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Boston Neighborhoods - West Roxbury

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About West Roxbury

Boston’s West Roxbury neighborhood is unlike any other part of the city and has been dubbed by some as “Boston’s leafy suburb.” Due to its majestic tree-lined streets, spacious single-family homes and the fact that it has more than 3 –times the amount of open space on average than any other of Boston’s neighborhoods, West Roxbury presents its residents with a uniquely suburban feel in and urban setting

Bordered by Roslindale, Hyde Park, Dedham, Brookline, Newton, and Needham, West Roxbury's main thoroughfare is Centre Street, lined with local restaurants and commercial establishments. Today, the neighborhood's tree-lined streets and mostly single family homes give it a suburban feel in an urban setting. Life in the neighborhood centers on political and civic activism as well as local parishes and youth athletic leagues. West Roxbury is home to many of Boston's civil servants. The community boasts a significant proportion of persons of Irish descent as well as a smaller number of more recent Irish immigrants. The Roxbury Latin School, founded in 1645 is located on Saint Theresa Avenue in West Roxbury since 1927. The school's endowment is estimated at $143.8 million, the largest boys school in the United States.

Neighborhood History

Founded in 1630 (contemporaneously with Boston), West Roxbury, Massachusetts was originally part of the town of Roxbury and was mainly used as farmland. West Roxbury seceded from Roxbury in 1851, and was annexed[1] by Boston in 1874. The town included the neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain and Roslindale.

Links and Resources:
http://www.wrhistory.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Roxbury,_Massachusetts
http://www.bostonhistory.org/?s=neighborhoods&p=histmarkers&sub=m_wroxbury

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