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Introduction
Although Hilton Village was intended to function Census tract 315. The original plan area of the
independently, the area around it evolved as 1998 Hilton Area Neighborhood Plan was bound
time passed to include more neighborhoods, by Mercury Boulevard, CSX railroad, the James
community facilities, office, commercial, River, Camp Morrison, and Main Street from
and industrial areas. A proposed extension Jefferson Avenue to River Road.
of Hilton Village with a similar layout and
colonial revival architecture was constructed The plan area includes a variety of community
as the Brandon Heights subdivision. Other features including several distinct residential
neighborhoods developed along River Road, areas, large apartment complexes, major
including Rivermont, Hilton Terrace / Hilton strip retail shopping centers, and numerous
Waterfront, Warwick on the James, and Cedar individual commercial and office buildings. The
Grove. Together, these neighborhoods are Community Facilities map in Figure 3, includes
known to residents as “Greater Hilton.” For a regional hospital complex, several parks, two
planning purposes, the boundaries of the elementary schools, a high school, a satellite
Greater Hilton Area Plan have evolved to include police station, two museums and a public library.
additional residential neighborhoods, apartment
communities, commercial developments, and The 1998 Hilton Area Neighborhood Plan was
other land uses that are a part of this area of the city’s strategic response to the gradual
the city. economic decline of the areas surrounding
Hilton Village. The current plan area was
PLAN AREA expanded to include several other mixed-use
areas around the neighborhoods due to the
Greater Hilton is a community of roughly 2.8 presence of a significant number of vacant
square miles (1,790 acres) with several unique buildings and the need for improvements to
residential neighborhoods and various land the Warwick Boulevard corridor. Expanding the
uses. The plan area is bound by J. Clyde Morris plan area allows for a more holistic approach to
Boulevard to the north, CSX railroad to the east, land use planning featuring various tools that
the Government Ditch to the south, and the can foster reinvestment and redevelopment of
James River to the west and encompasses U.S. underutilized spaces.
1926 Aerial Photograph of Hilton Village
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