East Boston
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East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States that was annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and downtown Boston by Boston Harbor. The footprint of the East Boston neighborhood as it is known today was created in the 1940s by connecting five of the inner harbor islands using land fill. Logan International Airport is located in East Boston, connecting Boston to domestic and international locations.
An airplane approaching Logan International Airport in 1973
William H. Sumner
Boston Harbor, including Noddle's, Hog's, Governor's, Bird's and Apple Islands (1711)
Internment Camps, East Boston, MA: German gardens, constructed by men of interned liners (1918)
Neighborhoods in Boston
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Boston's diverse neighborhoods serve as a political and cultural organizing mechanism. The City of Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services has designated 23 Neighborhoods in the city:
Aerial view of the Back Bay and the neighboring City of Cambridge across the Charles River
General view of Bay Village
Christopher Columbus Park in Downtown Waterfront
Lilac Sunday, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain