University of Dayton Ghetto

The University of Dayton South Student Neighborhood is a neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio that is home to upperclassmen of the University of Dayton.

The neighborhood is affectionately known to the students as "The Ghetto." The nickname comes from the traditional meaning of the word ghetto meaning a group of similar people living in a close knit community.

The neighborhood is bounded by Brown Street to the west, Irving Avenue to the south, Trinity Avenue and Evanston Avenue to the east, and Caldwell Street to the North. This neighborhood was called Babbitt and the University began acquiring the different houses starting in the 1950s. The student population however did not flourish until the late 1970s.

Most of the buildings in this area are single-family homes or duplexes that are owned by the University of Dayton and leased to students each school year. Some of the buildings are over 100 years old.

Students who wish to be offered a lease to a home in the Ghetto are required to enter an online housing lottery with the group of students with whom each would like to live. The neighborhood is also home to a number of university-owned apartment facilities including Lawnview Apartments, the Garden Apartments, The Campus South, and ArtStreet (sic).

In addition to students, the neighborhood is also the home to a number of houses in which members of the Catholic Marianist order reside.

Within the boundaries of the student neighborhood are also a number of privately owned houses that lease to students. However, as of May, 2006, the university owns 72% of all houses in the area,^{[citation needed]} some of which was forcibly aquired from individual landlords using Eminent Domain. To the University's credit while improving the living conditions in the Ghetto an effort to maintain the front porch atmosphere has been embraced as new housing has been built.

In addition to everything above the ghetto is home to a new complex referred to as ArtStreet. This area in the center of the ghetto contains housing for students, a cafe, studios for student use, UD's radio station, and an outdoor amphitheatre. The ghetto is also home to two volleyball courts, one on Lowes and the other on Keifaber.

The Darkside

Crossing Stewart Street to the north, one enters the "North Student Neighborhood". This area known as the "Darkside" is called so because of the lack of street lights when the area was first bought by the university. Students have inhabited the Darkside however since the late 1980s, but the University did not start buying the homes officially until 1997. It is an additional neighborhood owned by the University mixed with local landlords. Its boundaries are defined by Stewart Street to the south, Brown Street to the west, Woodland Cemetery to the east and Wyoming Street to the north.

Unique Houses

Some notable houses in the neighborhood are recognized via fitting nicknames, such as The Mansion, Slanty, Warehouse, Crackhouse, Castle, the Rugby house though many are not university-owned

1500 Brown St. - Chi Omega Sorority
1524 Brown St. - Theta Phi Alpha Sorority
1528 Brown St. - The Bar House
1908 Brown St. - The Warehouse
61/63 Chambers St. - The Barn
405 College park - The Blind Man's Bluff
425 College Park - Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraterntiy
15 Evanston Ave. - Black Action Through Unity
39 Evanston - The Red Eye
143 Evanston - Women's Catholic Life House
1433 Frericks Way - The Dock
1437 Frericks Way - The Crackhouse
1515 Frericks Way - The Palace
1517 Frericks Way - The Castle
521 Irving Ave. - Wellness House
215 K St. - Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority
233 L St. - Official UD Chapter of the Cleveland Browns Backers
225 Kiefaber St. - Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
226 Kiefaber St. - Smallest Porch in the Ghetto
236 Kiefaber St. - Ghetto Golf was invented
238 Kiefaber St. - Alleged location of Dan Patrick Pugh's house when he attended Dayton
301 Kiefaber St. - "The Love Corner" Marianist Community
307 Kiefaber St. - Men's Catholic Life House
327 Kiefaber St. - Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
437 Kiefaber St. - The official home of Ricky's Corner Bar
448 Kiefaber St. - Epsilon Delta Tau Fraternity
461 Kiefaber St. - Sigma Chi Fraternity
464 Kiefaber St. - Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
13/15/17/19 Lawnview Ave. - The Bomb Shelter
102 Lawnview Ave. - Cross Country House
106 Lawnview Ave. - Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
110 Lawnview Ave. - Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity
206 Lawnview Ave. - Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
216 Lowes St. - Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
226 Lowes St. - Officially Haunted "1996"
232 Lowes St. - Home of the best bar on campus
242 Lowes St. - The Gem of the Ghetto
421 Lowes St. - The C-Burglar
426 Lowes St. - Throne of the Ghetto
456 Lowes St. - Playboy Mansion (retired 2005)
233 Stonemill Rd. - Sustainability Club
302 Stonemill Rd. - The Slanty
307 Stonemill Rd. - Sigma Nu Fraternity
308 Stonemill Rd. - National Society of Black Engineers
319 Stonemill Rd. - Gargamel's Lair
333 Stonemill Rd. - Pi Beta Phi Sorority
337 Stonemill Rd. - Phi Sigma Rho Sorority
404 Stonemill Rd.- Shakedown St.
406 Stonemill Rd. - Current Home Of Friday Funday
408 Stonemill Rd. - Birthplace of Friday Funday
411 Stonemill Rd. - Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
1915 Trinity Ave. - Epsilon Tau Pi Fraternity
1923 Trinity Ave. - The Ramble Ranch
52 Woodland Ave. - The Owl's Perch
58 Woodland Ave. - The Snake Pit
109 Woodland Ave. - The Lake House
111 Woodland Ave. - The Club House