Downtown South

By far the roughest part of the city, Downtown South is mostly populated by three different groups: blacks, Hispanics, and homeless. "Little Mexico" is a cluster of neighborhoods gathered against the bank of the Grand River where the majority of business names and other signage are all in Spanish. The eastern side of the district is the run-down neighborhoods and tenements of low-class black families. In between are the kinds of businesses and services that cater to society's downcast, and the buildings whose abandonment likely led to the poor current circumstances of the people. Along and above these places is "Artist's row", a government-subsidized strip for discount apartments, studio spaces, and shop-fronts for young artists.
 * Cherry Street (Mercy Health Saint Mary's Campus, Cherry St. Clinic)
 * Division Street ("Artists' Row", God's Kitchen, Guiding Light Ministries)
 * Cathedral of St. Andrew
 * The Rapid Central Station and Depot (bus)
 * Watco Union Station (train)
 * Grand Rapids Ballet