Brighton’s boundaries are often unknown or a topic of confusion as Allston and Brighton are so often combined in people’s minds. Through interviewing members of the community it was interesting to hear that all 3 subjects had vastly different views on what constituted Brighton’s beginning and end. Majority of people agree that the zip code 01235 is a staple Brighton boundary but disagree on where the physical boundaries lie. As seen in Figure one in the appendix we can see that Brighton spreads across Boston in a seemingly unstructured manner. Without a map Mr. Allan Baber, a Brighton librarian for the past 20 years, understood Brighton’s boundaries to be from the fire station in Oak Square, to the library on North Cambridge and ending at what use to be the cinema in Cleveland Circle.
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Peter Longo, a transient young professional living in Brighton for the past 3 years, recognized the boundaries to be from Boston College to St. Elizabeth’s medical center. Lastly Mrs. Uma Murthy a middle aged Brighton mother views the boundaries mostly by educational institutions from Boston College to Harvard to Boston University and ending at Brookline. The entirety of Brighton covers 2.78 square miles and is connected to Alston. Within Brighton the MBTA green line runs two trains the B on Commonwealth Ave and the C line across the southern tip on Beacon Street. Brighton also hosts multiple local and express busses. Historically Brighton has been a part of multiple of its surrounding communities. In 1630 the land was considered part of Watertown, then became a part of Cambridge earning the name Little Cambridge for its farming community. It became what we today know as Brighton in 1807 and half a decade later voted to join within the City of Boston. Brighton’s roads, people, and economic success was influenced greatly by the cattle industry housing multiple slaughterhouses and the Brighton Stalk
Peter Longo, a transient young professional living in Brighton for the past 3 years, recognized the boundaries to be from Boston College to St. Elizabeth’s medical center. Lastly Mrs. Uma Murthy a middle aged Brighton mother views the boundaries mostly by educational institutions from Boston College to Harvard to Boston University and ending at Brookline. The entirety of Brighton covers 2.78 square miles and is connected to Alston. Within Brighton the MBTA green line runs two trains the B on Commonwealth Ave and the C line across the southern tip on Beacon Street. Brighton also hosts multiple local and express busses. Historically Brighton has been a part of multiple of its surrounding communities. In 1630 the land was considered part of Watertown, then became a part of Cambridge earning the name Little Cambridge for its farming community. It became what we today know as Brighton in 1807 and half a decade later voted to join within the City of Boston. Brighton’s roads, people, and economic success was influenced greatly by the cattle industry housing multiple slaughterhouses and the Brighton Stalk