The Greater East Side is a neighborhood and city district in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States.
The area is largely residential with an "urban suburban" mix, according to the neighborhood review site, Niche.
[3] The southeast part of the neighborhood is home to a large 3M warehouse for receiving and storing raw materials.
The East Side of Saint Paul was settled by waves of European immigrants beginning in the 1850s and drawn by manufacturing jobs in the area.
[5] The Greater East Side has always been a working-class neighborhood, with nearby Hamm’s and Whirlpool being major employers during the middle of the 20th Century.