Boston's South EndBoston's South End

"The first comprehensive history of the South End in over a century, Boston's South End: The Clash of Ideas in a Historic Neighborhood offers a compelling overview of the neighborhood's transformation first from marshy wetlands to stately brick row homes, and then from crowded tenement buildings to a posh urban quarter boasting multi-million-dollar condominiums. This balanced and fascinating narrative shows how both waves of newcomers and longtime residents' efforts to protect their way of life have shaped this neighborhood's history--and future. Boston's South End tells the story of the people who formed this neighborhood: the real estate developers, community gardeners, artists, parents, piano builders, crusading evangelicals, landladies, restaurateurs, civil rights activists, and the many people who wanted to create a neighborhood that was both beautiful and open to all."