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51-654: Allston–Brighton is a set of two interlocking neighborhoods, Allston and Brighton , both part of the city of Boston , Massachusetts. Allston and Brighton's border runs along Everett Street in the north, south along Gordon Street, and terminates at the Brookline town line along Kelton Street with land to the east of these streets falling in Allston, and to the west falling in Brighton. Allston and Brighton are also identified by their respective postal zip codes (Allston's

102-625: A cheap means of housing the thousands of newly arrived immigrant workers who filled the factories of the area. The economics of the three-decker are simple: the cost of the land, basement and roof are spread among three or six apartments, which typically have identical floor plans. The three-decker apartment house was seen as an alternative to the row-housing built in other cities of Northeastern United States during this period, such as in New York City , Boston , Philadelphia , Baltimore , and Washington, D.C. Three deckers often account for

153-419: A disproportionate majority of their structure fire response involves the buildings." Other common contributors to the flammability of three-deckers include primitive electrical systems such as knob-and-tube wiring , antiquated natural gas appliances such as gas-on-gas stoves, and petroleum-based shingle siding . Three-deckers were built in large numbers, in some areas comprising entire neighborhoods, but by

204-491: A disproportionate number of structure fires. Three-deckers were most commonly built in the emerging industrial cities of central New England between 1870 and 1920. There are large concentrations in Massachusetts and Rhode Island . Worcester, Massachusetts , was the likely origin of the type, with Francis Gallagher (1830–1911) held to be the originator. Other cities make the same claim, and they can also be found in

255-412: A large demographic in the area as Boston University ’s campus falls in Allston and Boston College‘s campus straddles the Brighton and Newton city limits. Brighton Avenue at the heart of Allston has become a major nightlife destination featuring many bars, restaurants, and nightclubs. The combined neighborhood supports a youth hockey team, "Allston–Brighton Youth Hockey" which holds most practices at

306-515: A major rail yard . Stockyards and a large abattoir operated nearby in the northern part of Brighton. All livestock activity ended by the mid-20th century, although much of the rail yard remained in use until 2013 as CSX Transportation 's Beacon Park Yard . A strip running from Brighton Avenue in Allston out Commonwealth Avenue toward Kenmore Square was Boston's original "Automile", lined with automobile dealerships. Packard's Sales Stable and Riding School gave Packard's Corner its name, which

357-554: A plan to straighten the Massachusetts Turnpike over the former CSX rail yard. The new station will initially operate exclusively on the Worcester/Framingham line but will be constructed with four platforms to accommodate future uses that may include rapid-transit service to North Station via the existing Grand Junction Railroad through Cambridge and Somerville. The estimated population of Allston

408-635: A science teacher at Gardner Pilot Academy won the "Ultimate Science Classroom", a raffle prize furnished annually by the National Science Teachers Association . The school received approximately $ 40,000 in science teaching materials and apparatus. The Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing , located on Armington Street, is the oldest public school for the hearing impaired in the United States. The school

459-447: A similar overall typology, with a bay window on the front, and prominent porches. Various external features typify the three-decker. Windows are usually located on all four sides of the building, including a street-facing bay window on each floor. Utility porches are located in the rear, and typically not visible from the street. Some three-deckers feature a single front door that access all three units; others feature one entrance for

510-483: Is 02134, Brighton's is 02135). Allston is generally understood as being in the northeast corner of Allston–Brighton, while Brighton is seen as the larger southwestern portion of Allston–Brighton encompassing Brighton Center and the generally less urbanized neighborhoods. They are connected to the rest of Boston by a tiny strip of land containing Boston University along the Charles River , with Brookline lying to

561-479: Is 28,621, according to the 2020 Census. The median home cost is $ 632,000, an incline of 5.2% in the last year. The cost of living is 48.7% higher than the national average. The population density is 14,035/mi . The median age is 27. Allston is home to many immigrant populations, the largest groups being from Russia , East Asia (particularly Korea ), South Asia , and South America (particularly Brazil and Colombia ). Young adults (age 18-34) make up 80.8% of

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612-540: Is a middle-class urbanized area occupied largely by a mix of dense residential neighbourhoods and small businesses. It is home to the New Balance headquarters, and the WGBH Educational Foundation , operators of radio and television stations WGBH , WGBH-TV , and WGBX-TV ; public broadcasters responsible for a large amount of national programming. Students from Boston's many universities are

663-462: Is a private, bilingual, international school in Boston, Massachusetts. This German school abroad was established in 2001 and officially inaugurated by Former German President Johannes Rau. The upper campus serves grades one through twelve, and the lower campus offers a preschool and kindergarten program. The school has over 300 students. Allston lies near three major universities. A substantial part of

714-861: Is also home to a concentration of Korean American businesses and restaurants. Annually, during days leading up to and following September 1, Allston, the Fenway-Kenmore area, the Longwood area , Mission Hill , and Brighton (among many others in Greater Boston ) experience a period known as Allston Christmas . This period is referred to as such because it is the time of year when renters (many of whom are college students) move out their things so new renters (also frequently college students) can move in. A large number of rental agreements in Greater Boston expire on September 1, just before

765-415: Is one reason why three-deckers are often situated on narrow lots and are rectangular shape, with the smaller sides at the front and the rear. In the textile mill city of Fall River, Massachusetts , thousands of wood-framed multi-family tenements were built by the mill owners during the boom years of the 1870s to house their workers. Many more were built by private individuals who rented their apartments to

816-529: Is starting on the new, state-of-the-art Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences on Western Avenue west of Allston Square by the Charles River. Later, it will begin construction of the "Gateway" building on the northeastern corner of Allston Square. Allston was an eastern section of the former town of Brighton . In 1867, a new railroad depot for the Boston and Albany Railroad opened. In 1868

867-814: The American Football League (now the New England Patriots of the National Football League ) played four seasons in Allston: at Nickerson Field in 1960 through 1962; and at Harvard Stadium in 1970. Public schools in Allston are part of the school district of Boston Public Schools . Gardner Pilot Academy (also called the Thomas Gardner School), located on Athol Street, serves Allston residents pre-kindergarten through grade eight. In April 2008,

918-520: The Boston neighborhoods of Fenway, Kenmore, and Brighton and the town of Brookline. Allston is bordered on the east and north by the Charles River , and the Cambridge, Massachusetts is accessible via several bridges. The area north of the turnpike near the Charles River is known as Lower Allston (or North Allston). It consists of streets north of Cambridge Street and the Turnpike, all the way to

969-612: The CSX Railroad operated the large Beacon Park freight yard which runs adjacent to the Massachusetts Turnpike; the land has been purchased by Harvard. In May 2006, Harvard officials said that they wanted a infill commuter rail stop in Allston on the Framingham/Worcester line. This would restore service lacking since the closure of the Allston train depot. As of 2009 , there had been actions by

1020-746: The Green Line A branch to Watertown Square ran along Brighton Avenue. Today, MBTA Bus Route 57 runs on a similar route. From 2014 to March 2016, the MBTA included bus route 57 in its late night service, running until 3 am. The City of Boston and the MBTA installed bus lane between Union Square and Packard's Corner with construction starting in 2019 to alleviate congestion and speed up bus travel times. Other MBTA bus lines serve Allston, including routes 64, 66, 70 and 86. In 2017, 34.2% of Allston residents commuted by mass transit, while 24.3% commuted by walking and another 6.6% commuted by bicycle. Until 2013,

1071-492: The Harvard Medical School and other healthcare-related programs. Eventually, Harvard's Allston campus will be physically larger than their original Cambridge campus. Boston University lies along Commonwealth Avenue to the east, with numerous schools and facilities extending from Kenmore Square to Packard's Corner . The New Balance Field of Boston University symbolizes further integration of BU into

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1122-562: The Labor Day weekend, causing large numbers of tenants to move to their new quarters simultaneously. This synchronized mass movement also makes it difficult to rent large vehicles during the weeks surrounding September 1. The renters who are leaving often put their unwanted possessions out in the streets for those who may want the items, which include bedding, couches, tables, kitchenware, and clothing. Unsalvaged items also contribute to unusually large trash and recycling pickups scheduled around

1173-467: The National Register of Historic Places . Recently, a new wave of three-decker apartment houses has been built in areas of Boston as an alternative to the townhouse style condominium or apartment buildings more typically associated with suburban areas. Boston's zoning regulations allow new three-family houses to be constructed in areas with existing three-deckers. However, building codes for

1224-570: The working-class and middle-class families, often in multiple rows on narrow lots in the areas surrounding the factories. They were derided as poor-quality buildings, shoddily constructed from flammable balloon framing : a 1911 report by the Massachusetts State Housing Committee in Massachusetts decried the three-decker as "a flimsy fire-trap and a menace to human life". It is estimated that by 1920,

1275-481: The 1910s and 1920s. There they are locally referred to as "Three Flats". Three-deckers are usually defined by the style of their roofs, being either gable , hip , or flat-roofed , with preference often varying regionally. For instance, hipped and gabled three-deckers are dominant in Worcester. In smaller cities, such as Lawrence or Albany, New York, two or two and a half story variants are common, while retaining

1326-600: The 1950s, a number of them had been abandoned or razed because of suburban growth and urban renewal . Their reputation as poor quality and dangerous persisted into the 1970s. Starting in the early 1980s, however, they became desirable again as older streetcar suburbs began to gentrify , often by buyers looking for homes where they could live in one unit and rent the other two, thus helping them pay their mortgage . As condominiums became more common, many were converted into individually-owned units. Since 1990, many three-deckers in Worcester, Massachusetts, have been listed on

1377-504: The Allston community and is the first in a series of projects that have included the creation of a major new dormitory building in the area. Berklee College of Music also has a practice and rehearsal building near Commonwealth Avenue on Fordham Road which runs between Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue. The B branch of the Boston MBTA subway Green Line runs through the neighborhood along Commonwealth Avenue. Until 1969,

1428-449: The Charles River. It extends westward to Everett Street and eastward to the Charles River. In its center is Allston Square at the crossroads of Western Avenue and North Harvard Street. Allston is named for the great painter and 1800 Harvard graduate, Washington Allston, "The Father of American Romanticism". Allston Square is appropriately located halfway between Harvard Square in the north and Allston Village, Boston's 'Greenwich Village' in

1479-594: The Mass Pike, Storrow Drive, and Soldiers Field Road. Public transportation includes the Red Line at Harvard Square, the Green Line at Packard's Corner or Harvard Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue and the 57, 66, 70, 71, and 86 bus connections on North Harvard Street and Western Avenue. In the early 21st century, Harvard University announced dramatic expansion plans that called for major building projects, including

1530-594: The Reilly Memorial Rink in Cleveland Circle . Further reading 42°21′16″N 71°8′30″W  /  42.35444°N 71.14167°W  / 42.35444; -71.14167 Allston Allston is an officially recognized neighborhood in Boston , Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet Washington Allston . It comprises the land covered by

1581-543: The bottom floor and one that accesses the top two. While usually lacking the ornamentation found on other homes of the Victorian era , three-deckers were sometimes built with decorative details such as porch railings and posts. Three-deckers are constructed from wood and typically use balloon framing , which makes them especially susceptible to destructive fires. Boston-based GBH News noted that "fire officials in Worcester, Fall River, Brockton and New Bedford all say

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1632-731: The campus of Harvard University , including Harvard Business School and most athletic facilities (such as the Bright-Landry Hockey Center , Harvard Stadium , and the Lavietes Pavilion ), are in North Allston. Harvard also owns large portions of other land in North Allston, much of which it plans to develop as an academic campus, particularly for the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , as well as an auxiliary site for

1683-566: The city of Boston had over 15,000 three-decker houses. Areas such as Dorchester , Roxbury , Mattapan , and Jamaica Plain were popular with the emerging middle class and became " streetcar suburbs " as transportation systems expanded from the older, core sections of the city. Typically, the affordable three-decker homes attracted live-in landlords who would collect rent from the other two apartments. In Worcester, Massachusetts, sewer connection charges were based on street frontage, so builders favored houses with as little frontage as possible. This

1734-495: The demolition of existing businesses, to prepare for the construction of new biology and science buildings in the northern sections of Lower Allston. While the existing building stock was demolished and businesses were evicted, the financial crisis of 2008 and the resultant decrease in Harvard's endowment caused the university to suspend the expansion projects. In 2016, Harvard began building again, has completed two new buildings and

1785-524: The former industrial cities of New Hampshire , Maine , and Connecticut , as well as the New York City area (particularly in northern New Jersey and Yonkers ) and Upstate New York, where they are commonly seen as far west as Utica. Three-deckers are also found in Canadian cities with strong ties to New England, particularly Halifax, though they are less ubiquitous. They were primarily housing for

1836-471: The historic stockyards of Allston. Housing stock varies but largely consists of brick apartment buildings, especially on Commonwealth Avenue and the streets directly off it, while areas further down Brighton Avenue, close to Brighton, are largely dotted with wooden triple-deckers . Lower Allston, across the Massachusetts Turnpike from the southern portion of Allston, consists of mostly 1890–1920s single-family and multi-family Victorian homes. Allston borders

1887-403: The main southern area and a smaller northern spur, separated from Cambridge by the Charles River . Allston–Brighton was formerly an agrarian area known as Little Cambridge . It was incorporated into the city of Boston and received one of the earliest streetcar lines, becoming one of the nation's first streetcar suburbs and home to some of Boston's moderately wealthy classes. Today the area

1938-640: The mill workers and their families. This style of housing differed greatly from the well-spaced boardinghouses of the early 19th century built in Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts , or the cottages of Rhode Island. A different three-story style apartment house is also common in urban working-class neighborhoods in northern New Jersey (particularly in and around Newark , Jersey City and Paterson ). They are sometimes locally referred to as "Bayonne Boxes". Similar brick apartment buildings were built in Chicago in

1989-513: The neighborhood's musical acts. In the 1960s, Boston Mayor Kevin White developed Summerthing, a series of free concerts performed at Allston's Ringer Park. Several Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artists played for free, including The Byrds, Bo Diddley, BB King and Chuck Berry. Major League Baseball's Boston Braves played at Braves Field (now Boston University's Nickerson Field ) at Allston's eastern edge, from 1915 to 1952. The Boston Patriots of

2040-474: The neighborhood's population (as compared to 39.1% for the city of Boston as a whole). The high concentration of students and "twenty-somethings" has created tension between some long-time residents and the student population which constantly cycles in and out as students matriculate and graduate from Boston's many colleges and universities. In addition to nightly dancing and live music at area bars, house parties abound on surrounding streets, particularly during

2091-569: The school year. This has long been a sore point among other Allston residents. The largest religious affiliation is Catholic (48.2%), followed by unspecified Christian (4.9%), Baptist (2%), and Muslim (1%). Notes Further reading 42°21′10″N 71°07′56″W  /  42.3529°N 71.1321°W  / 42.3529; -71.1321 Triple-decker During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tens of thousands of three-deckers were constructed, mostly in New England , as

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2142-463: The south and southeast, Cambridge to the north and Newton to the west, so they retain a very distinct neighborhood identity together. Allston–Brighton is often perceived as being separate from the rest of the city since many urbanized Greater Boston areas such as Cambridge and Somerville are independently governed cities, but it is in fact part of the city of Boston. It is divided by the Massachusetts Turnpike , also known as Interstate 90 , into

2193-557: The south. Allston claims to be the only community in America named for an artist. Lower Allston is a small neighborhood that consists of a mix of young professionals, blue-collar tradesmen, members of the educational community, homeowners, and long-term residents. Unlike the rest of Allston, Lower Allston has far fewer students. The neighborhood is very quiet, has extremely low crime, and is an easy walk to Allston Village or Harvard Square . Lower Allston has close proximity to Route 2,

2244-489: The state legislature to restore train service in the area. In June 2012, plans were announced for a station to be called Boston Landing , located in Brighton, to serve the Allston-Brighton area. Originally intended to open in 2014, the station finally opened in 2017. In September 2014, plans for a $ 25 million commuter rail station called West Station were announced. The station's construction will coincide with

2295-491: The station and post office in Brighton's eastern portion were given the name "Allston" after Washington Allston , the noted painter who had lived and worked across the Charles River in the Cambridgeport section of Cambridge. It can even be said to have been named for a specific painting: Washington Allston's "Fields West of Boston". Allston has never existed as a separate political entity in its own right. Brighton

2346-418: The time. Music venues in Allston include Brighton Music Hall (formerly Harpers Ferry ), O'Brien's Pub, Paradise Rock Club , Scullers Jazz Club , and The Silhouette Lounge. Several recording studios are located in the neighborhood, such as Galaxy Park , established in 1999. Allston's music scene includes a DIY community. The annual Allston-Brighton parade and annual Allston DIY Fest feature many of

2397-488: The world. Harvard Avenue hosts a number of furniture stores, thrift shops, and stores that offer items for resale, due to the large student body and high residential turnover. The section of the neighborhood that lies immediately south of the turnpike and centers on the stretch of Harvard Avenue between Commonwealth Avenue and Cambridge Street also houses many shops, bars, and restaurants. Recent business promotion initiatives have dubbed this area "Allston Village". This area

2448-478: The zip code 02134. For the most part, Allston is administered collectively with the adjacent neighborhood of Brighton . The two are often referred to together as Allston–Brighton . Boston Police Department District D-14 covers the Allston-Brighton area and a Boston Fire Department Allston station is located in Union Square which houses Engine 41 and Ladder 14. Engine 41 is nicknamed "The Bull" to commemorate

2499-519: Was annexed by the City of Boston in 1874. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow owned several properties in Allston. In 1887 the wooden depot was replaced by the station depicted at the right. In 1888 Boston's first trolley route began there, running a route through Coolidge Corner , Brookline, to Boylston Street, to downtown Boston. The Allston community developed largely around large railroad and livestock operations. The Boston and Albany Railroad operated

2550-519: Was attended by Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell 's work at the school inspired him to begin experiments in an apparatus to help deaf children hear. These experiments eventually led to the telephone. The school serves the hearing impaired in Boston from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Jackson Mann School, also on Armington Street, serves residents from kindergarten through eighth grade. German International School Boston (previously called "German School Boston"), located on Holton Street,

2601-541: Was then perpetuated by the presence of an opulent Packard dealership. Only a Toyota dealer and a Vespa dealer remain, but the windowed buildings along the eastern end of Brighton Avenue reflect this history. The Massachusetts Turnpike Extension, built largely on part of the Boston and Albany right-of-way, opened through Allston in 1964 and 1965. Allston is home to numerous small businesses and restaurants. Brighton Avenue, between Packard's Corner and Allston Street, boasts various ethnic and national cuisines from around

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