South Boston

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  • South Boston

    About South Boston

    Long a remote peninsula, Boston annexed South Boston in 1804. In 1805, the city constructed a bridge linking South Boston to the rest of the city. Planners organized the community with a regular grid of numbered and lettered streets, a pattern atypical of the rest of the city.

    South Boston grew rapidly with the completion of the Old Colony Railroad, and grew even more significantly in the years leading up to the Civil War as the hub of industry, including iron foundries, machine shops, shipyards and refineries, all of which fueled the war effort. South Boston’s rapid industrial growth sparked an increase in population, many of them Irish immigrants looking for work in America and fleeing the famine in Ireland. In the 20thcentury, shipyard and railroad jobs continued to provide work for South Boston residents.

    Today South Boston’s commercial district is built around East and West Broadway. South Boston, also known as “Southie,” boasts miles of beaches and waterfront parks, including Carson, L Street and Pleasure Bay beaches. Toward the end of the 19th century, landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted created “the Strandway,” which runs from Castle Island to Columbus Park.

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Zero Athens Zero Athens South Boston
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774 East 4th 774 East 4th South Boston
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845 E 2nd 845 E 2nd South Boston
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760 E Broadway 760 E Broadway South Boston
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520 East Broadway 2 520 East Broadway 2 South Boston
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141 Dorchester Ave 518 141 Dorchester Ave 518 South Boston
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493-495 E 7th St 493-495 E 7th St South Boston
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318 -330 West Second Street C-1 318 -330 West Second Street C-1 South Boston
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664 E. Sixth St. 664 E. Sixth St. South Boston
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