Explain Boston to Me

The West End is dead, long live the West End with Sebastian Belfanti


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In this episode, we're joined by Sebastian Belfanti of the West End Museum to talk about the history of the neighborhood — and its tragic fate at the hands of Urban Renewal. Turns out Boston looked at a dense, diverse downtown neighborhood and said, "Bring in the bulldozers."

Click here for images of the destruction of the West End. And here are images of The Gothic before its demolition.

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