A. Location and General Description
St. Anthony Park is located in the far northwest corner of St. Paul, and near the geographic center of the Twin Cities region. St. Anthony Park is approximately 2.4 square miles and has more than 6,000 residents. Physically, the community has excellent connectivity to the region and relatively poor access internally and to adjacent neighborhoods. Interstate 94, Trunk Highway 280 and University Avenue provide regional access. The BNSF rail yards are a rail transfer point and intermodal shipment hub for the upper Midwest. These assets, however, also serve to disconnect St. Anthony Park from neighboring communities and from itself. The rail yard bisects the community into north and south parts with Raymond Avenue as the only connection.
Half of St. Anthony Park is devoted to industrial land use, much of it in an on-going state of decline. The residential areas are generally strong and vibrant. These residential areas, laid out with curvilinear streets in a park like setting, contain a mix of housing types, attractive institutional buildings, and pedestrian oriented neighborhood commercial areas. The resiential areas form the culture and character basis for the neighborhood's identity
