Roslindale

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Roslindale is a neighborhood ( neighborhood ) of the city of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 3.1 parks
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Education 4.2.1 Elementary schools
  • 4.2.2 Middle schools
  • 4.2.3 shopping

Geography

Expansion of the urban area

Roslindale is bounded by the districts of Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, West Roxbury and Mattapan.

History

Roslindale is 6 mi ( 9.66 km ) south-southwest of downtown Boston and originally belonged to the independent city of Roxbury. In 1851, the present-day Jamaica Plain, Roslindale and West Roxbury seceded from Roxbury. 1873 decided jointly by all citizens' decision to join the city of Boston.

In the 1860s, Roslindale was called due to the present there crossing the railway with the South Street and South Street Crossing. However, when the area asked for its own zip code area, the name South Street Crossing was classified by the government as unacceptable. John Pierce, a well-traveled citizens of the city then, suggested the name Roslindale, which reminded him of the historic town of Roslin near Edinburgh in Scotland. The Annex dale ( engl Valley ) took Pierce fits with views of the surrounding hills. Thus, the United States Postal Service has proposed the composite Roslindale and formally accepted.

The population of Roslindale steadily increased with the development of a streetcar suburb. The railway was built after the Civil War and brought new impetus to the development of industrial estates. With the introduction of horse-drawn trams between Forest Hills and Dedham in the 1880s, the district continuously grew.

On March 14, 1887 sailed a train of the Boston & Providence Railroad, consisting of a locomotive and nine passenger cars, in the direction of travel Boston with over 200 passengers a bridge in today's Arnold Arboretum at Bussey Street, over the collapse under the weight of the train. The last five cars piled up on each other, which caused 23 deaths and more than 100 injured. This accident is one of the first major train accidents in the U.S. and contributed to that railway bridges in the United States are subject to regular inspection.

In the 1920s, the formed still prevailing townscape around the tree-lined Adams Park at its center. The edges of the district flow smoothly into the adjacent neighborhoods.

Population Development

In 2010 lived in Roslindale 49% White, 18% Black or African American, 25 % Hispanic or Latino and 3 % Asian or Pacific Islander.

Culture and sights

Parks

In the area of the district is a part of the Arnold Arboretum.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

In Roslindale runs a line of the MBTA commuter trains, in addition, the district via several bus lines and the Orange Line in nearby Jamaica Plain is connected to public transport.

Education

In Roslindale Boston Public Library operates a branch office.

Elementary schools

In the district there are the following Elementary Schools:

  • John D Philbrick
  • George H Conley
  • Charles Sumner
  • Mozart
  • Phineas Bates
  • Dennis C Haley
  • Children's Learning Center

Middle schools

In the district there are the following Middle Schools:

  • Sacred Heart School
  • Edward Brooke Charter School
  • Washington Irving Middle School

Shopping

Before the boom of large shopping malls in the 1970s, Roslindale Square was a great shopping district, which was used by residents from all over Boston. After several years of empty shop windows and increasing vandalism during the next 20 years, the Roslindale Square in the recent past has established itself as a local shopping district.

Personalities

  • Paul Francis Anderson, (1917-1987), Bishop of Duluth
  • Paul Sally
  • Joseph Abboud
  • Martha Cahoon
  • Steve DeOssie
  • Walter Alden Dyer
  • Charlotte Gilbertson
  • T. Vincent Learson
  • Mary McGrory
  • Slaine
  • Esoteric
  • Skip Lockwood
  • Billy West
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