17 10 343 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/8992b0a2619e3f6d7b5834973ee75c8f.jpg fe9bb4165470a042f8ce591a784bf5e2 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/4920fe8e5f6eed60bcfd89099439b783.jpg 1de2c0c14492999b72a2d1cbb473b079 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 Niamh Durfee Description An account of the resource I found the photograph I chose best encapsulated the indicators I chose--dogs, strollers, and coffee. Taken at Caffé Nero on Tremont Street by Union Park, this photograph is all that this parcel of the neighborhood is about: young professionals, with their pricey coffee, rather distanced from the neighborhood in which they dwell. In retrospect, I wish I had captured a panorama of the coffee shop, because beyond these professional coffee-shop dwellers, there were well-to-do moms with their kids in strollers everywhere. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/4862e979c8c13088660b2675b8f4c57f.png 28ddb10b26269b33a722d85b5b13104f https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/788b6b35703ff7f623acea9aa560c291.png de716d707f02432acc969ddbf9b56ca5 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 Luke Esposito Description An account of the resource In my trip to East Boston I learned a lot and experienced a lot. What I found met many of my expectations and others were new observations. In initially going on the trip I want to count the number of graffiti markings as an indicator in an attempt to measure some sort of distress. From what I had heard, East Boston was not supposed to be the safest place, and from what I read it was mainly inhabited by Irish, Italian and Hispanic/Latino American immigrants. Taking the Blue Line over, what I found was slightly different. On my three-block walk in Maverick Sq. this was the only sign of graffiti I found, overall the area appeared fairly safe, partially due to the large number of shops being open night and day to help self-police. After, using world-map, I learned that the spot of East Boston I journeyed too is largely inhabited by Hispanic/Latino Americans while the other side of East Boston was home to the Irish and Italian immigrants. Thus I attached the map exhibiting this dense population of Hispanic and Latino Americans in Maverick Sq. and the surrounding area. I thought this map was accurately accommodated with the picture as the instructional sign is written in both English and Spanish. Both the map and the picture exhibit what the paper further explains, I found strong Hispanic and Latino American populations, with shops and signs targeted at these residents; I also observed very few signs of distress as this single piece of graffiti displays. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/fb218bc378c9ad6f81f4855d07b268d9.pdf f38a24e44760bc1b0412a24d7b21d965 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/cae247f2aba5f7444067aefab524f0a7.jpg 1aa12b409f9e00ee4a8310ccb20a72d7 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/fa35011afe878ba66bdbbf36201453f8.jpg 024223aa79447e2efa15ee05e9eaf862 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 Danielle Feffer Description An account of the resource This photo was taken at the intersection of Wallace Ct and Winthrop Street (the Audi is parked on Winthrop Street), which is very close to the Bunker Hill Monument, and in one of the wealthiest areas of Charlestown. I thought that the mid-sized Audi, the charming lamppost, and high-end townhouse in the background all reflected the wealth of the area very well. This was also representative of several blocks surrounding this intersection in that the homes and cars all looked fairly similar to these. Juxtaposed with these symbols of wealth are other symbols that exclude outsiders. The Private Parking sign is prominently displayed, and the black fence is pristine and newly painted. These both seemed to indicate to visitors that they were unwelcome unless they had expressly been invited by a neighborhood resident. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/2558deeb82833cf3269abfaf53c33226.pdf 1466b76b10be6cdfd644281253b93637 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/1d81d289561dfbcd048aac086f0070ec.JPG 508c96fb8c745cb3ee1436129b5d79b4 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 Tamara Fernando Description An account of the resource This photograph shows an overhead bridge connecting the Charlestown Community Center to a building on the opposite side of Medford Street. The overpass is right behind the projects in Charlestown, which have now been squeezed into the Northern-most section of the neighborhood. The structure was interesting because of the use of the multicolored stained glass panels. It reminded me about discussions about the impact of art in public spaces. Does the addition of color uplift, or inspire particular behavior? The overpass was well lit at night, and provided a cheerful break from the dark, brick-lined, upward sloping streets of Charlestown, which I found claustrophobic. The indicator I recorded was the number of people on the street. Despite the fact that it was not very late, there was almost nobody walking on the street. Each red dot on the map is a single person. For most of my walk, I was the only person on the street. I took this indicator as symptomatic of a lack of a sense of community and safety: another effect of gentrification. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/7dacd8b1f28d2dcf984f4d67fb65cd4b.png ad1612c71550bc1af6e860115ae793fe https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/15f9d2098e5ac6eda04b31fbee89e365.png ac5db21b3fa23bfd25faa6f279fb8093 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/8dbfcf1fcb5dd1e5a82889d116f31ede.png 80d2c2c61888ab0dbd54d92a4ebfae23 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 Sabrina Ghouse Description An account of the resource During my walk, I also noticed the unequal distribution of stationed police cars. In a conversation with representatives from the District 4 Boston Police Station, I was informed that parked police cars could be physical indicators – a parallel to the “abandoned cars” indicator in the Broken Window Theory. Police cars, like street lamps or mailboxes, are fixed in position: each is assigned a specific parking spot to station throughout the day and night, even if the policemen inside change shifts. A representative at the police department stated, “these cars are static. They are different from other police vehicles used for arrests, backup and such”. I found that there was a larger police car presence around the police station (red dot), but also in parts of the area where I found fewer recycled bins and underprivileged communities. I turned back to the resources available online to confirm that the area with fewer resources and a higher police presence was populated by communities ‘below poverty’. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/5e763fe46b9bb4d06fb55259ed0c90ba.jpeg 9ebcf332610181be4ed2701a8ac78f94 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/d1a2b0077bc0aa08f51ba21629717c05.jpeg 5de103eef92af7e9dcef3ccf78a39ee9 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 Noah Gray-Cabey Description An account of the resource The map I created on Social Explorer describes the population in South Boston who are unemployed, with the darker areas being the higher concentrations of unemployment. The area to the left of the map is the South End and Dorchester area, which show much higher rates of unemployment. As you can see from the map, the level of unemployment is not especially high in South Boston, except for the one block extending from West Broadway to West 7th Street and B Street to D Street. I chose to use unemployment rates to analyze the map because it is the closest identifying marker to business that I could find. One can imagine that if shops are going out of business, or if the stores are under staffed and financially unstable, they will not be able to hire any employees, and this may lead to higher unemployment rates in the area. Unemployment also does not consider jobs that will pay under the table and may be illegal, which is why I wanted to use this measure to read the map. In the past the neighborhood has been associated with a criminal image, and if this were still the case, the unemployment rate would reflect that. The picture I chose to use reflects the identifier that I used for my research, and it also shows the deterioration of South Boston’s previous image. The storefront still looks neat, and the only thing that is wrong with the otherwise quite nice signage is the single letter that has fallen off. It seemed to me that it was almost a symbol of how the area still shows some signs of disorder, but on the whole is tidy, welcoming, and moving towards a brighter future. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/69c19123a8a7b3414bce4034d7e63c7b.jpg 83ba0e72ffd2f285a0f4e04d727ca631 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/38ab5642b71d6f8a125bcba505745e65.jpg da05ce13843df1a2149a8d8c2c322f5f 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 Kathleen Hanley Description An account of the resource Although East Boston remains one of the last neighborhoods in Boston that is relatively affordable, it is experiencing becoming demographically diverse. Some more desirable neighborhoods like Jefferies Point are being redeveloped with newer, more high-end apartments. As a result these neighborhoods are being filled by small upper middle class families. Less desirable neighborhoods like Eagle Hill become incredibly dense as the people pushed out of the southern waterfront land are crammed up into the northern half of East Boston. To explore this shifting density, I decided to count the number of names per mailbox address. This gave me a better idea of the actual number of people living in an apartment then more formal census data might. My map shows three small groups of houses (one in Eagle Hill, one in Jefferies point, and one near Constitution Beach) and their various densities. Through this data I can start to guess where change is happening in East Boston, and how its changing what a resident of Eastie looks like. My photograph is of two seemingly young working professionals walking in the Constitution Park greenway. Urban renewal projects like the beach have been part of the reason why East Boston is becoming a desirable place for younger, wealthier, smaller families. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/7d92ed3988d87b19c6cd3f78a368e6c8.jpg bc5490b88c9591e2c2959bd96cd9ee3c https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/bbbabb3da8f1b8339a849cb505fb0f61.pdf 926b4e5c64eab61a9e2d93a7e1f97165 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/3bf9a2978edf6f908f8d9821366d8396.pdf 35e33e2b75d61360df6e73ef1e5fb2a5 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/2b15f2a6a15ba28123777f9ab5e8e9c2.pdf e12203674ccba53ee8fe4e16d8c55726 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 Asher Harris Description An account of the resource This is a photograph of refuse on the side of the road. It contradicts my original assumptions about the neighborhood. While I expected to find a high concentration of establishments that sell liquor, instead I found a diverse set of retail options. Here, specifically, further expecting to see empty alcohol containers as trash on the street, I instead documented the water bottle as litter - something I encountered over and over again. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/57a9101afb733e8999fe8a38108cc7e0.jpg 6c11d2b8eeba3f9884491c185527af2d https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/ad95b3df466026f538e15912ad30c284.PNG ec078df08237649b12bd5306badbe788 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 Duligur Ibeling Description An account of the resource I took this photo at the corner of Gove St. and Chelsea St. Some mild “broken windows” indicators are visible: less well-maintained or vacant buildings and streets, dusty sidewalks and small pieces of litter. But the neighborhood works for its residents: they have salons with local flavor, children and pedestrians can walk freely about, and cars are parked freely. (The school bus in the background especially suggests the presence of children, and we can see a child and adult near the entrance of the salon.) The map shows the level of “physical disorder,” which encompasses many classic “broken windows” indicators (see Boston Research Map for details). It’s relatively elevated for East Boston, yet the neighborhood appears to function quite well for its residents. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/61ac743e947cfad8b853ef166b96b1e1.png 05c2ef01bdf4833860312e4b02f942a1 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/31acf112cd88bf5bc3b8387aef68aa35.jpg 089e64a017334a1e864139c856ec7ab2 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 Symone Isaac-Wilkins Description An account of the resource On the corner of Green Street and Bunker Hill Street in Charlestown there exists a convenience store that predominately sells Goya products and junk food. The convenience store is directly across from a public housing complex. The image shown below is of that corner store. Hanging above the entrance is a sign advertising that the store sells lottery tickets and money orders, has an ATM and accepts WIC, a supplemental nutritional program for low-income women and children. On the left side of the store is a mother pushing her young child in a stroller. This picture represents the conflicting realities that exist within Charlestown. On one hand, there are the rapidly gentrifying areas populated by young white professional. On the other hand, there exists a portion of Charlestown that is mainly populated by Black and Latino individuals of a lower socio-economic status. I found the housing segregation that exists within Charlestown to be striking. The map displayed below is of 2010 Census data showing the percent of the Charlestown population that is white. From this map it is clear that in many areas of Charlestown, the percent of white individuals is over 83%. However, in the area of Charlestown where I took the image the percent of white individuals is less than 15%.