Explain Boston to Me
Podcaster and Philly transplant Lee Stabert learns about Boston. She'll never be a native, but she might just learn to speak the language.
Explain Boston to Me
The West End is dead, long live the West End with Sebastian Belfanti
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Lee Stabert
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Season 1
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Episode 60
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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