Dorchester Heights
Dorchester Heights is the central area of South Boston. It is the highest area in the neighborhood and commands a view of both Boston Harbor and downtown.Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Boston High School and Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery.
South Boston High School
School
South Boston High School was a public high school located in South Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was part of Boston Public Schools. The school closed in 2003, and its former facility is currently occupied by Excel High School.
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery
Church
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Augustine Chapel and Cemetery is a historic Catholic church on Dorchester Street between West Sixth and Tudor Streets in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Boston and South Bay Interchange.
South Boston
Photo: Dale Cruse, CC BY 2.0.
Honor. Tradition. Loyalty. If you're familiar with South Boston as presented on the silver screen, these values might spring foremost to your mind. You wouldn't be wrong, but a lot has changed since mob boss Whitey Bulger controlled his criminal underworld from here during the 1970s.
South Bay Interchange
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The South Bay Interchange is a massive interchange in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, in the US. The interchange consists of Interstate 90, the Mass Pike Extension, and the Interstate 93 concurrency with US 1 and MA 3 south of the Thomas P.
Leather District
Neighborhood
Photo: Marcbela, Public domain.
The Leather District is a neighborhood of Boston near South Street, between the Financial District and Chinatown. The Leather District is a tightly defined area bounded by Kneeland Street to the south, Essex Street to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the east and Lincoln Street to the west.
Dorchester Heights
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: central area of South Boston
- Categories: historic district and locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.33343° or 42° 20′ 0″ northLongitude
-71.04394° or 71° 2′ 38″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
87JC8XM4+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 158858587OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q5297608
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Dorchester Heights” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “多爾切斯特高地”
- Estonian: “Dorchester Heights”
- Japanese: “ドーチェスター高地”
- Spanish: “Dorchester Heights”
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