Allston

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Allston is a neighborhood ( Neighborhood) Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. Allston is located in the western part of the city and was named after the American painter and poet Washington Allston. The area of the district includes the zip code 02134 and is managed for the most part, together with the neighboring district of Brighton, which is why both city parts are regularly referred to as the Allston - Brighton. The urban area Allston - Brighton is located in the Boston Police Department District D -14, a station of the Boston Fire Department is located at Union Square.

The design of the houses varies, but consists mainly of brick apartments, particularly along Commonwealth Avenue and adjacent streets. Areas along the Brighton Avenue in contrast, have spread on wooden, three-story building. Lower Allston consists almost entirely of single and multi-family houses in the Victorian style of the 1890s to 1920s.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Population development

• 3.1 Music
• 3.2 Sport
• 3.3 Regular events
• 3.4 Specialty

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Education 4.2.1 Colleges and universities
• 4.2.2 Public Schools

• 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 5.2 personalities who have worked on site

Geography

Expansion of the district

The U.S. ZIP code 02134 is closely linked due to a recurring musical offset piece in the broadcast by PBS U.S. children's series ZOOM from 1972 with Allston, because the production company of the series WGBH to 2007 there had its headquarters. Residents and mapmakers refer to the eastern part of the former town of Brighton as Allston. The border runs along Everett Street, Gordon Street and Kelton Street.

Allston is almost completely cut off by the city of Brookline in the south and south-east from the rest of the city of Boston and is only connected by a narrow area on the eastern border of the district, Fenway - Kenmore. Otherwise Allston is bordered by the Charles River in the north to Cambridge now and is cleaved by the Massachusetts Turnpike into two parts.

The road and public transport is done via the rail links Red Line and Green Line, as well as the bus lines 57, 66, 70, 71 and 86

Neighboring communities

Direct neighboring municipalities are Brookline, Newton, Watertown and Cambridge.

Outline of the district

The area north of the Turnpike near the river is often referred to as Lower Allston (LA ) or North Allston called. The area consists of the streets north of Cambridge Street and the Turnpike up to the Charles River. It extends westward to Everett Street and eastward to Windom Street.

The busiest area of the district is located immediately south of the Turnpike and has its center at Harvard Avenue between Commonwealth Avenue and Cambridge Street, home to many shops, bars and restaurants are located. In recent copywriting the area is pompously described as Allston Village, although Allston Rock City is a far more familiar name, as there are some well-known meeting places for musicians such as Harpers Ferry. The center of the district is sometimes referred to as Allston Shuffle.

The abbreviation of Lower Allston is LA, a welcome nod to the large U.S. city of Los Angeles on the West Coast. The Club Common Ground near Harvard Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue sold T- shirts and other items imprinted with "This is LA, not Boston ", which in turn an allusion to the hardcore punk compilation This Is Boston, Not LA from the year 1982 is.

In Lower Allston workers, homeowners and long-time residents live mixed. In contrast to the rest of Allston live in Lower Allston significantly fewer students. The neighborhood is very quiet, has a very low crime rate and is within walking distance of Allston Village and Harvard Square. Lower Allston is located near the Massachusetts Route 2 and within reach of the Mass Pike, Storrow Drive and the Soldiers Field Road.

History

Allston was originally the eastern part of the former town of Brighton, which is now also a suburb of Boston. In 1868 a new station with a post office was in the eastern part of the Brighton Allston name and was thus named after Washington Allston, who had lived as a painter on the other side of the Charles River in Cambridge. In fact, the name can even be traced back to a very specific painting entitled Fields West of Boston.

Thus Allston never existed as an independent city - the city of Brighton was annexed by Boston in 1874. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had some land in Allston. The development of community focused over time around railroad and livestock operations. So entertained the Boston and Albany Railroad (now CSX Transportation), a large railway depot, in its vicinity many stockyards and a very large slaughterhouse were located. In the mid-20th century, these enterprises were closed, however, so that today only the railway facilities of CSX are left. The company is planning a relocation of activities to the west to provide the land released from Harvard university.

In the early 21st century, the Harvard University announced extensive expansion plans, which included, among other things, the construction of new large building complexes for university research facilities in the northern Lower Allston. For the realization of many existing buildings had to be demolished and existing businesses to be relocated. But after the building removed and the company had been forcibly relocated, the financial crisis in 2007 and the consequent decline of financial resources of the University led to an immediate halt to construction.

Religions

The largest group of religious affiliations consists of Catholics ( 44.96 % ), followed by Protestant ( 4.77% ), unspecified Christian ( 4.62% ), Jews ( 3.58% ), Baptists ( 2.10% ) and Muslims (1.97 %).

Population Development

In 2011, 22 352 inhabitants lived in Allston, which represents an increase of 4.99 % compared to 2000. A home costs an average of 325,000 U.S. dollars, 0.19 % more than the year before. The cost of living in Allston are higher by 45.10 % than the U.S. average. The population density was 17,759 people per square mile at an average age of 29.8 years. 84% of residents are registered as single-person households.

In Allston, many immigrants live, mainly from Russia, East Asia, South Asia and South America, particularly from Brazil and Colombia.

Already in the 1990s, was determined as part of the Census that 52.6 % of the population was in Allston 20-34 aged, compared with a share of 33% in the Greater Boston area. This value is achieved by the large number of students who are only temporarily living for the most part in the city and move with their de-registration to another location while moving up new students. This coming and going generated tensions with the " permanent" residents, especially by typical night time activities such as dance clubs, bars with live music and house parties.

Culture and sights

Music

Due to the large number of young students who live in this neighborhood, Allston has always been the source of new genres in the city of Boston. Allston learned as a last neighborhoods gentrification and a home to many music venues, which are operated by local residents, including Great Scott and O'Brien 's Pub. In the district there are also some studios such as Galaxy Park Studios, founded in 1999.

In the music scene in Allston, there is also a great do it yourself community. Local music groups and bands annually as part of the Allston DIY Festival and the Allston - Brighton Parade.

Sports

On the eastern edge of the baseball field Allston Boston University, which was formerly called Braves Field, and is now called Nickerson Field is located. The original name was due to the Atlanta Braves, the 1915 played there as a team of Major League Baseball until 1952.

The team of the Boston Patriots played in the American Football League Four Seasons: From 1960 to 1962 the Nickerson Field and in 1970 at Harvard Stadium. Today, they play as a New England Patriots in the National Football League.

Regular events

• The Allston Squirt Gun Day is organized by young residents every year in late August, but was initially not officially registered or approved as an event. The participants were requested to wear clothes in green and gather at the intersection of Harvard Avenue and Brighton Avenue. In the past, the event but also led to uncertainty among residents who were not informed, so that the event had to be canceled after a short time. 2009, the event was finally continued as approved and announced event at the nearby Ringer Park.

Specialty

In Allston, there are a number of small shops and restaurants. Alone along the Brighton Avenue between Packard 's Corner and Allston Street dishes from China, Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, India and Thailand can be sampled in addition to the ubiquitous American and Italian cuisine.

Economy and infrastructure

At Harvard Avenue, there are some furniture stores and thrift shops because of the large number of students and the associated regular population change.

Traffic

The area of the Brighton Avenue on the Commonwealth Avenue to Kenmore Square was formerly the "Auto Mile" in Boston. Along the route car dealer found nearly all U.S. brands side by side. The Packard 's Sales Stable and Riding School gave Packard 's Corner its name originally, but later the naming was taken over by a located somewhere there, very big Packard car dealership. Today, there are only a Toyota and a Vespa dealer, but the buildings along the eastern end of Brighton Avenue reflect with their large windows resist the story.

The Massachusetts Turnpike, which was built as an extension of existing roads, opened its route through Allston in 1964 and 1965. Underground tram line Green Line B of the MBTA runs along Commonwealth Avenue through the district. The former Green Line A led along the Brighton Avenue, but was replaced by bus route # 57. In addition, among other things, the bus lines 64, 66, 70 and 86 serve the district Allston. 43.88 % of the residents use mass transit, compared with 2% on average in the United States. The CSX Transportation operates the large Beacon Park freight center, which is located right next to the Turnpike.

In May 2006, Harvard University announced that they would like to open a stop for the public local and long-distance transport in Allston.

Education

Colleges and Universities

The district lies near two major universities. In Lower Allston is the largest part of the campus of Harvard University, including the Harvard Business School and Harvard Stadium. The university also has a number of other land in Lower Allston, on which they for the most part the establishment of a new academic campus planning, especially as a branch of Harvard Medical School and other programs of health care.

Boston University is located at the eastern end of Commonwealth Avenue. In addition, the Berklee College of Music maintains a building with practice and rehearsal rooms at Fordham Road.

Public schools

The public schools in Allston are part of the school district of the Boston Public Schools.

The Gardner Pilot Academy or Thomas Gardner School at the Athol Street looked after children below the kindergarten age up to the 5th grade and from autumn 2012 to 6th Grade. In April 2008, won a teacher of the school the "Ultimate Science Classroom" in an organized annually by the National Science Teachers Association Lottery. The school thus received materials for science education in the value of U.S. $ 40,000.

The Horace Mann School for the Deaf at the Armington Street is the oldest public school for the hearing impaired in the United States. Helen Keller was there student, and Alexander Graham Bell was inspired for his work at the school to experiment with equipment that children should help to hear better. These experiments eventually led to the development of the telephone. At school, children are taught from below the kindergarten age up to the 12th grade.

The Jackson Mann School, also located on the Armington Street, teaches children from kindergarten through 8th grade.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of New York City. Lived as a child in the 100 Brainerd Road
• Evan Dando - singer and guitarist of the band The Lemonheads

Personalities who have worked on site

• Aerosmith - The Rock Band wrote her first song at the address 1325 Commonwealth Ave, Apt 41.
• Big D and the Kids Table - band
• Janeane Garofalo - Actress
• Jared Leto - Actor, Musician

Others

• In 2003 there were in Allston as well as in neighboring Brighton a proliferation of bedbugs in hundreds of apartments. The cause lay in the fact that especially the young residents bought used mattresses from previous tenants or abandoned mattresses simply continued to use. In response, the city offered the affected 200 U.S. dollars for the purchase of a new mattress and bed bug removal workshops by the Boston Inspectional Services Housing Division.
• In 2005, the New England Foundation for the Arts chose a site in Allston for its Art & Community Landscapes program. The team of artists Legge Lewis Legge was commissioned to design the site to match. It is now known as the Lincoln Street Green Strip.