Jamaica Plain

Jamaica Plain: Then & Now is a fascinating photographic history of a Boston neighborhood once referred to as the Eden of America. At one time a part of Roxbury and later West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain was annexed to the city of Boston in 1874. During the next five decades, the neighborhood expanded due to the railroad and streetcars and became known as one of the streetcar suburbs. In this lavishly illustrated book, vintage images placed alongside contemporary photographs show well-known build...