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Josiah Quincy School

Place: Josiah Quincy School & Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England

Address: 90 Tyler Street

Neighborhood: Chinatown

A very important location in Boston's Chinatown is the original Josiah Quincy School, which is now home of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England.
To visit, ride the Orange Line to Tufts/New England Medical Center. Walk east onto Kneeland Street and down Tyler Street.

"The Quincy School, opened in 1847, was a model public school  conceived by renowned educator Horace Mann. The innovative building was designed by architect Gridley J. F. Bryant. Each teacher had their own classroom and students were separated by grade, very progressive ideas at the time. In the late 19th century, the Quincy School also offered evening classes for the immigrants of South Cove. In 1976, the old public school closed and the building became the home of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England. Today it is a thriving community center, home to many Chinatown organizations."

February 2014

January 2012

To learn more about the Josiah Quincy School and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association:
https://sites.google.com/site/jqssara011012/about-us/jqs-history-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Consolidated_Benevolent_Association

Ping On Alley

Place: Ping On Alley

Address: Essex Street, near Edinboro Street

Neighborhood: Chinatown

Walking around Boston's Chinatown on February 10, 2014, I came upon the site where the first Chinese people in Boston settled.
 To visit Ping On Alley, ride the Green Line to Boylston or the Orange Line to Chinatown/Essex. Walk east on Boylston Street and Essex Street until you get to a parking area near Edinboro Street.

"In 1989 Oliver Place was renamed Ping On Alley, "Alley of Peace and Security," in honor of Boston's First Chinese immigrants. They pitched their tents here beginning in 1875, and since that time this site has been central to the lives of a growing Chinese community. Until the 1950s, a communal roasting oven, used by residents and restaurants, was located here."

To learn more about Ping On Alley:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM16HE_Ping_On_Alley
http://sampan.org/2011/07/a-walk-through-chinatown/

Boston Molasses Flood

Place: Boston Molasses Flood

Address: Commercial Street, near Copp's Hill

Neighborhood: North End

TheMBTADog is back from winter break. Due to lack of time, I will not post as often as I had during the autumn of 2015, but I will try my best to create at least two posts a week.

On December 12, 2014, I looked for the site of the Great Molasses Flood! 97 years ago, there was a great flood of molasses in the North End. At the time, there was an elevated rapid transit line called the Atlantic Avenue Elevated on Commercial Street, which was taken down in 1938.
To visit the site of the Boston Molasses Flood, get to North Station and walk east onto Causeway Street and Commercial Street until you reach a park. Bus route 4 can also take you there, but service is limited to weekday rush hour, so it is better to walk from North Station. The North End is best traveled by foot.

"On January 15, 1919, a molasses tank at 529 Commercial Street exploded under pressure, killing 21 people. A 40-foot wave of molasses buckled the elevated railroad tracks, crushed buildings and inundated the neighborhood. Structural defects in the tank combined with unseasonably warm temperatures contributed to the disaster."

To learn more the Boston Molasses Flood:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood
http://www.historytoday.com/chuck-lyons/sticky-tragedy-boston-molasses-disaster

Merry Christmas!

TheMBTADog will be going on a winter break. New posts will return in late December or January. 
Merry Christmas!