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  2. South End, Boston - Wikipedia

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    The South End's population has been diverse since the 1880s when Irish, Lebanese, Jewish, African-American, Puerto rican, Italian, and Greek people began to settle in the neighborhood. A number of immigrants from Canada's maritime provinces found economic opportunity in Boston, and homes in the South End, during the 1930s.

  3. South End District - Wikipedia

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    The South End District is a historic district encompassing a portion of the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.It is bounded roughly by the Southwest Corridor Park on the northwest, the Massachusetts Turnpike to the north, Herald Street to the east, AlbanyStreet to the south east, and Massachusetts Avenue to the southwest.

  4. South End Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    In 1972, the South End neighborhood was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the largest extant Victorian rowhouse district in the United States. In 1983, the district achieved designation as a Boston Landmark District, by the Boston Landmarks Commission , bringing with it legal protection and public review of alterations to ...

  5. South End House - Wikipedia

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    Union Park, with South End House near the center of the row on the left (1917) South End House is a settlement house in South End, Boston, Massachusetts.It stressed education and study, but gradually extended its activities until it contributed in a multitude of ways to the life of Boston, particularly to the south End neighborhood. [1]

  6. Vietnamese Americans in Boston - Wikipedia

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    After the Vietnam War ended in 1975, refugees from Vietnam settled amongst many states, one of which includes Boston. Many early refugees fled by boat due to fear of political persecution. These people are called Vietnamese Boat People. [2] By 1992 some Vietnamese gangs were active in the Boston area. [3]

  7. Franklin and Blackstone Squares - Wikipedia

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    New England Conservatory, Franklin Square, Boston, 1880s. The two squares are separated by Washington Street and bounded on the north by Brookline Street, to the east by St George Street, to the south by Newton Street, and to the west by Shawmut Avenue. An iron fence surrounds the perimeter of each square, with entrances at each of the corners.

  8. Category:South End, Boston - Wikipedia

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  9. South Boston - Wikipedia

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    South Boston (colloquially Southie) is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. It has undergone several demographic transformations since being annexed to the city of Boston in 1804.