Neighborhood Events

Explore the relationship between neighborhoods and institutions while rediscovering Boston’s neighborhoods

Fenway

Learn about Fenway’s institutions, history and present. Tour the Fenway Studios with architect Brad Bellows. Explore the history and architecture of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Check out the Muddy River and its landscapes…

Mission Hill

Come celebrate the efforts of Mission Hill’s residents, explore the Longwood Medical Area’s world-class institutions and look carefully at the boundaries and connections between all those who make this one of Boston’s most racially and economically diverse neighborhoods…

Roslindale

Roslindale is one of Boston’s overlooked communities. Incorporated into Boston in 1873, it was initially an agricultural community, whose farms became single and multi family homes with the coming of the railroad in 1834. As Roslindale’s population rose as it became one of Boston’s Street Car suburbs…

Charlestown

Charlestown is one of Boston’s most eclectic neighborhoods. Its urban landscape comprises multi-million dollar homes, the largest affordable housing development managed by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), a 30-acre National Park, historic naval vessels, parks, community gardens…

Beacon Hill / West End

In the shadow of Charles Bulfinch’s gold-domed State House and next door to the Brutalist architecture of Government Center, these two very different neighborhoods have been fundamentally shaped by similar government, academic, medical and community institutions…