West End Movers
The neighborhood of West End, Boston has a large Jewish and Italian population, and is well-known for being an “urban renewal” project from back in the 1950′s. Architect Charles Bulfinch was instrumental in developing the West End. Two of his better known buildings include the Charles Street Jail, built in 1851 and Massachusetts General hospital, built in 1810-11. Both still stand today as part of the Bulfinch triangle and are two of the few buildings spared the urban renewal of the ’50′s.
It is well-known that the urban renewal of the West End has given much fodder to critics because of the carelessness with which it was executed. Many people were displaced and put in housing with higher rents but that was sub-standard. The destruction of this neighborhood has had long-lasting negative effects on it’s past residents.
With an influx of immigrants in the mid-20th century, the neighborhood of West End ceased to be home to many wealthy citizens. Russian, Greek, Polish and Lebanese immigrants were only a few of the area’s new residents and it wasn’t long before Catholic churches and synagogues were more prevalent than Protestant churches. Today the West End thrives as an up and coming neighborhood of diverse people.
