The Eastside's HVAC story is historic-home retrofit. The 1880s–1920s houses on Remington Street and in the Laurel School district have no original ductwork, and the answer is ductless mini-splits or high-velocity small-duct systems, placed carefully so no exterior alteration harms the district's character. The Laurel School National Register District — established in 1980, with the Button House (711 Remington Street, built 1888) as a contributing element — is the only historic district in the south and east set, and it is the only place where preservation is a live constraint on equipment placement. Beside the houses, the 1970s commercial and medical buildings along South Lemay — the Garden Professional Building at 1501 South Lemay Avenue was built in 1972–73 and remodelled in 1995 — run on ageing rooftop and split systems, a separate commercial story on the same streets.
Area status: OFFICIAL plan area — East Side Neighborhood Plan (adopted 1986), later folded into the Old Town Neighborhoods Plan Keep the boundary exact: College Avenue west, Mountain Avenue north, Riverside and Lemay Avenues east, Prospect Road south. Do not extend “Eastside” south of Prospect or east of Lemay without noting the change.
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The East Side and West Side plans were the City's first sub-area plans (1986 and 1989) and were combined into the Old Town Neighborhoods Plan. The Lemay realignment and overpass at Vine — The Landing at Lemay, 336 Class-A units plus eight single-family homes, proposed in 2021–2023 — is changing the eastern edge of the area. School assignments change — Poudre School District voted in October 2026 to close several schools before the 2027–28 year — so we never hard-code a school assignment from a neighbourhood name; check with the district by address. Landmarks are Laurel Elementary, the Poudre Valley Hospital area to the south, CSU to the west and the Poudre River and Riverside corridor to the east.
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