Heart of the City Project, Database of the Greenspaces of the Arnold Arboretum, Boston Nature Center, Forest Hills Cemetery, Franklin Park, and Southwest Corridor Park, and the Neighborhoods of Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Roslindale and Roxbury. The searchable database covers commerce, community life, environmental, health and transportation issues with source material, pictures, and other connections.

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Places

A
Adams Arboretum Condominiums (former Adams Nervine Asylum)
Adams Park (in Roslindale Village)
Alexander the Great Park (in Roslindale Village)
Allandale Street
Allandale Woods (urban wild)
Almont Playground/Hunt Playground
American Legion Highway (along southeastern border of Franklin Park)
American Legion Highway (along the northwest border of the Boston State Hospital site)
American Legion Highway (as a whole)
American Legion Highway / Morton Street access road
Arboretum Road and tunnel to Arnold Arboretum
Arborway (adjacent to Arnold Arboretum)
Arborway (as a whole)
Arborway (from Kelly Circle to Murray Circle; Jamaica Pond to the Centre Street rotary)
Arborway (pedestrian connection between Forest Hills Station area and Franklin Park)
Arborway (via car between the Arboretum and Franklin Park along Forest Hills T)
Arborway re-connector/ Emerald Necklace Re-connector/ Green connector
Arborway Trolley/ Arborway Green Line/ E Line
Arborway Yard
Arbutus/ Balsam/ Lucerne (area of Dorchester)
Archdale Community Center
Archdale Street and Bussey Bridge
Archdale Village public housing
Arnold Arboretum
Asticou / Martinwood area of Jamaica Plain
Austin Street (the border between Lena Park CDC and the Boston State Hospital site)

B
Barbara McInnis House
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church/ Parkside Christian Academy/ Ten Point Coalition
Blue Hill Avenue (as a whole)
Blue Hill Avenue (eastern edge of Franklin Park)
Blue Hill Avenue (north of Grove Hall Mecca)
Blue Hill Avenue (south of Morton Street in Mattapan)
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary/ George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center
Boston Pre-Release Center (current)
Boston Pre-Release Center (under construction)
Boston State Hospital Site (as a whole)
Boston State Hospital Site (east campus / Harvard Commons)
Boston State Hospital Site (western campus)
Brewery Small Business Center/ Haffenreffer Brewery
Brookside (area of Jamaica Plain)
Brookside Community Garden
Bus system throughout the Heart of the City
Bussey Brook
Bussey Brook Meadow/ Blackwell Footpath/ Arboretum Access Footpath
Bussey Street

C
Canterbury Brook/ Old Brook
Canterbury parcel; Canterbury II Urban Wild (south of Canterbury Street: north of American Legion Highway)
Canterbury Street (along the southeast border of the Forest Hills Cemetery)
Casey Overpass
Cemetery Road/ Franklin Park west of Shattuck Hospital
Central Jamaica Plain (area of Jamaica Plain)
Centre Street (as a whole)
Centre Street (west of the Arnold Arboretum)
Centre Street/ South Street (commercial center of Jamaica Plain)
Charles Stratton Dana Greenhouses and the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection
Circuit Drive/ Jewish War Veterans Highway
City of Boston compost operation on American Legion Highway
Clark-Cooper Community Gardens
Columbia Road
Columbus Avenue
Crawford Street - Freedom House and the Grove Hall Branch Library
Crawford Street Playground/ Ramsay Park
Crawford Street/ Walnut Avenue (area in Roxbury)

D
Daughters of St. Paul, Showa, and Lawrence Farm urban wilds
Dennis C. Haley Elementary School
Department of Public Works pole yard on Forest Hills Street
Dorchester

E
Egleston Square (area of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain)
Egleston Square (Main Street District)
Egleston Square Peace Garden
Egleston Square Youth Center/ Egleston Square YMCA/ Greater Egleston High School
El Parquecito de la Hermanidad/ Covenant Playground
Eldon Street I and II Urban Wilds; Wetland and neighborhood southwest of Arnold Arboretum in Roslindale
Eliot Street
Elm Hill (area of Roxbury)
Elm Hill Park
Emerald Necklace
Endicott Elementary School
English High School, Community Center, and ball fields
Entrances to Franklin Park (historic, current and currently blocked)
Entrances to the Arnold Arboretum
Erie-Ellington (area of Dorchester)
Erie-Ellington Homes
Erie-Ellington Street Playground on Erie Street

F
Fairmount Commuter Rail/ Proposed MBTA Indigo Line/ "Fast Track" Rapid Rail
Fallon Field
Faulkner Hospital
Flaherty Park
Footlight Club
Forest Hills Cemetery
Forest Hills MBTA Station
Forest Hills Street
Franklin Field (area of Dorchester/ Mattapan)
Franklin Field (public housing development in Dorchester)
Franklin Field/ Harambee Park
Franklin Hill (area of Dorchester/ Mattapan)
Franklin Hill (public housing development in Dorchester/ Mattapan)
Franklin Park (as a whole - ENTRY #1)
Franklin Park (as a whole - ENTRY #2)
Franklin Park Apartments
Franklin Park cross-country running course
Franklin Park Golf Course Clubhouse/ William Devine Golf Course Clubhouse
Franklin Park Golf Course Parking Lot
Franklin Park Golf Course/ The Country Park/ William Devine Golf Course
Franklin Park Maintenance Yard

G
Geneva/ Stanwood/ Devon/ Oldfields (area of Roxbury/ Dorchester)
George Robert White Youth Development Center and the Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club
Georgia Street
Giraffe entrance to the Franklin Park Zoo
Glen Road/ Green Street/ Sigourney Street
Goldsmith Brook
Green Street MBTA Station
Greenleaf Composting (compost site north of American Legion Highway)
Grove Hall (area of Roxbury/ Dorchester)
Grove Hall Mecca Mall area

H
Harvard/ Morton/ Blue Hill (area of Dorchester)
Healy/ Roslindale Village (area of Roslindale)
Heart of the City
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged
Hemlock Hill (in the Arnold Arboretum)
Horatio Harris Park
Humboldt/ Homestead (area of Roxbury)
Hunnewell Building (Arnold Arboretum)
Hyde Park Avenue (area of Jamaica Plain and Roslindale)

I
Industrial and business area north of the former Arborway Yard
Intervale Street and Intervale Park/ Children's Park
Italian Home for Children

J
Jamaica Hills (area of Jamaica Plain)
Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Pond
Jeremiah Burke High School
Johnson Memorial Playground
Judge John J. Connelly Youth Center

L
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Lena Park Community Development Corporation (CDC)
Leventritt Garden (shrub and vine collection)
Long Crouch Woods/ the Bear Dens
Longfellow (area of Roslindale)
Loring-Greenough House
Lotus Street
Lucerne Community Garden

M
Mattahunt (area of Mattapan)
Mattapan
MBTA Substation in Roslindale Village
MDC Morton Street/ American Legion Highway parking lot
MDC Parkway system
Monastery of Saint Clare/ Monastery of St. Clare
Monument Square
Morton Street (along Franklin Park and Forest Hills Cemetery)
Morton Street (as a whole)
Morton Street (entrance to Franklin Park blocked in 2002)
Morton Street/ Orchard Hill/ Yale Terrace (area of Jamaica Plain)
Moss Hill
Mt. Hope and New Calvary Cemeteries
Mt. Hope/ American Legion Highway (area of Roslindale)
Muhammad's Mosque #11
Murphy Playground and Agassiz School and Community Center
Murray Circle
Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) (Abbotsford)

N
North of Talbot Avenue (area of Dorchester)

O
Orange Line (formerly the Boston Elevated Railway (the "El"))

P
Pagel Playground
Parking lots within Franklin Park
Parkside (area of Jamaica Plain)
Pasadena/ Supple/ Castlegate (area of Roxbury/ Dorchester)
Peabody Circle
Perimeter of Forest Hills Cemetery
Perimeter of Franklin Park
Perimeter of the Arnold Arboretum
Perimeter of the Boston Nature Center
Peters Hill (area of Roslindale)
Peters Hill (section of the Arnold Arboretum)
Playstead; Franklin Park Stadium/ Robert White Schoolboy Stadium; Steading; Ante-Park
Pondside (area of Jamaica Plain)
Prendergast Preventorium (urban wild)
Prince Street and Francis Parkman Drive
Puddingstone Garden

R
Refectory Hill
Rockvale Circle
Roslindale
Roslindale House/ former Roslindale High School/ Florence House/ Rogerson Communities
Roslindale Village/ Roslindale Square
Roxbury as a whole (1 of 2)
Roxbury as a whole (2 of 2)

S
Scagnoli-Nihil Playing Field at English High School
Scarborough Pond and Scarborough Hill (also called Scarboro Pond)
School Street (area of Jamaica Plain)
Schoolmaster Hill
Seaver Street (area of Roxbury)
Shattuck Shelter Center for the Homeless
Shea Circle/ Morton Circle/ Morton Rotary
Shopping Center on American Legion Highway/ Roslindale Shopping Center
Silver Line
Solomon Lewenberg Junior High School
South Street (area of Jamaica Plain)
South Street (area of Roslindale)
South Street and Longfellow House
South Street between the Arnold Arboretum and the Bussey Brook urban wild
South Street Mall; South Street Courts
South Street Public Housing (125 South Street)
Southwest Corridor Park/ Southwest Corridor
St. Michael Cemetery
St. Rose Street Community Gardens
St. Rose/ Jamaica/ Hampstead (area of Jamaica Plain)
Stanwood and Devon Streets
State Laboratory Institute
Steading area of Franklin Park
Stony Brook
Stony Brook/ Williams Street (area of Jamaica Plain)
Sumner Hill (area of Jamaica Plain)

T
The Wilderness (in Franklin Park)
Theroch Apartments

U
United House of Prayer for All People/ Mishkan Tefila Temple/ Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts

V
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Parkway
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars (area of West Roxbury)

W
Walk Hill Street
Walking loop in Franklin Park (original Circuit Drive)
Walnut House; Council of Elders historic property
Walnut Park Apartments
Walter Street
Walter Street Burying Ground
Warren Street
Washington Heights
Washington Street (as a whole)
Washington Street (Dorchester) between Columbia Road and Blue Hill Avenue at Grove Hall
Washington Street (north of the Forest Hills MBTA Station to Egleston Square)
Washington Street area (north of Egleston Square) and Academy II Homes
Washington Street/ South of Forest Hills (area of Roslindale)
Weld Hill/ Wachusetts/ Walk Hill (area of Jamaica Plain)
Weld/Walter tract of the Arnold Arboretum; also known as Joyce Kilmer Park
Wellington Hill (area of Mattapan)
Westminster/ Walnut Park/ Waldren (area of Roxbury)
Williams Street Urban Wild / Minton Stables Community Garden
Woodbourne (area of Jamaica Plain)
Woolson/ Evelyn/ South of Morton (area of Mattapan)

Z
Zoo New England - Franklin Park Zoo