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market and moderate-rate units". This company will allow all current residents to move back into the housing complex. According to Project Manager Sarah Barnet, "by creating both affordable and market rate housing at the site the area will become a more thriving section of the neighborhood, a destination area for residents from all over a Charlestown and a high quality place for people to live".
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and, on October 7, 1873, a vote was held to determine whether Charlestown should leave Middlesex County and join Boston as part of Suffolk County. Out of its 32,040 residents, 2240 voted in support of the merger and 1947 opposed. Boston residents also approved the question, 5,960–1,868. Charlestown's
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operates the Charlestown Branch. The library first opened in the Warren Institution for Savings building on January 7, 1862. The library moved to a larger space in the new Charlestown City Hall in 1869. In 1913 the branch moved to the intersection of Monument Avenue and Monument Square, in proximity
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According to the Census from 2010 to 2014, 53.7% of the population will drive to work and 30.0% will take a some form of public transportation to get to their jobs and Charlestown is well served by public transportation as it is accessible by several forms of public transportation, including train,
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The Bunker Hill Public Housing has divided Bunker Hill Street into two Charlestowns. The housing development company Corcoran-SunCal plans to make changes and replace the 1,100 affordable units. "While preserving the affordable units, Corcoran-SunCal will also create approximately 1,700 additional
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The majority of the population is white at 12,587 (75.4%). Minorities include Black or African at 1,227 (7.4%), Asian at 1,253 (7.5%), Hispanic or Latino at 1,227 (7.4%), and those of two or more races at 371 (2.2%). In recent years, the percentage of minorities living in Charlestown has increased
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as the "Northern Expressway viaduct" travels roughly northwest–southeast and passes through the Sullivan Square area. The Interstate act as a boundary of Charlestown neighborhood with points heading west with only two roads heading westward: Cambridge Street in the north and Austin Street/Gilmore
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In the 21st century, Charlestown's diversity has expanded dramatically, along with growing rates of the very poor and very wealthy. Today Charlestown is a largely residential neighborhood, with much housing near the waterfront, overlooking the Boston skyline. Charlestown is home to many historic
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau in its 2007–2011 report, the population of Charlestown is 16,685, comprising 7,843 males and 8,842 females. The largest age group is 25 to 29 years (14.6%), the second-largest is 30 to 34 (12.3%), and the third-largest is 35 to 39 (9.7%).
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The median household income is $ 89,017, and the median family income is $ 100,725. The median income for whites is $ 103,652; that for Blacks or African Americans, $ 12,143; for Hispanics or Latinos, $ 30,833; for Asians, $ 61,875; and for others, $ 16,876.
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One of the oldest neighborhoods of Boston, Charlestown is home to the Bunker Hill Monument and historic Charlestown Navy Yard. Charlestown today is a mainly residential neighborhood with an institutional presence. Major institutions include
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in 1754. This grant also included the "Charlestown Wood Lots" (the Medford part of the Middlesex Fells), and part of what was at the time Woburn (now Winchester). Other parts of Medford were transferred to Charlestown in 1811. Still-rural
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of downtown Boston. The 93 bus goes from Sullivan Station, downtown via Bunker Hill Street and Haymarket Station. The 92 bus runs from Assembly Square Mall, downtown via Sullivan Square Station, Main Street and Haymarket Station.
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was built between 1951 and 1954, routing elevated ramps through City Square. The Central Artery North Area (CANA) project moved these underground, into the City Square Tunnel, making way for a revitalized surface park.
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in Boston, and Charlestown residents opposed the plan by an overwhelming majority. By 1965, the plan had been reduced to tearing down only eleven percent of the neighborhood, as well as the removal of the
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Two small hills mostly covered in residential buildings fill the interior of the neighborhood: Bunker Hill, which is more northerly, and Breed's Hill, which is the site of the
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of the 1840s. Since the late 1980s, the neighborhood has changed dramatically because of its proximity to downtown and its colonial architecture. A mix of
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has influenced much of the area, as it has in many of Boston's neighborhoods, but Charlestown still maintains a strong Irish-American population.
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A small portion of Charlestown is north of the Mystic River, containing the northern approach to the Malden Bridge and now the entrance to
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The .17-acre (0.069 ha) Thompson Square is located at the confluence of Main Street, Dexter Row, Green Street, and Austin Street.
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Charlestown is also accessible via the Charlestown Navy Yard Ferry Terminal where the MBTA operates a ferry between the Navy Yard and
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During the early 1960s, the city initiated plans to demolish and redevelop sixty percent of the housing in Charlestown. In 1963, the
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in the southern part of Charlestown was the location of the city hall before annexation by Boston. It is also the terminus of the
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from 4.9% of the population in 1990 to 23.5% in 2010. The population consists of 15.9% who are foreign born, 48.5% of whom are
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History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement, in 1630, to the Present Time, 1855
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is the oldest commissioned vessel in the US Navy and the oldest warship in the world still afloat. Today it is docked in the
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Charlestown has many places of historical interest, some of which are included along the northern end of Boston's
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The Bunker Hill housing development, an area known for its crime and drug use, is featured on the front cover of
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granite brought to the site by a combination of purpose-built railway and barge. Notable businesses included the
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Charlestown became a city in 1848 and was annexed by Boston on January 5, 1874. With that, it also switched from
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for Endicott and his people to settle there. Although Walford had a virtual monopoly on the region's available
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first opened in 1780. It is located at 2 Pleasant Street. The building was one of the first built after the
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from 1805 until its closure in 1955. The former prison site is occupied by Bunker Hill Community College.
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English city during the Colonial era, Charlestown proper was founded in 1628 and settled July 4, 1629, by
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According to the 2012–2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in
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immigrants arrived in Charlestown. The area long remained an Irish and Catholic stronghold similar to
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Charlestown is located north of downtown Boston on a peninsula extending southeastward between the
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Mass General: Charlestown Healthcare Center – MGH Charlestown Healthcare Center is a part of
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opened in 1840 to Sweet's Wharf. Tudor Wharf was the departure point for the ships of the
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Two bus lines serve Charlestown. Both routes start at Sullivan Square. and travel to the
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Thomas and Jane Walford were the original English settlers of the peninsula between the
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NEW Health Charlestown – substance abuse facility with counselors and physicians.
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system. There are also private educational institutions within the neighborhood.
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Seventeen percent of the population and 37% of the children live below the
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Throughout the 1960s until the mid-1990s, Charlestown was infamous for its
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A Century of Town Life: A History of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1775-1887
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of the 1960s. In the late 1980s, however, Charlestown underwent a massive
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The Cape Cod Murder of 1899: Edwin Ray Snow's Punishment and Redemption
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sites, hospitals and organizations, with access from the Orange Line
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was located in Charlestown from 1801 until it was closed in 1974.
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teaches psychology in Charlestown's Bunker Hill Community College
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The territory of Charlestown was initially quite large. From it,
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The History of Charlestown, Massachusetts By Richard Frothingham
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On June 17, 1775, the Charlestown Peninsula was the site of the
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A Sedgwick Genealogy, Descendants of Deacon Benjamin Sedgwick
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Established in 1640 on land owned by the town, according to
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pp. 528–29, St. Augustine's Press, South end Indiana, 2004.
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The Constitution Yacht Charter is located on Boston Harbor.
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The Slaughter of Cities: Urban Renewal and Ethnic Cleansing
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connected Boston with Charlestown. An 87-acre (35 ha)
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Bibliography of Charlestown Massachusetts and Bunker Hill.
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Brooks, Charles; Whitmore, William Henry (July 21, 2018).
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Charlestown (02129) Racial Breakdown of Population (2017)
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also acquired areas originally allocated to Charlestown.
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from the 1880s, about a bank robber, contains the lines:
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waterways. Charlestown was laid out in 1629 by engineer
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separate city government was dissolved the next year.
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was split off in 1842 as Charlestown was urbanizing.
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1620s establishments in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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were shot in Charlestown and nearby in Boston Harbor
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the Spragues (Ralph, Richard, & William Sprague)
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Neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Charlestown (Boston)
Neighborhood




Bunker Hill Monument
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Community College MBTA station
Official seal of Charlestown
42°22′31″N 71°03′52″W / 42.37528°N 71.06444°W / 42.37528; -71.06444
United States
Massachusetts
Boston
Named for
King Charles I
Time zone
UTC-5
Eastern
DST
UTC-4
Eastern
Area code
617
857
neighborhood
Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusett
peninsula
Charles River

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