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(The Commonwealth Avenue Street Railway connected with the Boston Elevated Railway streetcars near the Newton-Boston boundary at Boston College). It differs from those roads, in that the terrain is much hillier, requiring the road to wind in a more picturesque manner, and in the city's aversion to multiunit apartment blocks.
NEWTON — The Town Council wants to update zoning rules to head off a trend of converting large homes to apartments and boarding houses. The proposed changes, which would limit the number of ...
It is unclear if the city of Boston is exempt from the Dover Amendment. The Boston Globe has referred to an exemption for the city on occasion. The Massachusetts General Court approved exemptions for the City of Cambridge (Acts of 1979, Chap. 565 and Acts of 1980, Chap. 387) allowing it to regulate educational and religious uses of property, which Cambridge then incorporated into its zoning laws.
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.It is roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages.. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of Brighton and West Roxbury), Brookline to the east, Watertown and Waltham to the north, and Weston, Wellesley, and Needham to the we
The Washington Park Historic District is a historic district in the village of Newtonville, in Newton, Massachusetts. It includes the following properties, dating to between 1870 and 1900: 4 to 97 Washington Park plus 5 and 15 Park Place. The focal point of the district is the city park which is located in the median of the street of the same name.
Newton Centre is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The main commercial center of Newton Centre is a triangular area surrounding the intersections of Beacon Street , Centre Street, and Langley Road.
It uses Newton 02458, which is for Newton Corner. Historic Place listings for Nonantum are assigned to Newton Corner. c Oak Hill does not have its own Zip Code, It uses Newton 02459, which is for Newton Centre. d Thompsonville does not have its own Zip Code. It uses Newton 02459 from Newton Centre (or Center), but it also on the border of ...
The West Newton Village Center Historic District encompasses the heart of the village of West Newton, in the city of Newton, Massachusetts in the United States.It extends along Washington Street between Lucas Court in the west and Davis Court in the east, and includes a few properties on immediately adjacent side streets, including Watertown Street and Waltham Street.