| 词条 | Rabbittown, St. John's |
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| name = Rabbittown | settlement_type = Neighbourhood | image_skyline = Rabbittown-StJohns-Newfoundland.jpg | image_caption = Map of Rabbittown | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{CAN}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = {{NL}} | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = St. John's | seat_type = Ward | seat = 2 |leader_title = Administrative body |leader_name = St. John's City Council |leader_title1 = Councillor |leader_name1 = Hope Jamieson }}{{Unreferenced|date=July 2012}} Rabbittown is a neighbourhood in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is located near downtown, and is bounded approximately by Empire Avenue, Freshwater Road and Newtown Road. HistoryRabbittown was first developed in the years between World War I and World War II. Many of the street names correspond to locations where the Newfoundland Regiment fought or was stationed during World War I. Merrymeeting Road is the primary traffic and commercial street. BoundariesRabbittown exists primarily on the North ("outer") side of Merrymeeting Road, which was one of the early official boundaries of the City of St. John's. The neighbourhood is home to many students; the neighbourhood is within walking distance of Memorial University of Newfoundland, and contains many relatively low-rent apartments. Community{{Original research|section|date=July 2012}}Rabbittown is generally a residential area. The area's primary commercial enterprises are two grocery stores; Coleman's and Sobey's, as well as two barber shops and several independent, short-order restaurants. The area is also served by two convenience stores, a drugstore and one gas station. The Rabbittown Community Centre which is located at 26 Graves Street, hosts a number of services for different age groups. There is a teen program, an afterschool program, an adults' Rabbittown Community Association neighborhood group. Also on-site are an Employment counselor, a CAP site and a nurse. The Rabbittown Theatre Company (who work from a facility of the same name) is a successful small theatre company located in the area, at the corner of Merrymeeting Road and Linscott Street. The Theatre (with its Company) are the only institutions other than the community centre to formally bear the name of the neighbourhood. The Hub, which refers to itself as "The Physically Disabled Service Centre" is on Merrymeeting Road, in the heart of the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood was the setting of Rabbittown, a CBC Television comedy pilot which aired as a special in 2006 but was not picked up to series. ReligionThe Seventh-day Adventist Church has both a strong history and a current presence in the neighbourhood, with its only St. John's church located on Aldershot Street. The original Adventist manse was at 106 Freshwater Road. That building was eventually replaced with a three-story Adventist Academy (high school) and an Adventist elementary school at 154 Freshwater. When public funding for religious schools was cut in 1997, the two schools were consolidated, and the only Adventist school in the province, St. John's Adventist Academy, is now located at the site of the old elementary school. Due to lack of funding, the school has not operated since 2003, but plans are reported to be in the works to consolidate church and school buildings and reopen the school{{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}. The old high school building is now the home of the Rabbittown Theatre Company. Streets in Rabbittown(arranged west to east) {{col-begin}}{{col-break}}
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I would to point out that the boundaries that you assign to Rabbittown are incorrect. The southern border of Rabbittown is the North side of Merrymeeting Road and not Freshwater Road as you state. The area bounded between the south side of Merrymeeting and the north side of Freshwater from Parade Street to the intersection of Merrymeeting and Freshwater is known as the Higher Levels, where my family lived for over 100 years. The streets included in the Higher Levels are , Parade, Spencer, Feild, Cook, and Scott Street; Blatch Ave, Mayor Ave between Merrymeeting and Freshwater and Linscott Street. This part of St. John's was built up in the late 19th Century as opposed to the Rabbittown which was mainly built up in the middle of the 20th Century. The boundaries of Rabbittown therefore are, Newtown Road from Merrymeeting to Empire, then West along Empire to Freshwater, then south east along Freshwater to Merrymeeting, then North along Merrymeeting back to the intersection at Newtown Road. PS. Just a fun fact, the Rabbittown Theatre is not strictly speaking in Rabbittown. A fact they always admitted. External links
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