Jamaica Plain
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Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood of 4.4 square miles in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Settled by Puritans seeking farmland to the south, it was originally part of Roxbury. The community seceded
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:
Jamaica Plain
…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…
Aerial view of 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