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Boston Struggles and Surprises Amid Urban Change
A Boston portrait shows a city of culture and decay, where Bay Village renewal contrasts with Roxbury and Charlestown struggles. The Combat Zone near the Old Corner Bookstore and Old State House anchors a diverse landscape of crime, history, and neighborhood identity.
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Boston
Detroit
Newark
Bay Village
Roxbury
Charlestown
New England
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry Watsworth Longfellow
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
James Russell Lowell
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Julia Ward Howe
Washington Street
Old State House
Washington Park
Blue Hill Road