Kathleen Hanley

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Kathleen Hanley

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Although East Boston remains one of the last neighborhoods in Boston that is relatively affordable, it is experiencing becoming demographically diverse. Some more desirable neighborhoods like Jefferies Point are being redeveloped with newer, more high-end apartments. As a result these neighborhoods are being filled by small upper middle class families. Less desirable neighborhoods like Eagle Hill become incredibly dense as the people pushed out of the southern waterfront land are crammed up into the northern half of East Boston. To explore this shifting density, I decided to count the number of names per mailbox address. This gave me a better idea of the actual number of people living in an apartment then more formal census data might. My map shows three small groups of houses (one in Eagle Hill, one in Jefferies point, and one near Constitution Beach) and their various densities. Through this data I can start to guess where change is happening in East Boston, and how its changing what a resident of Eastie looks like. My photograph is of two seemingly young working professionals walking in the Constitution Park greenway. Urban renewal projects like the beach have been part of the reason why East Boston is becoming a desirable place for younger, wealthier, smaller families.

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Citation

“Kathleen Hanley,” USW24, accessed March 29, 2024, https://usworld24.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/167.