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I have chosen a photo and map that I think convey the culture of Charleston, that is still influenced by the strongly white, Irish Charleston of the bussing era in Boston. The map shows the percentage of residents over the age of 25 with some college…

Selecting what to photograph in Charlestown was very difficult. Photographing the Halloween decorations, my indicator, on various houses revealed little about the neighborhood as a whole, and I wanted my photo to relate to my indicator. It was…

The photograph and map together show the socioeconomic divide in Jeffries Point neighborhood located in East Boston. The map illustrates that houses closer to the Boston Inner Harbor are more expensive than those near Maverick T Station. Thus,…

The map indicates handcrafted signs observed along Shawmut Avenue in the South End. The red markers indicate signs written in Chinese, the purple indicate signs written in both Chinese and English, and the blue indicate signs written in just English.…

The photo captures a well-kept MGH research lab in the Navy Yard campus juxtaposed against a completely worn-down warehouse. It shows both the amount of investment Charlestown has put into the area near MGH's Navy Yard campus recently, including the…

This photo was taken at 341 High St. in Charlestown, Boston and the Map is from WorldMap. For the map, I chose to focus on the measure of Income in Boston. This shows something unique about Charlestown in that it shows that while there is a large…

Map: This map is one which I created after my visit to South Boston. The green plus signs are spots where I saw people wearing Red Sox baseball caps. The notes, which appear here as yellow squares, indicate people I saw wearing apparel from other…

This photo of East Boston is taken in the middle of the Meridian Street. The right hand side is the west side of Meridian Street which is closer to the low income area while the left hand side is the east side of Meridian Street where all the…

This mosaic hangs outside the entrance to an elementary school in the center of the South End. To me, it represents a child’s idyllic vision of what the South End is and can be. The prominent features of the piece to me are the references to…

My photo is of The Cathedral of the Holy Cross. I choose this picture because I have been coming to this church for years and I never knew it was in the South End of Boston. I always thought the church and the mass were so beautiful so I imagined we…