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My paper is about the Fenway Victory Gardens and questions the continued promotion of its existence as an urban garden for the Boston community since World War II. Because it is obviously no longer in use as a World War II Victory Garden, I was…

For my final project, I explore how and why Jews left Dorchester. I interviewed two grandparents (opposite sides) who epitomized the Jewish migration out of Dorchester. Their narratives, found out through two separate interviews, offer a new…

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…

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…

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…

This project was done in an effort to reconnect with a lot of my friends that I have
made within the Latin American community here in Boston, and elsewhere. The idea
behind the project was to develop an overarching idea, if that was possible, of…