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As Hyde Park grew, several businesses moved to the neighborhood. Ramsey's Austin Nursery, located just north of 45th Street and described as the largest nursery west of the Mississippi, employed many Hyde Park residents. Small grocery stores conveniently scattered throughout the area sold canned goods and staples such as coffee, sugar, and cornmeal. The main business district was located on Guadalupe and had a barber shop, cafés, drug store and other shops which catered both to residents of the neighborhood and to visitors to the State Lunatic Asylum across the street.
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