European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Young Boston lans have transformed the waterfront area into a Chic residential area. ,.,. Man Yyoung people chose to remain in Boston after College because of its Beacon Hill new citizens help preserve Best of old City. Hood known As the ten years ago it was 1m acres at dilapidated fruit Ware houses wharves and tin sided shacks. Now it is Boston s most trendy glistening neighbourhood. About 40 of the substantial Granite wharves and warehouses have been cleaned up and trimmed out. Now they arc filled with posh shops restaurants offices and some of the most expensive apartments in the City. Since 1h"0, the waterfront population has gone from less than 1,000 to 3,400 people. And it is inc new professionals who Are paying $125.000 for a two bedroom condominium on a wharf. The place swarms with Young doctors lawyers architects and engineers. Probably the single most important Factor in attracting them to Boston is the colleges. There Are More than 80 of them in the metropolitan area. They Range from the Heights of Harvard to the anonymity of Junior business colleges. There arc a lot of graduates who Are attracted to living in Boston says Edward Rowley director of alumni placement at Harvard business school it s a significant they they come from everywhere to Boston a a d number grew up in new Turk and new Jersey and this is � Hul they compare it . New York Lias a lot of things Boston does to says Rowley. New York is a bigger stage for tigers to operate of. But a lot of people feel the Price of new York is too High both economically and in How much time it takes. Boston has a belter balance of convenience and Nice things than new York docs. This is a Good place to the human scale of Boston its livability As mayor Kevin ii. White puts it is usually mentioned when people talk about Why they came. New York seemed just too big said fran Jacobs 26, a native of it. Lee . There Are to Many people. I always had a feeling there that i never knew an area very Well and could t know enough then she came in Brandeis University which is just outside Boston in Wal Ham i be been Here 10 years and i m constantly running into people i know. Boston seems much smaller and More Man so Here she slays working As an educational consultant and zipping to new Hampshire for quiet weekends in the country. Compared with most american cities. Boston is compact. The City covers 48 Square Miles while san Antonio Tex which has about the same number of people sprawls Over 154 Square Miles. It is a 10-Minutc subway ride for instance from the downtown Boston department stores to the Shacty boutiques. 20 bookstores and College aged throngs of Harvard Square. Fenway Park Home of the Boston red sox. Is a Short walk from symphony Hall Home of the Boston symphony. Kree Rock concerts on the Banks of the Charles can be comfortably heard from the Lush apartments carved out of grand Beacon Hill draw ing rooms i have easy Access to everything says Curran the Wellesley graduate it s very easy to get out of Boston to go skiing or sailing. And i can just walk across the Park to go to the museum of Fine go to everything literally. Symphony con certs museums the opera International packed into this Small piece of geography is a bubbling array of entertainment. On a typical weekend there Are Apt to be performances of so different plays and concerts. Forty Art galleries have exhibits 30 Heaters show movies. There s an awful lot of Talent hanging Alonzo Saunders. 30. Of Cincinnati a lawyer who discovered Boston when he went to Harvard. It s not Broadway. Lord he says but you can see and do a comparable Range of sunday May 29, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11
