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The 23 official neighborhoods in Boston are made up of approximately 84 sub-districts, squares and neighborhoods within each official neighborhood. The Boston Redevelopment Authority defines 16 planning districts (plus the Boston Harbor Islands) and 64 Neighborhood Statistical Areas (with four areas further subdivided).
School Street is a short but significant street in the center of Boston, Massachusetts. It is so named for being the site of the first public school in the United States (the Boston Latin School, since relocated). The school operated at various addresses on the street from 1704 to 1844.
Neighborhood schools were part of the family-centered way of life for white families in Boston, a source of neighborhood pride and shared identity. [citation needed] Equally economically disadvantaged, the African American communities were heavily reliant on Boston's public amenities and infrastructure as well.
The Boston Public School system operates the John Eliot Elementary School in the North End. The school opened as the North Writing School in 1713 and merged with the North Latin School in 1790 to form the John Eliot School; it is Boston's oldest continuously run school. In 2007, the Eliot school was considered for closure due to poor performance.
Map of the land owned or leased by colleges and universities in the Boston area as of 2021. This is a list of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston.Some are located within Boston proper while some are located in neighboring cities and towns, but all are within the 128/95/1 loop.
A 2011 Boston Redevelopment Authority map of Boston neighborhoods [26] shows most of the Government Center area as part of the Downtown neighborhood, and the rest as part of the West End. Other maps and documents show a variety of different boundaries for Government Center. The Boston Zoning Code has a map called "1H Government Center/Markets ...
Downtown Boston is the central business district of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston was founded in 1630. Boston was founded in 1630. The largest of the city's commercial districts, Downtown is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters; city, county, state and federal government facilities; and many of Boston's tourist ...
It is also home to several community centers, several neighborhood groups, one branch of the Boston Public Library, one high school, and one newspaper. The neighborhood's population was estimated at 15,883 in 2011. [5] Of these 42.7% are white, 18.0% are black, 17.5% are Hispanic, 14.1% are Asian, 1.2% are multiracial, and 1.4% identify as ...