The South End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is bordered by Back Bay, Chinatown, and Roxbury. It is distinguished from other neighborhoods by its Victorian-style houses and the many parks in and around the area. The South End is the largest intact Victorian row house district in the country, as it is made up of over 300 acres. Eleven residential parks are contained within the South End. In 1973, the South End was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Much of the South End was originally marshlands in Boston’s South Bay. After being filled in, the construction of the neighborhood began in 1849.
It is home to many diverse groups, including immigrants, young families, and professionals, and it is very popular with the gay and lesbian community of Boston. Since the 1880s the South End has been characterized by its diversity, with substantial Irish, Jewish, African-American, Puerto Rican (in the San Juan Street area), Chinese, and Greek populations. In 2010, the population was 55.2% white, 13.3% Hispanic, 12.5% Black or African American, 16.2% Asian, and 2.7% other; 55.2% of its residents had a bachelor’s degree or higher; the median household income was $57,699; the median age was 36; 65.6% were primarily English speakers, and 12.9% were primarily Spanish speakers. LadyB’s Bed Bug Pros Boston
The South End lies south of the Back Bay, northwest of South Boston, northeast of Roxbury, north of Dorchester, and southwest of Bay Village. Despite the name, it is not directly south of the center of downtown Boston. The land belonging to the South End has been part of the city of Boston since its creation, though at the time of first settlement it was smaller and surrounded by large tidal flats. The neighborhood was expanded and developed by filling in the marshlands, part of a larger project of the filling of Boston’s Back Bay and South Bay from the 1830s to the 1870s. Fill was brought in by trains from trenches of gravel excavated in Needham, Massachusetts. Nineteenth-century technology did not allow for driving steel piles into bedrock, and instead, a system of submerged timbers provided an understructure for most South End buildings.
Restaurants and Pubs
- Earls Kitchen + Bar is located at 800 Boylston St Unit 107, Boston, MA
- Yard House is located at 110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA
- The Salty Pig is located at 130 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA
- Clerys is located at 113 Dartmouth St, Boston, MA
- City Bar Back Bay is located at 65 Exeter St, Boston, MA
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