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The map above shows the distribution of renters in the South End, and the picture on the next page is a warning sign in an alley along the border of Villa Victoria and Tremont Street. The map most notably shows two neighborhood blocks – one northwest…

While visiting various restaurants and cafes along Meridian Street, I was surprised by how little English some of the owners spoke. Customers and employees would often speak in Spanish immediately upon entering. Hence, I chose a map that shows the…

The photo and map I chose go hand in hand regarding Southie. The photo was taken at 55 West Broadway, and is the backside of the converted Catholic church I mentioned in my essay. When I first saw it, I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but I later…

My map shows us the varying economic statuses of the part of Charlestown I explored, and, as I explained, the amount of decorations in the different parts of Charlestown reflects the divides in economic status we see on my map screenshot. My picture…

East Boston is a diverse community with lots of Hispanic, Chinese, and Italian influence. Here I saw something I had never seen before: a translation of a Chinese menu into Spanish. I thought this was a very interesting detail brought on by the…

A Massport police car shuts down a dog park in East Boston. The park itself was planned by members of the community and funded by Massport, and sits underneath a massive raised highway that feeds into the Massport controlled airport. Two of the five…

The picture shows the decoration of a house on Sullivan Street in Charlestown. Decorations of buildings are the indicator of my choice, and in this picture, not only is the building brightly painted, but also there are trees in front of the house and…

charlestown-white.png is a map that shows the census blocks of Charlestown by their percentage white. It was made using the Boston Research Map and its URL can be found here http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/charlestown-white


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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…

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…