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<div style="float:right; border-left: 20px solid #fff;"><googlemap version="0.9" lat="30.424068" lon="-87.216768" zoom="15" width="300" height="450">3#B200609D (#33007795)30.416685, -87.21625330.430784, -87.21951530.431154, -87.21689730.417166, -87.21363530.416685, -87.216253</googlemap></div>'''Long Hollow''' is a neighborhood in the [[City of Pensacola]] east of between the [[North Hill]]and [[Eastside]] neighborhoods, bounded roughly between by [[Palafox Street]] to the west, [[Wright Street]] to the south, [[Avery Street]] to the north, and the [[CSX railroad]]/[[Tarragona Street]] to the east. Its name is derived from old city maps, which described this low-lying strip between the hills as "the Long Hollow." In the early 1900s, it was home to the [[city stables]] and [[Waterworks building|utility buildings]].
{{geo==Neighborhood Association==[[Image:LongHollowCommunityCenter.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Long Hollow Community Center]]The '''Long Hollow Neighborhood Association''' was formed in [[1999]] to raise the quality of life for the area and its residents. Some of the Association's achievements include:*Establishing a community center with computer lab at 1040 North [[Guillemard Street]]*Converting a vacant City-stub}}owned lot between [[DeSoto Street|DeSoto]] and [[Gonzalez Street]]s into [[Long Hollow Park]] in July [[2001]]*Partnering with [[Front Porch Pensacola]] to renovate and beautify several neighborhood homes*Encouraging the construction of several new homes through the City's Infill Housing Project and [[AMR of Pensacola]]*Working with City to mitigate street flooding through installation of new drainage system ==Notable Businesses and Organizations==*[[Open Books]]*[[The Handlebar]]*[[Greater Union Baptist Church]]*[[Allen Chapel AME Church]]*[[Manna Food Bank]]*[[Architectural Affairs]] ==External Links==*[http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/pensacola/longhollow/ Long Hollow Neighborhood Association website]
[[Category:Neighborhoods]]

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