The area has many historic homes. Chelmont - This area is packed with small businesses like print shops, florists, barbers, tailors and shoe stores. Chelmont Center, a strip of stores anchored by a new Smith's grocery, was once El Paso's premier shopping center. Homes in the mostly residential neighborhood range from the large, gracious houses in the historic district of Government Hill near Radford School and Loretto Academy, to the humble, cinderblock houses near Gateway West. Five Points - With an estimated 700 businesses in the area, Five Points was once considered the second Downtown, and was the only major retail area outside Downtown until about 1962.
Memorial Park is a popular picnic, recreation spots for people throughout the central area of town.
East Side East El Paso is generally decided into the East Side north of Interstate 10 and the Lower Valley south of the highway. About 21 percent of the city's populations resided in the East Side, whore both rolling hills and the Franklin Mountains can be seen. The East Side also has most of the city's major employers, including the Ysleta and Socorro school districts, Levi Strauss, Farah Manufacturing and others. Cielo Vista Mall, several shopping strips and the Cielo Vista Golf Course are in this neighborhood. The neighborhood is home to El Paso Community College's Valle Verde campus and a large residential area with a high concentration of apartment complexes.