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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…