Here is a collection of pictures comparing South Boston then and now. National Register of Historic Places as the largest intact Victorian row house district in the country. Gate of Heaven Church: 9:00AM Monday - Friday 4:00PM Saturday 9:00AM Sunday 12Noon. Brigid Church: 7:00AM Monday - Friday 8:00AM Sunday 10:30AM Sunday 6:00PM Sunday. Dorchester Heights is now a National Park. The cannon were dragged from Fort Ticonderoga by Henry Knox. Augustine Chapel 181 Dorchester Street Parish Office & Mailing Address: 841 East Broadway South Boston, MA 02127. South Boston is home to Dorchester Heights and other hills where George Washington’s army set up cannon to force the British out of Boston in 1776. In fact, the South End is actually on the U.S. 845 East Broadway Gate of Heaven Church 615 East 4th Street St. What It Looks Like: Brick rowhouses populate tiny, tree-lined streets. “It’s gone from a city of families to a city of not families. The South End sits south and west of downtown, across I-93 from South Boston, and is an easy walk from the Back Bay. “It’s a lot cleaner, it’s a lot brighter and it’s a lot more expensive,” Botticelli said. Botticelli said his mission is to show “young folks” the Boston of the past before it was spruced up. In an effort to commemorate the time before gentrification, Jim Botticelli created a love letter to the Boston of the past in the form of a Facebook page titled, “ Dirty Old Boston.” Merging the new media with the old, Botticelli created a page where he and other users can upload old pictures of Boston before the gentrification of the late ’80′s started. But, the churn of gentrification in old neighborhoods is expected and even Southie could not escape the influx of yuppies, bringing organic grocery stores, condominiums and Starbucks along with them. Southie’s opposition to court mandated desegregation of schools in the 1970’s, and the riots that followed, added to the neighborhoods infamy and its reputation for racial turmoil and tension.
We post each complete Demo Delay application to provide the public with information about proposed demolitions as early as possible in the Article 85 process. Police said injuries were reported but the number and. It happened on West Broadway around 8:20 p.m. This is a common massage for first-timers with many health benefits including reducing stress, improving circulation and relieving small aches and pains. Gritty and grimy, South Boston was the place for working class Irish families with strong Catholic roots, immigrants and mobsters - depicted in Hollywood as a rough and tough neighborhood that could even corrupt Matt Damon. The Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC) received a complete application to demolish the structure at 500-502 East Broadway in South Boston, 02127. BOSTON (CBS) Two cars were seriously damaged by a crash in South Boston on Sunday night. Thai Massage is an ancient healing art using pressure from palms, thumbs, knees and feet to stimulate the energy lines or acupressure points.