West Roxbury, Massachusetts

Originally part of the town of Roxbury, West Roxbury formed its own government in 1851 and was annexed by Boston in 1874. Bordered by Roslindale and Hyde Park, West Roxbury’s main thoroughfare is Centre Street, lined with local restaurants and commercial establishments. Today, the neighborhood’s tree-lined streets and mostly single family homes give it a suburban feel in an urban setting. Life in the neighborhood centers around political and civic activism as well as local parishes and youth athletic leagues. The community boasts a significant, but aging, proportion of persons of Irish decent as well as a smaller number of more recent Irish immigrants.

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Roxbury - Boston - 1874 - Roslindale - Hyde Park - Restaurant - Suburban - Urban - Activism - Parish - Athletic leagues

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