Jamaica Plain
From Boston Neighborhood Map
Jamaica Plain—or simply and more frequently JP—bills itself as the "original streetcar suburb" and is mostly a welcoming collection of odd-ball restaurants, kitschy and bomemian shops, and victorians/three-deckers in various stages of restoration. That, and the occasional factory and housing project.
People who live in JP identify very strongly with it, and I believe this has led to some expansion of th neighborhood beyond its logical borders. The place also identifies very strongly with the 02130 ZIP Code, which, as I've mentioned before, isn't always the most accurate system for neighborhood delineation.
That having been said, one of the major points of this project is to define where neighborhoods are in the present, rather than on no-longer-accurate historical lines. So I will entertain in full the (no doubt plentiful) arguments about why one place is or is not in JP.
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Current Boundaries
(please suggest changes on the talk page)
- North: VA Hospital to Jefferson Playground, to Minden St, to Horan Way, to Heath St. at Columbus Ave.
- East: Southeast Corridor to Boylston Street, Bismark St to Ackley Place at Washington Street, to Forest Hills St at Glen Road, Forest Hills Street to Rte 203, to Parkman Playground.
- South: Parkman Playground to Walk Hill @ Hyde Park Ave, along some Arboretum road to Centre St.
- West: Centre St to Rambler Road, along Rambler, Louder Lane to Brookline line.
Zip Codes
02130
The Arboretum, Forest Hills Cemetery, and Franklin Park
These aren't really "neighborhoodable", since they were just space that never got populated and defined in that manner. That having been said, I understand they are now considered to be part of one or more adjacent neighborhoods. Your feedback as to where each belongs is greatly appreciated.
