Jamaica Plain
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Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of 4.4 square miles (11 km2) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of Roxbury. The community seceded from Roxbury during the formation of West Roxbury in 1851 and became part of Boston when West Roxbury was annexed in 1874. In the 19th century, Jamaica Plain became one of the first streetcar suburbs in America and home to a significant portion of Boston's Emerald Necklace of parks, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Soldier's Monument and First Unitarian Universalist Church in Jamaica Plain
This milestone marking five miles (8 km) from the Boston Town House, now the site of the Old State House in downtown Boston was placed on Centre Street by Paul Dudley in 1735.
Skating On Jamaica Pond by Winslow Homer, 1859
Classic triple deckers on Child Street
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