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Boston's diverse neighborhoods serve as a political and cultural organizing mechanism. The City of Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services has designated 23 Neighborhoods in the city: Allston. Back Bay. Bay Village. Beacon Hill. Brighton. Charlestown. Chinatown – Leather District.
Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) path [1] through Boston that passes by 16 locations significant to the history of the United States. It winds from Boston Common in downtown Boston, to the Old North Church in the North End and the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. Stops along the trail include simple explanatory ...
Like most major cities, Boston is a series of unique neighborhoods – 23 to be exact. Each one has its own feel and flavors. Dorchester is the place to go for a bowl of pho, while Roxbury has ...
The historical site is located on Beacon Hill, a neighborhood just north of Boston Common. The site was designated in 1980 to "preserve and commemorate original buildings that housed the nineteenth-century free African-American community on Beacon Hill." [3] That year President Jimmy Carter signed bills authorizing this and the Martin Luther ...
The South End is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States which is bordered by Back Bay, Chinatown, and Roxbury. It is distinguished from other neighborhoods by its Victorian-style houses and the parks in and around the area. The South End is the largest intact Victorian row-house district in the country, covering over 300 acres ...
1873. Time zone. UTC-5 ( Eastern) Zip Code. 02131. Area code. 617 / 857. Roslindale is a primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, West Roxbury and Mattapan. It is served by an MBTA Commuter Rail line, several MBTA bus lines and the MBTA Orange Line in nearby Jamaica Plain.
December 19, 1962. Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and the hill upon which the Massachusetts State House resides. The term "Beacon Hill" is used locally as a metonym to refer to the state government or the legislature itself, much like Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill does at the federal level.
02121, 02122, 02124, 02125. Area code (s) 617 and 857. Dorchester is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km 2) in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester, Dorset, England, to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.