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North of Larpenteur and east of Snelling. This neighborhood, sometimes called the • "Northeast Quadrant," is the largest in the city. It is characterized by ramblers and ranch- style homes built from the 1930s to about 1960, on deep lots of typically about 10,000 square feet. Streets are straight and connected, primarily north south; most blocks do not have sidewalks or alleys. Older homes on deeper, more heavily wooded lots are concentrated along Hamline and the east end of Larpenteur. South of Larpenteur and east of Snelling. Traditionally called Northome, this neighborhood is characterized by one-and-a-half story homes built before the end of World War II and, west of Arona Street, ramblers built between 1945 and 1952. Most lots are under 7,000 square feet. The houses face east-west streets laid out in a grid pattern. Most blocks have alleys and sidewalks. The neighborhood is similar to St. Paul's Como neighborhood to the south. Recently two large apartment buildings and fourteen townhomes were added to this neighborhood at Falcon Heights Town Square at the southeast corner of Larpenteur and Snelling. North of Larpenteur and west of Snelling. This diverse neighborhood adjacent to university agriculture fields has a broad range of housing, including older homes on large lots facing Snelling Avenue, a 1950s development of suburban ramblers, and a small complex of up-scale townhomes built in the 1990s. Lot sizes vary from about 10,000 square feet to over 25,000 square feet. There are no alleys and few sidewalks. Afour- building apartment complex is located at Fry and Larpenteur. • South of Larpenteur, Snelling to Fairview. Three apartment complexes, interspersed with commercial properties and public land, stand on the south side of Larpenteur, west of Snelling and adjacent to the State Fairground and University fields. Hollywood Court, a tiny single-street, one block neighborhood of homes built before 1950 on lots of about 7,000 square feet, is tucked in between the State Fair and the TIES building at the southwest corner of Snelling and Larpenteur. Access to all of these residences is from Snelling or Larpenteur only. These residents are largely cut off from the other City neighborhoods by these busy streets. Fairview, Lindig and Tatum Streets. This area reflects the same kind of diversity seen in the neighborhood along the west side of Snelling: individually built homes on large lots (10,000 - 53,000 square feet) on Fairview, Roselawn and Lindig and a development of post-World War II ramblers on 9,000 - 10,000 square foot lots along Tatum. The absence of sidewalks, the quiet location, and the "common back yard" identity of the unbuilt back lots north of the end of Lindig street reinforce the semi-rural character these residents prize. Falcon Woods. With access only from Roselawn Avenue on the north, winding streets and wedge-shaped lots, this neighborhood has the most "suburban" character in the city. The homes were built in two stages, the northern portion in the 1950s and the southern in the 1980s. Typical lots are about 10,000 square feet. Maple Court, a complex of 24 attached condominium townhomes built in 1993, stands just to the south of Falcon • Woods off Prior Avenue north of City Hall. Although this neighborhood has no Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Part II: Land Use & Housing, Page II-20