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WEST END - BOSTON, MA



West End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The West End of Boston, Massachusetts is a neighborhood bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the Charles River to the west and northwest, Martha Road and Lomasney Way on the north and northeast, and Staniford Street on the east. Beacon Hill is to the south, and the North End is to the east. However, the area is widely known because a late 1950s urban renewal project razed a large Italian and Jewish neighborhood to redevelop the area.

The neighborhood consists primarily of superblocks containing high rise residential towers. As part of a plan to create a "New Boston", the BRA redeveloped neighborhoods throughout the 1950s. The redevelopment of the West End was officially announced on 11 April 1953. Mayor Hynes and the BRA stated that the project would be beneficial to the neighborhood. The West End's narrow streets were a fire hazard and many of the buildings were not up to code, with approximately 80% of them substandard or marginal. The result was a neighborhood consisting of residential high rises, shopping centers and parking lots.

Today, the West End is a mixed-use commercial and residential area. A few non-residential areas were spared from the urban renewal of the 1950s, such as Massachusetts General Hospital, the Charles Street Jail and a small section surrounded by Causeway, Merrimac, and Market Streets. Massachusetts General Hospital and the Charles Street Jail are located in the northwest section, while Government Center comprises the southern section. Most of the northern section is covered by North Station and the TD Banknorth Garden .

The character of the area prior to the urban renewal can still be seen in existing commercial and mixed use building of the Bulfinch Triangle (although this area was in fact distinct from the West End). Here there are a few pubs and restaurants that feed off the traffic traveling to and from Faneuil Hall and the Garden. The residential areas that were rebuilt were primarily upscale highrises.
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West End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
 

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