WEEKEND IN THE CITY

Walking Tour of Stony Brook
Presented by Jamaica Plain Historical Society
May 26, 2012
Join the JP Historical Society to explore a fascinating industrial area at the geographic heart of Boston that includes 19th-century tannery and brewery buildings, the homes of early German settlers, and today’s Samuel Adams beer company. In the 1970s, a coalition of community groups joined together to block construction of the Southwest Expressway through Jamaica Plain and other Boston neighborhoods. ...More
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