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The Boston Research Map screenshot shows income levels of different parts of South Boston. It's an interesting feature to me because some of the highest incomes, 96K - 221K as well as the lowest 0 - 54000 coexist in South Boston. It also shows (blue…

The photo I submitted shows LoPresti Park in East Boston. This photo shows some of the new investment that I saw in this part of East Boston. This park is near Suffolk County Census Track 503, which has a significant level of people living in…

Adjacent to the Blackstone Innovation School, on the corner of Washington Street and West Dedham Street, is where I found the subject for my photograph to represent the South End. I discovered the Puerto Rican Veteran's Memorial, which stood out due…

The two maps I chose from Social Explorer show the high concentration of residents with a bachelor's degree or higher, and their age range. The majority, at about 80%, are under 45 years of age and have bachelor's degrees. A recent influx of this…

This (relatively nondescript) photo was taken near the intersection of Gove St and Lubec St in East Boston. I took this picture because it aligned with the theme of my walk – I was counting “recesses” the bordered the sidewalk, places like alleyways…

On the corner of Monument Street and Bunker Hill Street stands an old brick building housing a streetside market. An ATM is advertised in the window, but most prominently featured is a laundry-line of “Charlestown Townie” merchandise, seen in the…

This is a front yard I find in Villa Victoria near the crossing of San Juan Street and Newland Street. The bright colors in this little space immediately catch my eyes, and they make such a contrast with the dullness around it. Even I have to admit,…

This is a photo of a sign in front of Blackbird Doughnuts, an artisanal donut shop in the South End, located at 492 Tremont Street. Blackbird Doughnuts, which opened up less than a year ago, is representative of a larger trend that has been occurring…

PHOTO COMMENTS:
The image shows the intersection of Lexington Street and Bunker Hill Street. Left of the Bunker Hill Street (of this view) are condominiums of wood siding exterior walls and high rental prices. To the right are the Bunker Hill…

The map shows that although there are segmented racial neighborhoods within South End, the association of social disorder and crime is not perfectly correlated with the presence of minorities. Overlaying the crime map with the race by census block…