Mattapan (Boston)

Mattapan
A vehicle from the Ashmont – Mattapan High Speed ​​Line
Borough of Boston
Basic data
Foundation :	Annexed by Boston in 1870
State :	United States
State :	Massachusetts
County :	Suffolk
Coordinates :	42 ° 16 ′  N , 71 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 71 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Inhabitants : -  Metropolitan Area :	29,416 (as of 2011) 4,578,865 (as of 2011)
Height :	18 m
Postal code :	02126
Area code :	+1 617.857
GNIS ID :	612955
Website :	Mattapan

Mattapan is a district ( Neighborhood ) of Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States . At first Mattapan was part of Dorchester , but was annexed by Boston in 1870 . As with other Boston districts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the development of Mattapan went hand in hand with the increasing development of railways and trams , which ensured continuously improved connections to the city center.

Today the district consists mainly of residential areas with social housing , small apartment buildings and houses for one to three families (so-called “ triple deckers ”). Mattapan's commercial hub is Blue Hill Avenue and Mattapan Square , which are home to banks, law firms, restaurants and retailers. Opened in 2009, a new, for more than four million dollars established branch of the Boston Public Library .

In the language of the Indians , Mattapan stands for a “good place to rest”.

history

Population development

In the 1960s and 1970s there was a major upheaval in the composition of the population in Mattapan , which previously consisted mainly of Jews . In 2011, 7.74% white, 78.08% African American , 1.29% Asian , 0.43% Indian and 12.46% of other origins lived there. 11.28% said they were Hispanic .

This development is due in particular to the years 1968 to 1970, which led to considerable ethnic upheavals throughout Boston (see below). Business practices such as redlining and blockbusting, as well as the sheer fear allegedly spread by real estate agents among residents, led to panic selling and white flight . It is described that the Boston Banks Urban Renewal Group (B-BURG) had expelled the Jews from the district and that the company was - at least partially - responsible for the subsequent decay of the district. This widespread opinion has been discussed between the Catholic and Jewish communities with different points of view.

Due to a sustained wave of immigration from Haiti and other Caribbean states , major upheavals in the population composition of the district are taking place again today. There are now more Haitian immigrants living in Mattapan than anywhere else in Massachusetts.

The district suffers from a comparatively high crime rate, which in 2011 was 8 for serious crimes on a scale from 1 (low) to 10 (high). The Boston rapper Big Shug therefore regularly calls the district “Murderpan”.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Ashmont – Mattapan High Speed ​​Line of the MBTA offers a tram connection to Ashmont . In addition, numerous bus routes and the Fairmount Line commuter trains also serve the district.

Public facilities

The Boston Public Library has its own branch in Mattapan , the origins of which go back to a resident named Increase S. Smith , who founded the Mattapan Library Association on December 18, 1849 . The branch's current building opened on February 28, 2009 at 1350 Blue Hill Avenue .

education

The Boston Public Schools run the borough's public schools:

• Ellison / Parks Early Education School
• James J. Chittick Elementary School
• Mattahunt
• Charles H. Taylor
• Mildred Avenue K-8 School
• Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot K-8 School

In addition, the Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy of the Archdiocese of Boston maintains the Mattapan Square Campus .

Personalities

• Dana Barros (born 1967), former basketball player of the National Basketball Association with the Boston Celtics
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), composer and conductor
• Big Shug , rapper
• John Field (1913–1989), jazz musician
• Thomas M. Finneran , politician
• Nat Hentoff (1925–2017), journalist and jazz critic
• Theodore H. White , writer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Best Places to Live in Mattapan (zip 02126), Massachusetts. In: Sperling's Best Places. Retrieved May 14, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Best Places to Live in Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Metro Area, Massachusetts. In: Sperling's Best Places. Retrieved May 14, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Feature Detail Report for: Mattapan. In: USGS . Retrieved May 14, 2012 . 
4. ^ People in Mattapan (zip 02126), Massachusetts. In: Sperling's Best Places. Retrieved May 14, 2012 . 
5. ^ Hillel Levine, Lawrence Harmon: The death of an American Jewish community . a tragedy of good intentions. Maxwell Macmillan International, New York 1992, ISBN 0-02-913865-5 .
6. ↑ Gerald H. Gamm: Urban exodus . why the Jews left Boston and the Catholics stayed. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1999, ISBN 0-674-93070-3 .
7. ^ Crime in Mattapan (zip 02126), Massachusetts. In: Sperling's Best Places. Retrieved May 14, 2012 . 
8. ^ Mattapan Branch. Boston Public Library , accessed May 14, 2012 . 
9. ^ Ellison / Parks Early Education School. (No longer available online.) Boston Public Schools, archived from the original on June 12, 2010 ; accessed on May 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ James J. Chittick Elementary School. (No longer available online.) Boston Public Schools, archived from the original on June 12, 2010 ; accessed on May 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Matta Hunt Elementary School. (No longer available online.) Boston Public Schools, archived from the original on June 12, 2010 ; accessed on May 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ^ Charles H. Taylor Elementary School. (No longer available online.) Boston Public Schools, archived from the original January 3, 2011 ; accessed on May 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ^ Mildred Avenue K-8 School. (No longer available online.) Boston Public Schools, archived from the original on June 12, 2010 ; accessed on May 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ^ Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot K-8 School. (No longer available online.) Boston Public Schools, archived from the original on June 12, 2010 ; accessed on May 14, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ^ Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy. Retrieved May 14, 2012 . 

Web links

• Boston City website for the Mattapan neighborhood