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As I wandered to the back of the Chinatown Park, walking beside the fountain, the crowd thinned out until passersby were almost infrequent, and so, too, were the sounds of human activity. The running water and wind came to dominate the aural…

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…

A mosaic behind South Boston High reads "Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference." The strongly Catholic nature of South Boston overrides the secular obligations of public school.

South Boston High School stands atop Telegraph Hill in Dorchester Heights. The building currently houses Excel Charter School. The school stands adjacent to Thomas Park and atop a filled-in reservoir.

This is a short clip documenting the rustling of the leaves.

This is one of the walls that borders the burial ground.

A map of Southern India, including Bombay and Madras, from 1851

Victorious Soviet soldiers are welcomed back to the USSR at Belorussky station at the close of World War II.

A picture of some Soviet-era kopeck coins, used to operate the game machines.

A picture of some Soviet-era kopeck coins, used to operate the game machines.