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Beacon Street in Brookline was built in 1850-51 as an extension of the road over the mill dam that was constructed across the Back Bay of Boston, running from the end of Mill Dam Road to Cleveland Circle. The area remained predominantly rural, with small clusters of housing in the Cleveland Circle and Harvard Street areas.
In 2023, the median sale price for a single-family home in Brookline was $2.51 million, and the median condo price was $927,500. [11] As a consequence of restrictions on housing supply, Brookline is overwhelmingly wealthy. Only 2.5% of its population is black, which is the second-lowest share of black people in any community in the Boston area.
In 2018, Brookline's Town Meeting approved a warrant article to rename the school, citing Edward Devotion's ownership of slaves. [9] The new name was decided by a community wide process. The school was formerly known as the Coolidge Corner School. In November 2019, members of the town voted to change the name to Florida Ruffin Ridley school.
Corey Hill is a neighborhood of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, centered on a homonymous hill rising 260 ft above sea level directly adjacent to the Boston neighborhood of Brighton. The neighborhood takes its name from Timothy Corey, a farmer and soldier of the American Revolutionary War who settled on the hill in the 1760s. [1]
The Cottage Farm Historic District is a residential area in eastern Brookline, Massachusetts, United States, known for its association with industrialist Amos Adams Lawrence (1814–1886). Laid out in the 1850s and centered around the junction of Essex and Ivy Streets, it features high-quality housing on large lots, built between the 1850s and ...
The district, which is mainly residential, was developed in the mid-19th century for an upper-middle class professional population. Commuter railroads connecting Brookline to Boston opened in 1848, making the town attractive for working professionals who wished to live in a more open suburban area.
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Brookline Village is one of the major commercial and retail centers of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Located just north of Massachusetts Route 9 and west of the Muddy River , it is the historic center of the town and includes its major civic buildings, including town hall and the public library.