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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401 E 7th Street 2 401 E 7th Street 2 South Boston
$4,300/mo
401 E 7th Street 1 401 E 7th Street 1 South Boston
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330 C Street 330 C Street South Boston
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493-495 E 7th St 493-495 E 7th St South Boston
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560 Dorchester Ave 560 Dorchester Ave South Boston
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141 Dorchester Ave 518 141 Dorchester Ave 518 South Boston
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1778 Columbia Rd 1 1778 Columbia Rd 1 South Boston
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362 K Street 362 K Street South Boston
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520 East Broadway 202 520 East Broadway 202 South Boston
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520 East Broadway 101 520 East Broadway 101 South Boston
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14 W Broadway Ph 903 14 W Broadway Ph 903 South Boston
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119 L St 119 L St South Boston
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142 P St 2 142 P St 2 South Boston
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142 P St 5 142 P St 5 South Boston
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407 E 7th Street 1 407 E 7th Street 1 South Boston
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532-34 E Third 5 532-34 E Third 5 South Boston
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607 E 7th St 607 E 7th St South Boston
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611 E 7th St 611 E 7th St South Boston
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193 N Street 193 N Street South Boston
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8 Kemble Place 1 8 Kemble Place 1 South Boston
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8 Kemble Place 8 Kemble Place South Boston
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141 Dorchester Ave 613 141 Dorchester Ave 613 South Boston
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289-289a Dorchester Street 289-289a Dorchester Street South Boston
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69 Thomas Park 3 69 Thomas Park 3 South Boston
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289-289a Dorchester Street 289-289a Dorchester Street South Boston
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