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Description:Boston is changing. Few neighborhoods in the city have undergone changes as dramatic as those in South Boston. A resilient, largely Irish, blue-collar neighborhood of Boston has become a hot – or is it cool? – place to be. Young people have moved in. The old pubs endure. But now they compete with hip cafes, fine dining establishments, and wine bars. Triple-deckers that were family homes are now joined by condos and multifamily apartment complexes. Amid the boom, one part of South Boston had been overlooked. That is Washington Village. The lack of attention is ironic, because Washington Village -- named to honor the nation’s first President, a local hero in the Revolutionary War -- holds its own among other neighborhoods of Boston in sheer historic value. The name Washington Village, identifying the neighborhood around the triangle of land bounded by Dorchester Avenue, Old Colony Avenue, and Dorchester Street, recognizes the seminal arrival of George Washington and the forces under his command in 1776. Famously, cannon abandoned at Fort Ticonderoga in New York were secretly transported up Dorchester Neck and to Dorchester Heights, with its commanding presence overlooking British ships in Boston Harbor. Today we celebrate Evacuation Day, when the British were driven out without a battle. The name Washington Village lasted officially less than half a century, though it lingered on in maps. In 1891, the area was renamed Andrew Square, after the late Civil War governor of Massachusetts and abolitionist, John A. Andrew. Now, with the imminent creation of a new, mixed-use development.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Washington Village: A South Boston Neighborhood Rediscovered. To get started finding Washington Village: A South Boston Neighborhood Rediscovered, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Boston is changing. Few neighborhoods in the city have undergone changes as dramatic as those in South Boston. A resilient, largely Irish, blue-collar neighborhood of Boston has become a hot – or is it cool? – place to be. Young people have moved in. The old pubs endure. But now they compete with hip cafes, fine dining establishments, and wine bars. Triple-deckers that were family homes are now joined by condos and multifamily apartment complexes. Amid the boom, one part of South Boston had been overlooked. That is Washington Village. The lack of attention is ironic, because Washington Village -- named to honor the nation’s first President, a local hero in the Revolutionary War -- holds its own among other neighborhoods of Boston in sheer historic value. The name Washington Village, identifying the neighborhood around the triangle of land bounded by Dorchester Avenue, Old Colony Avenue, and Dorchester Street, recognizes the seminal arrival of George Washington and the forces under his command in 1776. Famously, cannon abandoned at Fort Ticonderoga in New York were secretly transported up Dorchester Neck and to Dorchester Heights, with its commanding presence overlooking British ships in Boston Harbor. Today we celebrate Evacuation Day, when the British were driven out without a battle. The name Washington Village lasted officially less than half a century, though it lingered on in maps. In 1891, the area was renamed Andrew Square, after the late Civil War governor of Massachusetts and abolitionist, John A. Andrew. Now, with the imminent creation of a new, mixed-use development.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Washington Village: A South Boston Neighborhood Rediscovered. To get started finding Washington Village: A South Boston Neighborhood Rediscovered, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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