Brookline MA

Brookline

BROOKLINE

Located just minutes from Boston, Brookline offers residents and visitors a charming mix of vibrant urban life and attractive suburban amenities. Brookline is home to a variety of independent boutiques, restaurants and cultural institutions, including the Kennedy National Historic site, Allandale Farm (a working farm dating back to Colonial New England) and the Coolidge Corner Theatre.

INFORMATION

Schools: http://www.brookline.k12.ma.us/
City Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Brookline-Massachusetts.html

BROOKLINE VILLAGE

Just down the street from Coolidge Corner, Brookline Village is where some of the town’s earliest restaurants and shops opened. Brookline Village is known for its casual, independent restaurants and cafes. You will find cuisine from around the world, from Venezuelan to barbecue. The village is also home to a cluster of shops offering antiques, children’s items and more!

CHESTNUT HILL / PUTTERHAM CIRCLE

Chestnut Hill is the western gateway to Brookline. A beautiful, meticulously groomed area, it is home to grand single family homes, elegant condos, the Putterham Meadows Golf Course, and the Longwood Cricket Club. The Putterham Circle shopping complex offers a collection of popular restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and gift shops.

COOLIDGE CORNER

The bustling commercial hub of Brookline, Coolidge Corner is a great place to spend a day. With a variety of small shops, boutiques, and national chains all within walking distance of each other, spend the day poking around local shops, pamper yourself at a local salon and refuel at one of the many restaurants.

ST. MARY’S STATION

Nestled among classic townhouses and impeccable apartment/condo complexes, St. Mary’s Station continues to defy the trend of major retail chains that seem to be popping up everywhere. In the morning, residents and visitors flock to the numerous breakfast spots only to return again in the evening to dine at one of several popular restaurants. St. Mary’s is also home to a regional grocery and various professional services.

WASHINGTON SQUARE

Located at the crossroads of Beacon and Washington Streets, you can’t miss the 18′ Victorian restoration clock. Whether you are seeking a jeweler, specialty grocer, travel agent, pharmacy or an old fashioned hardware store, Washington Square has them all, fostering a unique small town feel.

Winchester, MA

Winchester, MA

Winchester, MA

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Winchester, MA 01890

Just eight miles north of downtown Boston, Winchester is largely an affluent bedroom community for professionals in Boston and Cambridge. Winchester is a town with numerous amenities for its residents, but most importantly to some buyers is the school district.
Schools:  http://www.winchester.k12.ma.us/pages/Winchester_Public_Schools
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Winchester-Massachusetts.html


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Weston, MA

Weston, MA

 

Weston, MA

Weston is the wealthiest suburb in the Boston area and has the highest per capita income in Massachusetts. It is among the 100 most affluent towns with 1,000 or more households in the United States. Weston also has the number one public school system in Massachusetts, according to Boston Magazine (2009).
Schools:  http://westonschools.org/
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Weston-Massachusetts.html


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Wellesley, MA

Wellesley, MA

 

Wellesley, MA

The affluence and prosperity of the 20th century have left their mark on Wellesley, which has become a well-regarded suburb featuring a school system recognized as one of the best in the state. Although the town has always had the finest of beautiful land and homes, of schools and colleges, and every advantage of government, there are many who feel that her greatest resource has been her people. Noted for its beautiful downtown, picturesque neighborhoods and a convenient commute, Wellesley is a top choice for many people leaving Boston Proper and relocating to the suburbs.
Schools:  http://www.wellesley.k12.ma.us/
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Wellesley-Massachusetts.html


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Newton MA

Newton, MA

NEWTON

Settled in 1630, Newton, Massachusetts is a vibrant community comprised of 13 distinctive villages. Located just outside of Boston, Newton is well respected for the quality of education, community life, exceptional homes, and beautiful open spaces. Newton has frequently been voted as one of the 10 best communities to live in.

With a population of about 80,000 residents and approximately 26,000 homes, the City also houses Boston College, Mount Ida College and Lasell College. The Boston Marathon runs right through the City with Heartbreak Hill beginning next to City Hall. The Newton Free Library is well respected as one of the largest, most well equipped libraries in the Commonwealth. By size the city is 18.3 square miles bordering the communities of Brookline, Brighton, Watertown, Waltham, Weston, Wellesley, Needham and West Roxbury. Newton also has east–west and north-south highway infrastructure with Routes 90 and 95 running through the city.

INFORMATION

Schools:  http://www3.newton.k12.ma.us/
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Newton-Massachusetts.html

NEWTON CORNER

When Oakes Angier opened a tavern around 1726 at the intersection of some of Newton’s first cartways, he knew what he was doing. Angier ran the tavern long enough for the community to become known as “Angier’s Corner,” with stage coaches and the Boston and Worcester Railroad passing through. The name changed to Newton Corner after a local commuter service station was built in the 1840s. Currently, the village’s Exit 17 on the Mass. Pike offers convenient connections to and from downtown Boston.

NONANTUM

The village of Nonantum started as a small industrial complex of paper mills, including Nonantum Worsted Company, which gave its name to the neighborhood in the 1880s. Its nickname is “the Lake.” Today, however, Silver Lake—shown in an 1874 map bounded by Nevada, California, Watertown, and Bridge streets—has been filled in with homes and businesses and resembles a swamp more than a swimming hole.

NEWTON UPPER FALLS

Developed after the Revolution, Newton Upper Falls was home to the sawmill that in 1688 used Newton’s portion of the Charles River as a power source for the first time. Eventually the town became a prototype of the self-contained New England mill village, as textile mills, iron works, and machine shops brought workers and their families to the area. The area still uses the mill buildings for retail and commercial businesses.

NEWTON LOWER FALLS

Newton Lower Falls had an advantage over the other villages from the beginning. Since the late 1600s, two major east-west highways, the roads between Watertown and Natick, and from Boston to Sherborn, had met there before crossing the river. There were inns in the village before the Revolution, at least one store before 1800, the first post office in Newton (1813), and, before the railroad spur was built in 1840, daily stage coaches to Boston, according to Newton’s official website. The town was also well known for its abundant paper mills.

NEWTON CENTRE

After a surveyor was called in to determine the center of town in 1712, new roads were laid out and a new meeting house eventually replaced the one built by south Cambridge residents in 1660. The “Centre” was developed as a school, stocks, a training field, and pound were built around Centre and Homer Streets. Though the town house was moved to West Newton in 1849, and the Centre lost its geographical claim following the loss of territory to Roxbury and Waltham, the village currently includes the largest commercial district of any of the village centers.

WEST NEWTON

Though not the original site of the Town Hall, West Newton finally won the bitter debate with Newton Centre and hosted Town Hall from 1849 to 1932. The village grew up around the Boston and Worcester Railroad, becoming an early example of transit-oriented development. The current City Hall opened in Newton Centre in 1932.

NEWTONVILLE

As Newton’s first “railroad village,” Newtonville is now a thriving community that is pioneering a program to revitalize the villages. Originally a depot midway between Newton Corner and West Newton, the area contained only the Hull Mansion and a grain storehouse from Joseph Bullough’s grist mill for ten years. Once the commuter service began, however, house lots around Washington and Walnut Streets were auctioned and the community grew.

AUBURNDALE

Two miles west of West Newton lies Auburndale, a cozy village that has the railroads to thank for its development. Though largely unaffected by the Boston and Worcester Railroad and the Charles River Railroad individually, Auburndale began to grow after the two railroads were joined to form the Circuit in 1886. Today, the village sports several local shops and restaurants and attracts commuters off the Massachusetts Turnpike.

THOMPSONVILLE

Legend has it that still-hard-to-find Thompsonville was named for a hermit who lived in the nearby woods. According to local lore, the village, near Newton Centre, traces its roots to Joseph Thompson, a recluse who lived in a cave in Hammond Forest. But documentary evidence about the village’s origin is scare. The legend “cannot be substantiated at this time,” said Sara Goldberg, Historic Newton’s curator.
Chestnut Hill

In 1845, retired sea captain Joseph Lee left his 165 acres of land along the Newton and Brookline border to his nieces and nephews. The problem? Without a railroad system and development of any kind, the property did not have much to offer. It was not until 1850, when Beacon Street connected Newton Centre with the Back Bay, and the Charles River Railroad was extended two years later, that Lee’s heirs began building houses and a new community—Chestnut Hill—around the farm.

NEWTON HIGHLANDS

Newton Highlands’ railroad station was built before the town, when the Charles River Railroad was extended through Newton in 1852. The track was mainly used by cars carrying gravel from Needham to fill the Back Bay until the early 1870s, when the railbed was upgraded and residents started developing the area. “Newton Highlands” was chosen as the village’s name at a meeting held specifically for that purpose. The Green Line T stop currently lies on the old station’s site.

WABAN

Until 1886, four farms covered nearly all of present-day Waban village. Once the Circuit Railroad was created, real estate developers recognized the area’s potential and began to develop it with subdivisions, houses, and stores. The station was built near the old crossroads of Beacon, Washington, and Woodward streets, and was named by William Strong who had lived on Nonantum Hill near the site of the vanished village of Waban and the Praying Indians.

OAK HILL

Oak Hill, the last of the villages to be developed, has a network of streets named after veterans, as it owes much of its growth to the development of affordable housing for returning WWII veterans. The city agency that oversaw the construction named the 33 streets and paths in Oak Hill for some 200 local veterans killed during the war.

Milton, MA

Milton, MA

Milton, MA

Milton is a contemporary suburban community in eastern Massachusetts that prides itself on a rich historical heritage, tree-lined streets, and acres of protected open space. Milton is unique in that it has the most privately and publicly conserved land within 20 miles of Boston, giving the town a bucolic atmosphere in close proximity to the cultural and business opportunities in the Greater Boston area. Residents have quick access to major highways such as Routes 128, Interstate 93 and Interstate 95. The Red Line into Boston via the Mattapan Trolley it also available. There are several small commercial areas including Milton Village and East Milton Square. Current Town plans include making improvements to the Milton Village area. This includes streetscape improvements to Adams Street and Central Avenue, four station rehabilitation projects along the Red Line’s Trolley Service and a new zoning overlay district to encourage revitalization.

The Milton Public School system consists of 6 schools: 4 elementary (Collicott, Cunningham, Tucker and Glover), the Pierce Middle School, and Milton High School. During the last five years, Milton has made rebuilding aging school structures a priority. All of the schools have undergone or are currently undergoing renovation or construction. Milton is also the home of renowned private schools such as Milton Academy, Fontbonne Academy, and Curry College.
Schools:  http://www.miltonps.org/
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Milton-Massachusetts.html


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Medford, MA

Medford, MA

Medford, MA

Located on the Mystic River just 5 miles north of Boston, the city of Medford is home to Tufts University. Medford contains many historic sites, monuments, and houses, some of which date back to the 17th century. Recently Wellington Circle has been redeveloped as a mix-use luxury residential & commercial hub, Station Landing, a vibrant new waterfront community offering numerous on-site restaurants and retail shops. The on-site waterfront park with yacht club and adjacent 580 acre state-owned park offer unending recreational opportunities or just a relaxing place to watch the world go by.
Schools:  http://www.medford.k12.ma.us/
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Medford-Massachusetts.html

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Lexington, MA

Lexington, MA

Lexington, MA

Lexington is a quintessential New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Settled in 1642, this town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolutionary War, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775, as the “Shot heard ’round the world” when news spread about the revolution. Overall the Lexington school district is among the top ranked in the state and nationally. Bridge Elementary School and Jonas Clarke Middle School were both High Performing National Blue Ribbon Schools in 2010 and 2013 respectively. Both middle schools have been ranked as top schools based on Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test scores. Lexington High School was ranked in 2013 as the 204th best high school in the Nation by USNews and the 194th in the Nation in 2012 by Newsweek. In 2012, Lexington High School won the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl competition. In addition to Lexington High School, students may also attend Minuteman Regional High School.
Schools:  http://lps.lexingtonma.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=1
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Lexington-Massachusetts.html

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Concord, MA

Concord, MA

Concord, MA

Located 20 miles west of Boston, Concord’s population has remained stable at 16,000 over the past several decades.  It is a picturesque New England community of handsome residences, preserved open spaces, family-owned farms and thriving commercial centers.  The town is served by MBTA commuter rail to Boston, Cambridge and Fitchburg; and a commuter bus to Boston.  State highway Route 2 runs through Concord, and Routes 128/95 and 495 are conveniently accessed.  The K-12 public school system includes three elementary schools, one middle school (on two campuses), and a regional high school with the Town of Carlisle.

Concord is also a member of the Minute Man Regional School District, with a campus located in neighboring Lexington, offering an alternative high school in Applied Arts & Sciences to residents.  Private schools located in Concord include Fenn School, Nashoba Brooks, Concord Academy, and Middlesex School.  Several pre-schools, nursery schools, and day care centers (full-time, part-time and co-op) are located in Concord.
Schools:  http://concordpublicschools.net
Town Data: http://www.city-data.com/city/Concord-Massachusetts.html

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Arlington, MA

Arlington, MA

ARLINGTON, MA

The Town of Arlington is located six miles northwest of Boston and is home to approximately 42,000 residents living in a compact urban community of 5.5 square miles. Because of its proximity to Boston, Arlington residents are able to enjoy its diverse neighborhoods, active civic life, and good public transportation options. Arlington is bordered on the east by the cities of Cambridge and Somerville, on the north by the City of Medford and the Town of Winchester, on the west by the Town of Lexington and on the south by the Town of Belmont. Arlington is more affordable than many of its neighbors and thereby attracts residents who value its geographic location and quality-of-life. Arlington, which offers a diverse mix of residential settings and popular retail and entertainment options, has steadily evolved from a working-class community to a more affluent suburban town. Residents have a lot invested in the Town and come to expect good municipal services for a reasonable tax bill. The community has a strong history of supporting specific initiatives to improve the quality of these services. This support is evidenced by recent tax override initiatives to upgrade all the school facilities, and to maintain quality services.
Schools:  http://www.arlington.k12.ma.us/home
Town Data:  http://www.city-data.com/city/Arlington-Massachusetts.html

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