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This page features photos/findings from the recent June/July archaeological dig by the city of Boston in the back of the Old North Church

This map (left) shows the West End prior to Urban Renewal, alongside a map (right) that city planners hopes would be accurate of the West End after Urban Renewal was completed. The map on the right shows a far less congested space, whereas the left…

Protests and riots broke out in front of South Boston High School during busing desegregation in the 1970s. South Boston residents were incensed at the concept of primarily white South Boston students going to primarily black neighborhood schools and…

This picture is of children playing in the winter of 1930 around the statue. This picture is a salute to its presence in Boston between its construction and modern day.

This map depicts the conditions of housing in the West End prior to the Urban Renewal. As is visible, the darker patches reflect on the substandard conditions, and thus Urban Renewal was, unfortunately, inevitable.

Old image depicting a crowd of fans waiting in line at the ticket sales at Fenway Park.

Old image depicting a crowd of fans waiting in line at the ticket sales at Fenway Park.

Every year residents of South Boston celebrate the British evacuation of Boston with an Evacuation Day parade. The primarily Irish population of South Boston has since combined the Evacuation Day parade with St. Patricks Day due to the coincidence of…

The source describes the photo as "Looking west on Beacon Street in Boston, near the State House, sometime in the 19th century." The scene in the photo looks down the hill of Beacon Street, just past the State House. Not much has changed in this…