2 10 65 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/a022a9b27a5f861c4559b1b77086fbab.jpg 90fa1933d2342c989efe17db635deb7b https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/d6e0d49ae73c8a98d5d75c9b682c4f3a.jpg e4823b6854519aebb603798cb7d8b740 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bailey Trela Description An account of the resource Two things that were interesting to me as I walked through East Boston were the murals and the ethnic eateries. I only noted a few Chinese or Vietnamese restaurants, and so when I returned from my visit I decided to get a better grasp of the ethnic makeup of the neighborhood. Basically, my map showed a surprisingly low percent population of Asians. Frankly, the figures I found, between zero to fifteen percent of the population in most parts of East Boston, gelled well with the frequency of Chinese or Vietnamese eateries that I witnessed; still, for some reason, I expected them to make up a larger percent of the population. My photo is a mural from the community garden I observed; it shows a can of spray-paint assisting in gardening tasks. It’s a self-conscious critique of graffiti; even the tool of graffiti is contributing to the community, even the graffiti itself is contributing to the community. I thought it showed a clever awareness of the dangers a community might face from its own members, and an equally clever way of combatting these dangers. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/432ebf280838bd2c91889bcd3d87c6ae.jpg 1d3a4b223c00ca8bc578b7d8385c084b https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/ecd0777fc35e25680ebf0b5a8c9ddfcd.jpg 4eb72e27b3992ddbf7cfe8f0b0094654 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aubrey Stoddard Description An account of the resource My picture is of a Visitor's Parking sign on Dorchester Avenue. It captures the segregation between the residents and the visitors in South Boston as well as the lack of tourism in this area (nobody is parked in the visitor's parking spots). Finally, the industrial shop on the right of the sign captures the working-class jobs that are based in South Boston. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/76d24f2441f6d47ce4821496d3e35752.pdf 6f17360f86e2bc04e018978f5791742a https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/d24b7c75ddb440ae0a096c5feed5404d.jpg 93c197a7b06fa1f89fb6b69f34cd9867 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Marina Spinelli Description An account of the resource My map, generated by Social Explorer, shows the racial composition of the South End. Each dot represents one individual, and the various colors of the dots indicate the different races. I have included a legend to determine which color represents which race. I have outlined the boundaries of the South End, as well as highlighted Tremont Street and Shawmut Avenue, the main two roads which I explored during my walk. I have also included in the map pinpoints of where I found cigarette packages as litter throughout the neighborhood; this was one indicator that I counted during my neighborhood walk. Each point is labeled either Camel, Winston, or Newport, referring to the brand of the cigarette package. Because there is a racial preference for different cigarette brands, as my paper discusses, this indicator provides insight to the racial composition of the neighborhood as well as the extent to which the neighborhood is racially segregated and/or integrated. My photo is of a Newport brand cigarette package littered on the corner of Shawmut Avenue and Worcester Street. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/bbd02b73cf759fe380e8cb65ccc0261a.JPG b38111aad20d8444b138a34308373176 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/2ee2c45fa4c2e9b7f8d888d324611254.png 847d34fe80eb045801f695b86c30e558 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pauline Ryan Description An account of the resource Location of photo: 62 Flaherty Way, South Boston Title of photo: Cathleen’s dogs Because it was such a beautiful day when I visited South Boston, it was very difficult to decide on a photo. But, ultimately I decided on a photo of Cathleen’s dogs because they sparked such an incredible and informative conversation. Cathleen was a middle-aged Irish woman, who had lived in the D Street Projects her entire life. I was lucky that she was so open to sharing her experiences; without prompting, she touched on many of the major themes we’ve discussed in the course. Perhaps, most interestingly she talked about the 1970s busing crisis and the consequences for South Boston schools today. She talked about the genuine fear the whites in South Boston had of Roxbury and what they had “heard about white girls getting raped over there.” Her aunt, who she described as having the “most promise” in the family, dropped out of high school rather than attend Roxbury High. Even today, Cathleen says that Irish families won’t send their kids to public schools, instead they all attend Catholic schools. If Cathleen had kids, she said she would never send them to public school because they’d be the only white kids and get bullied by the “blacks and Hispanics.” At the end of our conversation as I was thanking her for taking the time to talk to me and saying once more how adorable her dogs were, she laughed and said: “All yuppies love my dogs.” Map: Social Disorder and Crime in South Boston I include the map that I drew on most in my paper: a map created on Boston Research Map showing level of social disorder and crime in South Boston. The map is zoomed so that the frame is almost exclusively South Boston (i.e. no other neighborhood is in the frame). The more red an area, the higher the level of social disorder and crime. Looking at the map, it is evident that the “West Side” of the neighborhood has much higher levels of social disorder and crime than the “East Side.” https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/57dd13e8d30009b601721fba39286567.jpg 9e05db9b9df1283b2d457d3df242bc75 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/71c2e0750bb015d774f436f9c56d7956.png 79e17ec973ddbe07e57e6549d679e008 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource John Rahill Description An account of the resource My photograph depicts the luxury apartments on the waterfront and part of the first park I visited. Everything in the photograph looks brand new. The pavement has no cracks, the grass is manicured and a deep green, and the apartments are glimmering in the afternoon sun like Beach condos. If someone saw this picture, they would not expect the greater neighborhood to be predominantly mediumlow income hispanic. The view from the balconies is straight across the harbor to downtown Boston, a truly exquisite perspective on the city. The map, taken from the Boston Research Map online tool is the percent of white residents in East Boston, taken from the 2010 census. The map demonstrates how insignificant the white population is in East Boston. The dull, yellow color (015% white) is visible on almost all inland regions. There are only a few pockets of orange, (1540% white) including the area where the photo was taken, which is the large bottom left region. It’s also interesting to compare the percent of white people in East Boston compared to downtown Boston and Charlestown, where almost every region is dark brown. The photograph and the map illustrate how much of anomaly the new apartment development is, but is a sign of what East Boston may become if gentrification continues. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/6a776e3f4c6ab57862d80c44972edc01.JPG 523e1ecca288d345496f7408ad2b7ab7 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/fb0ad91c8fa8e73a818442c547a6a5ab.jpg 23ca8f758a6ab113d94e93d3866bf0ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Josh Popple Description An account of the resource The map in which I have selected to use shows the level of growth and investment in the city. I had choose this layer as I believe my indicator of construction to provide me with an accurate estimate on the level of growth. This map shows a lower level of growth in South end when comparing to other areas of boston in my opinion. The picture in which I had submitted is of a ​ Puerto Rican veterans ​ Monument. I selected this image as it represents the cultural background in south end. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/9cbbb6c8772bb5eb58380af9857e2a8b.jpg c4a0b2b5f602dd05e12c54ac909bd0a9 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/b1e74d6b8b8eff26bcb278dadccd638b.pdf d8a910ed320591bc1f99ed44164e75a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Michelle Picard Description An account of the resource Since South Boston is known for its intense local pride, I wanted to explore if that existed in reality when walking the neighborhood streets. I looked at map depicting the amount collective efficacy in Boston because I thought that would be great indicator for the amount people care about their neighborhood. Many areas of South Boston are shaded in dark green, indicating that they have high levels of collective efficacy. Additionally, I chose to take a picture of a two street signs on top of one another. One reads “Resident Permit Parking” for certain times of the day and the other indicates that the area is a tow zone and no parking is allowed because there is a driveway. I don’t think that either of these signs is unique to South Boston, but their placement on top of one another makes it clear that resident parking is a priority. I’m not sure if this demonstrates local pride, but these signs do demonstrate resident needs are a priority in this neighborhood. This, along with the map showing collective efficacy demonstrate that this is a neighborhood where residents care about one another and look out for one another. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/76e1ce8cbf533bc9cf3d8246b628c521.pdf f6cc7ba619ec46684d73828cf352bbb5 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/6bfa5181cad84e335b6cd9f06c88cd7e.jpg 261e8898333799143077894757670b87 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Michael Perez Description An account of the resource The photograph I took was of the Tufts Behavioral Health Facility in South Boston. I went into Southie looking at neighborhood dress indicators, which I saw as simple and affordable casual street/sports attire. It fulfilled the stereotype of the unruly street kids I had imagined from my time living in NYC and living near rougher neighborhoods like Newburgh, NY. I related this type of dress and the presence of a lot of roaming youth as a sign that their community was poor and that poor communities are often lacking in a good education. An institution like this one that's photographed, shows that youth do have problems in the neighborhood and perhaps are not behaving well in school thus performing under good standards. Boston Research Map confirmed that Southie has the highest category rate of high school dropouts. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/8134bc0d4d2e5332ab2cbbedeaca29e1.png dd179387e72dbcf25fbdd776e1bc3f11 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/333f3089ed9c1fd8a28316439144e19f.jpg 78d4b5b05d0a3b8e9a602f2fae7b86e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Zoë Onion Description An account of the resource Looking down Bunker Hill Street in Charlestown, it can be startling to see the juxtaposition of two worlds. On one side, there are wealthy townhouses, and on the other are long brick buildings, the Bunker Hill Housing Projects. I chose the number of doorways with flower boxes as an indicator, and the map shows these counts along with income disparities throughout the region. I found a very sharp disparity in the number of flower boxes in the wealthier parts of the town in comparison with almost no flower boxes in the poorer areas. There were few areas that were in between the two extremes. In my conversations with residents, the most emphasized point was the lack of middle income housing opportunities. This is mainly because of the extreme gentrification occurring in the area, an example of which is shown in the accompanying photo. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/72d37519cd9b265381e87acabcc60454.jpg b92813a38ed880620751dba6d4b702b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Indicators Project Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jane Newbold Description An account of the resource In the 'Southie Palimpset' photo, a political sign encouraging people to "Vote for Sheriff Bennet", a faded flyer for a Kevin Cellucci Foundation event, and a notice for the "5th Annual Walk & Overdose Vigil" organized by the South Boston Hope & Recovery Coalition appear to float over the reflected image of the busy street across the way, in which an MBTA bus, an SUV, and historic multistory brick and window facade are visible. Factions of present-day South Boston remain politically involved, engaged with local struggles around addiction, and mindful of recent history; whether the ongoing influx of luxury condo buyers will take part in such community efforts or just take over increasing segments of the neighborhood is yet to be seen. Photo taken at the intersection of Dorchester Ave, East Broadway, and West Broadway in South Boston on Wednesday, October 14th, 2015.