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The Changing Face of Kenmore Square
Who in Boston hasn’t passed through Kenmore Square? Hub of road and rail, misfit of the Back Bay, gateway to BU, the square has been home to baseball greats and baseball scandal, prom queens and punk rock, flooding and fine dining. Now that [...]Boston University has sold its Hotel Commonwealth property, whose construction transformed the neighborhood a decade ago, BU Today takes a look back at how this iconic public space came to be what it is today.
Read the story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/tracing-the-changing-face-of-kenmore-square/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: The South End
One of Boston’s most beautiful neighborhoods and arguably one of its most culturally diverse, the South End has a rich history.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/getting-to-know-your-neighborhood-the-south-end/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Harvard Square
According to historian Charles Sullivan, Harvard Square was founded in 1630 as the Puritan village of Newtowne, which would become Cambridge in 1638. Many of the original streets still exist.
Today the square (the area around the intersection of [...]Mass Ave and Brattle and John F. Kennedy Streets) is a commercial center for Harvard students, Cambridge residents, and tourists.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/getting-to-know-your-neighborhood-harvard-square/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner
The bakeries, Jewish delis, sushi joints, temples, and cultural touchstones of Brookline's Coolidge Corner are an easy walk from campus and an even shorter trolley ride up Beacon Street. Just hop off when you spot the distinctive clock tower on the [...]S. S. Pierce Building, where Beacon meets Harvard Street. Spend a few hours in this Jewish émigré community and you’ll be spouting Russian proverbs and kibitzing.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2011/getting-to-know-your-neighborhood-coolidge-corner/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: East Boston
With its prime waterfront property, East Boston's gritty, working-class neighborhood offers some of the most breathtaking views of Boston Harbor and the city’s skyline to be found anywhere. Long a home to various immigrant groups, East Boston [...]today offers a wide-range of restaurants offering all kinds of cuisine as well as lots of recreational activities.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/getting-to-kno…od-east-boston/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill, just north of Boston Common, takes visitors back to 19th-century Boston. You’ll know you’re there when you come across streets paved with cobblestones and streetlights illuminated by gaslight. While Beacon Hill has some of [...]the most expensive real estate in Boston, it also has affordable (and free) pleasures.
Read the story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2008/getting-to-know-your-neighborhood-beacon-hill/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: The North End
Unofficially referred to as Boston’s “Little Italy,†the North End is one of Boston’s smallest neighborhoods (just three quarters of a mile in size), but it has played an outsized role in the city’s cultural, [...]historical, and gustatory history.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2012/getting-to-know-your-neighborhood-the-north-end/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Inman Square
Off of the T’s beaten track, Cambridge’s Inman Square is a hidden gem. This treasure trove of multicolored storefronts and restaurants is at the junction of Cambridge and Hampshire streets in East Cambridge, tucked among and often [...]overshadowed by Harvard, Central, and Kendall Squares. Likely named after Ralph Inman, a wealthy merchant who lived in Boston during the 1700s, Inman Square is diverse, home to professionals and working people alike. With strong Brazilian and Portuguese influences, it has a vibrant flair.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/getting-to-know-your-neighborhood-inman-square/
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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Chinatown
Located in one of Boston’s most densely populated neighborhoods, Chinatown borders the Boston Common, Downtown Crossing, the Massachusetts Turnpike, and the South End. It is the third largest Chinatown in the United States, home to a vibrant [...]Asian community.
Read the full story on BU Today: http://www.bu.edu/today/2008/getting-to-know-your-neighborhood-chinatown/
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