Streetwalking Wednesday

Our streetwalking adventure on this beautiful day occurred at Prospect Park in Bettendorf, Iowa. See my friend's version of streetwalking in the same place (whenever she gets it posted).



The Mississippi River in our area of the Quad Cities, which consists of Davenport and Bettendorf, IA plus Moline and Rock Island, IL, flows east to west as opposed to its normal course north to south.



Prospect Park is a small neighborhood located on the western border of the Village of East Davenport. It runs along Mississippi Street from Eleventh Street down to River Drive and a block east along Prospect Drive and Prospect Terrace. The neighborhood was developed from 1895-1910, and is one of many Davenport neighborhoods at the turn of the century to focus around a park. Houses in Prospect Park are very large, and are set back on spacious lots. The houses are late Queen Anne style, Neoclassical, and Tudor Revival. The neighborhood contained many prominent figures, including contractors, physicians, and attorneys. The proximity and commanding view of the river kept this neighborhood a fashionable address long after the originally families had departed. Unlike similar west end and central neighborhoods, Prospect Park has retained mostly single family usage.--Wikipedia.