1831 as the AmoskeagManufacturing Company.

On the eastern bank, Amoskeagengineers and architects planned amodel company town, founded in1838 with Elm Street as its mainthoroughfare. Incorporated as a city in 1846, Manchester would become home to the largestcotton mill in the worldMill No. 11, stretching 900 feet (270 m) long by 103 feet (31 m)wide, and containing 4,000 looms. Other products made in the community included shoes,cigars, and paper. The Amoskeag foundry made rifles, sewing machines, textile machinery,fire engines, and locomotives in a division called the Amoskeag Locomotive Works (later, theManchester Locomotive Works). The rapid growth of the mills demanded a large influx ofworkers, resulting in a flood of immigrants, particularly French Canadians. Many current

residents descend from these workers. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company went out of business in 1935, although its red brickmills have been renovated for other uses. Indeed, the mill town's 19th century affluence left behind some of the finest Victoriancommercial, municipal, and residential architecture in the state.

Manchester is nicknamed the Queen City, as well as the more recently coined "Manch

Vegas".[8] In 1998, Manchester was named the "Number One Small City in the East" byMoney magazine. The Mall of New Hampshire, on Manchester's southern fringe near theintersection of Interstates 93 and 293, is the city's main retail center. In 2001, the VerizonWireless Arena, a venue seating more than 10,000, opened for major concerts and sportingevents, enhancing the city's downtown revitalization efforts with a major hotel and conventioncenter already in place directly across the street from the arena.

Geography and climate

Manchester is located at (42.986284, 71.451560).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.9 square miles (90 km2), of which 33.0 square miles

(85 km2) is land and 1.9 square miles (4.9 km2) is water, comprising 5.44% of the city. Manchester is drained by the Merrimack River,the Piscataquog River and Cohas Brook. Massabesic Lake is on the eastern border. The highest point in Manchester is atop WellingtonHill, where the elevation reaches 570 feet (170 m) above sea level.

Manchester has a four-season humid continental climate (Kppen Dfa), with long, cold, snowy winters, and very warm and somewhathumid summers; spring and autumn in between are crisp and relatively brief transitions. The monthly daily average temperature rangesfrom 24.4 F (4.2 C) in January to 72.5 F (22.5 C) in July. On average, there are 11 days of 90 F (32 C)+ highs and 2.9 days of

425911N 71276W



Board of Mayor and Aldermen2011-12

Mayor: Ted GatsasWard 1: Joyce CraigWard 2: Ron LudwigWard 3: Patrick Long

Ward 4: Jim RoyWard 5: Ed OsborneWard 6: Garth CorriveauWard 7: William P. SheaWard 8: Thomas KatsiantonisWard 9: Barbara E. Shaw

Ward 10: Phil GreazzoWard 11: vacantWard 12: Patrick ArnoldAt-large: Daniel P. ONeilAt-large: Joseph Kelly Levasseur

sub-0 F (18 C) lows. Precipitation is well-spread throughout the year, though winter is the driest. Snowfall, the heaviest of which istypically delivered through nor'easters, averages around 47 inches (119 cm) per season, but varies widely from year to year.

Climate data for Manchester, New Hampshire

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year

Average high F (C)33.1

(0.6)

36.9

(2.7)

44.9

(7.2)

57.6

(14.2)

68.7

(20.4)

77.5

(25.3)

82.4

(28)

81.0

(27.2)

72.6

(22.6)

61.0

(16.1)

49.8

(9.9)

38.2

(3.4)

58.7

(14.8)

Average low F (C)15.7

(9.1)

19.0

(7.2)

27.2

(2.7)

37.0

(2.8)

47.5

(8.6)

56.6

(13.7)

62.7

(17.1)

60.9

(16.1)

52.5

(11.4)

40.6

(4.8)

33.1

(0.6)

22.5

(5.3)

39.7

(4.3)

Precipitation inches (mm)3.02

(76.7)

2.78

(70.6)

4.33

(110)

3.86

(98)

4.05

(102.9)

3.79

(96.3)

3.80

(96.5)

3.63

(92.2)

3.81

(96.8)

4.16

(105.7)

4.07

(103.4)

3.28

(83.3)

44.58

(1,132.4)

Snowfall inches (cm)14.4

(36.6)

10.5

(26.7)

6.0

(15.2)

2.5

(6.4)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

1.9

(4.8)

11.4

(29)

46.7

(118.6)

Avg. precipitation days ( 0.01 in) 9.8 8.0 9.7 11.2 11.0 11.1 10.3 10.0 9.9 9.4 10.6 9.5 120.5

Avg. snowy days ( 0.1 in) 5.2 4.1 2.5 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3.7 17.3

Source #1: NOAA (temperature/precipitation 19812010 at MHT, all others 19712000 at Massabesic Lake)[9][10]

Source #2: The Weather Channel (records)[11]

Bridge Street in 1909

War Monument c. 1905

Granite Street c. 1900

Old Fire Station in 1907

Government

Manchester is incorporated as a city under the laws of the State of New Hampshire, andoperates under a strong mayoral form of government. The mayor serves as chairman of thefourteen-member Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the city's legislative body. Each ofManchester's twelve wards elects a single alderman, and two additional at-large members areelected citywide.

The mayor also serves as the chair of the board of school committee. Like the board ofaldermen, the school board has twelve members elected by ward and two at-large members.The School Board is not a city department; rather, it is a school district coterminous with thecity, which obtains financing from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Neighborhoods

Main article: Neighborhoods in Manchester, New Hampshire

The Manchester Planning Board, in its 2010 Master Plan, defines 25 neighborhoods withinthe city. LivableMHT (http://livablemht.org/) has drawn maps of the neighborhoods(http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?

ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=200741807134291883459.00049d0e9428889aa3c7b&z=11) and neighborhood village centers(http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=200741807134291883459.00049d1df28891fa851d8&z=13) as

defined by the city.[12] Recognition of particular neighborhoods varies, with some having neighborhood associations, but none of haveany legal or political authority.



City Hall Plaza

Historical populationsCensus Pop. %

1790 362

1800 557 53.9%

1810 615 10.4%

1820 761 23.7%

1830 877 15.2%

1840 3,235 268.9%

1850 13,932 330.7%

1860 20,107 44.3%

1870 23,536 17.1%

West Side neighborhood

The major neighborhoods, historically, include Amoskeag, Rimmon Heights, Notre Dame/McGregorville and Piscataquog/GraniteSquare on the West Side; and the North End, Janeville/Corey Square, Hallsville and Bakersville on the East Side; along with

Youngsville and Goffes Falls on the periphery of the city.[13]

In 2007, the city began a Neighborhood Initiatives program to "insure that our neighborhoods are vibrant, livable areas since these are

the portions of the city where most of the residents spend their time living, playing, shopping and going to school."[14] The purpose ofthis initiative is to foster vibrancy and redevelopment in the neighborhoods, and to restore the sense of neighborhood communities thathad been overlooked in the city for some time. The city began the program with street-scape and infrastructure improvements in the

Rimmon Heights neighborhood of the West Side, which has spurred growth and investment in and by the community.[15] Despite thesuccess of the program in Rimmon Heights, it was unclear in recent years how the City planned to implement similar programsthroughout the city. The City announced plans for extending the Neighborhood Initiatives program to the Hollow neighborhood in

February 2012.[16]

Surrounding communities

The urban core of Manchester extends beyond its city limits in several directions, particularly west and south of downtown, including:

Pinardville - In the town of Goffstown, Pinardville is a fairly dense, former streetcar suburb along Mast Road to the west ofManchester. It is home to St. Anselm College.River Corridor - In the town of Bedford, the River Corridor is a mid-density, primarily shopping district along South River Roadabout two-and-a-half miles from downtown Manchester. The area has recently implemented Tax Increment Financing to improveand maintain infrastructure, and the Town of Bedford's most recent master plan has called for increasing mixed-use development

and promoting walkability and transit use, though the Manchester Transit Authority bus service in the area was recently curtailedfollowing a decision by the Town of Bedford to discontinue funding service.Northeast Bedford - The northeast section of Bedford is a mainly low to mid-density suburban residential area near the terminusof the of former St. Joseph's streetcar line along Donald Street and post-war development along Boynton Street, with somebusinesses scattered throughout. The area does not have a formal name, but the section along Boynton Street has variously beencalled the Plains and the Pines. The northern area is more rural with large portions owned by St. Anselm College.

South Hooksett - The southeastern portion of the town of Hooksett is a sprawling, suburban shopping area north of Manchester.

Demographics

Manchester's population at the 2010 census was 109,565.[1] The city is the center of theManchester, NH, New England City and Town Metropolitan Area (NECTA MA), which

had a population of 187,596 as of the 2010 census.[17]

As of the census of 2010,[18] there were 109,565 people, 45,766 households, and 26,066families residing in the city. The population density was 3,320.2 people per square mile(1,281.5/km). There were 49,288 housing units at an average density of 1,493.6 per squaremile (576.5/km). The racial makeup of the city was 86.1% White, 4.1% Black or AfricanAmerican, 0.30% Native American, 3.7% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.1% from someother race, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.1% ofthe population.

In 2011 the largest ancestry groups within the city's population were: French and French-Canadian (23.9%), Irish (19.5%), English

(9.9%), German (8.6%), and Italian (8.1%).[19]

At the 2010 census there were 45,766 households, out of which 26.4% had children under the age of18 living with them, 38.4% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householderwith no husband present, and 43.0% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up ofindividuals and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average

household size was 2.34 persons and the average family size was 2.99.[18]

In the city the population was spread out with 21.6% underthe age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44,26.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.8% who were 65 years ofage or older. The median age was 36.0 years. For every100 females there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females

age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.[18]



1880 32,630 38.6%

1890 44,126 35.2%

1900 56,987 29.1%

1910 70,063 22.9%

1920 78,384 11.9%

1930 76,834 2.0%

1940 77,685 1.1%

1950 82,732 6.5%

1960 88,282 6.7%

1970 87,754 0.6%

1980 90,936 3.6%

1990 99,332 9.2%

2000 107,006 7.7%

2010 109,565 2.4%

Est. 2011 109,830 0.2%

U.S. Decennial Census[20]

2011 Estimate[21]

Lincoln statue by Rogers in front of

Central High School, 2005

Pearl Street School c. 1910

In 2011 the estimated median income for a household in the city was $51,082, and the median incomefor a family was $63,045. Male full-time workers had a median income of $43,583 versus $37,155for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,131. 14.1% of the population and 9.6% offamilies were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 21.8% were under the

age of 18 and 9.9% were 65 or older.[22]

Media

The city is served by three newspapers: the New Hampshire Union Leader / New HampshireSunday News (a daily); The Hippo (weekly); and the Manchester Mirror (a weekly produced by theNew Hampshire Union Leader).

In addition to several commercial AM and FM radio stations, Manchester is also served by localcable television and hosts one commercial television station:

WMUR-TV Channel 9, the Manchester ABC television affiliate

Manchester Public Television Service Inc, a Public, educational, and government access (PEG)cable television facility.

Manchester is on the northern edge of the Boston television market.

Education

Public schools

Manchester's public school system is run by the Manchester School District(http://www.mansd.org).

Manchester School District has four public high schools:

Manchester High School West (West High School)Manchester High School Central (Central High School)Manchester Memorial High School (Memorial High School)Manchester School of Technology (MST)

Manchester School District has four public middle schools and fourteen elementary schools.

Private schools

Manchester is served by four private high schools:

Trinity High School, a private, Roman Catholic high schoolThe Derryfield School, a private school serving sixth through twelfth gradesHoly Family Academy, a small Roman Catholic private school serving seventh throughtwelfth gradesLiberty Harbor Academy, serving grades nine through twelve

In addition:

Mount Zion Christian Schools, a nondenominational, evangelical Christian school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade;recently relocated from neighboring Bedford to Manchester

Easter Seals Robert B. Jolicoeur School, a private special education school

Post-secondary schools

Area institutions of higher education, together enrolling more than 8,000 students, include:

Granite State College - Manchester

Hesser College - ManchesterManchester Community CollegeMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Manchester, NH Secondary Campus



Weston Observatory in Derryfield

Park, 2012

Elm Street in 2009

Old Library in 1908

New Hampshire Institute of Art (formerly called The Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences)

Saint Anselm College, located within the adjacent town of Goffstown, but with a Manchester mailing addressSouthern New Hampshire University, located on the boundary between Manchester and HooksettUniversity of New Hampshire at Manchester

Culture

Cultural landmarks include the historic Palace Theatre; the Currier Museum of Art; the New Hampshire Institute of Art; the Franco-American Center; the Manchester Historic Association Millyard Museum; the Massabesic Audubon Center; the Amoskeag FishwaysLearning and Visitors Center; the Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum and Max I. Silber Library; and the SEE Science Center. ValleyCemetery, since 1841 the resting place of numerous prominent citizens, is an early example of a garden-style burial ground.

The Verizon Wireless Arena is a civic center that hosts a variety of events, from professional minor-league sports such as hockey andarena football to concerts with major recording artists and comedians, national touring theatrical productions, family-oriented shows,

and fairs. It opened in November 2001 and seats more than 10,000 patrons.[23] The John F. Kennedy Memorial Coliseum is another,smaller venue located in downtown Manchester with a capacity of approximately 3,000 seats.It was completed in 1963, serves as home ice for the Manchester Central and Memorial High

School hockey teams, and is home to the Southern New Hampshire Skating Club.[24]

The nickname "ManchVegas" was derived from illegal gambling in local businesses during thelate 1980s or early '90s. Many pizza shops and local bars had video poker machines thatwould pay out real money. The nickname was coined following a city-wide bust of thesemachines. It was then adopted as a lampoon of the city's limited entertainment opportunities.The term has since become a source of pride as the city's entertainment scene has grown. By2003 it was well enough known that a note on Virtualtourist.com said, "Residents reflect the

regional dry humor by referring to sedate Manchester as 'ManchVegas'."[25] By 2005, anarticle in Manchester's Hippo Press (a local alternative weekly) said that then-Mayor RobertA. Baines "is pushing to replace the nickname ManchVegas with Manchhattan" (meaning

Manchester+Manhattan).[26] In 2009 the film Monsters, Marriage and Murder inManchvegas was released referencing Manchester's popular nickname and using much of the

city as its backdrop.[27]

Sports

This is a list of the sports teams in Manchester.



Union Station c. 1910

Club League Venue Established Championships

Amoskeag Rugby Club NERFU, Rugby Northeast Athletic Club 1984 0

New Hampshire FisherCats

EL, Baseball (professional) Northeast Delta Dental Stadium 2004 2

Manchester Monarchs AHL, Ice hockey (professional) Verizon Wireless Arena 2001 0

Manchester Wolvesaf2, Arena football

(professional)Verizon Wireless Arena 2002 0

New Hampshire Phantoms PDL, SoccerManchester Memorial HighSchool

1996 0

ManchVegas Roller Girls USARS, Flat track roller derby West Side Ice Arena 2008 0

New Hampshire RollerDerby

WFTDA[28] Flat track rollerderby

JFK Memorial Coliseum[29] 2007 0

Manchester FreedomIWFL, Women's TackleFootball

West High 2002 0

Transportation

Air

The city is served by Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, the fourth largest airport in NewEngland. This airport is located off of Brown Ave, and it is the secondary airport servingBoston, Massachusetts. It is used by most of the nation's major airlines, with the largestmarket share held by Southwest Airlines. Alternative airports include Boston's LoganInternational Airport and Portland International Jetport in Maine.

Roads

Interstates 93 and 293 and the F.E. Everett Turnpike are multi-lane highways that connect the metropolitan area to Concord and theWhite Mountains to the north and Nashua and Boston to the south. NH 101 is a four-lane highway eastbound from Manchester toHampton Beach, connecting the city with the southeastern part of the state and the seacoast, as well as Maine and the MassachusettsNorth Shore via Interstate 95. West of Manchester, NH 101 is a two-lane highway serving as the main artery to Keene, theMonadnock region, and other points in southwestern New Hampshire, eventually connecting to NH 9 and the state's border withVermont. US Route 3 and state routes 28 and 3A also flow through the city.

A direct highway access with the airport connects the Everett Turnpike just south of the city with the Manchester-Boston RegionalAirport via a Merrimack River-crossing connector road.

Bus

Public transportation is provided by the Manchester Transit Authority, which runs several bus routes throughout the city and surroundingareas. Concord Trailways and Boston Express run commuter services to Boston and other parts of the state. Vermont Transit Lines(affiliated with Greyhound Lines) has lines to Montreal. In 2008, Boston Express moved to suburb Londonderry, New Hampshire, andnow provides only limited service to downtown Manchester.

Passenger rail (future)

The possibility of Manchester being served by the Capital Corridor, an extension of the MBTA commuter rail from its current terminusin Lowell, Massachusetts to Concord, which would also include a stop at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is being studied by theNew Hampshire Rail Transit Authority and New Hampshire Department of Transportation, which have received federal funding for

studying and planning the route.[30] The Capital Corridor route is also being studied as a possible future high-speed rail line connecting

Montreal and Boston.[31] Currently, Manchester is one of the largest cities and metropolitan areas in the United States without Amtrak

service.[32] With the expansion of Interstate 93 to eight lanes from Salem to Manchester under construction, space is being reserved in

the median for potential future commuter or light rail service along this corridor.[33]



Amoskeag Bank in 1913: At 10

stories, it was Manchester's

"skyscraper" for over a half-century

In late 2011 Dean Kamen, famous for inventing the Segway and owner of several buildings in the Millyard, proposed a rail loop fordowntown and the Millyard. Several meetings have been held with area business and property owners, city officials and local

developers, but the idea is in the early conceptual stages.[34]

The Downtown rail loop, if approved by the Manchester City Council, would be about three miles long and may be completedsometime around 2017. The loop would go from the Manchester Millyards, down south for about half a mile, then turn over Elm Street,separate into two rails (the other going towards Manchester-Boston Regional Airport), and climb north to Bridge Street and up to theNew Hampshire Tower, where it ends.

Economy

Manchester is northern New England's largest city, and its metropolitan area is one of thefastest growing in New England. Its economy has changed greatly, as Manchester was atextile mill town about 40 years ago. In March 2009 Kiplinger voted Manchester the second

most tax friendly city in America, after Anchorage, Alaska.[5] Earlier in the year, CNN rated

Manchester 13th in its 100 best places to live and launch a business in America.[4]

Manchester is the home of Segway, Inc., manufacturers of a two-wheeled, self-balancingelectric vehicle invented by Dean Kamen.

Downtown

Downtown Manchester's One City Hall Plaza and the all-black Hampshire Plaza stand 20stories high and are the tallest New England buildings north of Cambridge, Massachusetts therefore, the tallest buildings in northern New England. The Hampshire Plaza is shorter thanCity Hall Plaza by a mere 16 feet (4.9 m). Other major buildings include the 13-story NewHampshire Tower; the New Hampshire headquarters of Citizens Bank, called the ManchesterCitizens Bank Tower, in the renovated and heightened former Amoskeag Bank building (atthe original 10 stories, once Manchester's treasured nickname as Manchester's "skyscraper"for many decades in the early 20th century); the former Carpenter Hotel, at 12 stories,usurped the Amoskeag Bank's relished claim of Manchester's "skyscraper" a few decadeslater in that century; and Bank of America.

The Verizon Wireless Arena has become the centerpiece of downtown Manchester. Thevenue can seat slightly less than 12,000 patrons for concerts, and at least 10,000-seatconfigurations for sporting and other forms of entertainment. The Verizon is also home to the Manchester Monarchs, the local AHLaffiliate of the Los Angeles Kings. The Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (formerly Merchantsauto.com Stadium) is a baseball parklocated on the Merrimack River in downtown Manchester and is home to the local AA baseball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, theNew Hampshire Fisher Cats. Historic Gill Stadium supported professional minor-league baseball into the early 21st century andcontinues to be a viable and popular downtown venue for many sporting and entertainment events, seating nearly 4,000 patrons,depending on the event format.

The Red Arrow, rated in 1998 as one of the top 10 diners in the United States,[35] is located downtown.

In recent years there has been continual redevelopment of the Amoskeag Millyard and its residential Historic District. The increasingpopularity of downtown living has caused many properties originally built as tenement housing for mill workers in the 19th century to beconverted to stylish, eclectic residential condominiums. Many new retail stores and higher education institutions have been uniquelyretro-fitted into properties along Commercial and Canal Street.

Shopping

Manchester has two main retail areas: downtown Manchester and South Willow Street (NH Route 28). The Mall of New Hampshire islocated on South Willow Street, and, with more than 125 stores, is one of the largest shopping centers in southern New Hampshire andcentral New England.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Manchester, New Hampshire

Sister cities



Gen. Stark House in 1906

Nashville, Tennessee, United States Neustadt an der Weinstrae, Germany Taichung, Taiwan Hof HaCarmel Region, Israel

Gweru, Zimbabwe

See also

List of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire

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28. ^ http://wftda.com/leagues Women's Flat Track Derby Association Leagues



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External links

City of Manchester official website (http://www.manchesternh.gov)Manchester City Library (http://www.manchesterlibrary.org)

Manchester Historic Association (http://www.manchesterhistoric.org/)Manchester School District (http://www.mansd.org/index.htm)New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile (http://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/manchester.htm)

Manchester (New Hampshire) travel guide from Wikivoyage

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