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Jamaica Plain
Boston
Orange
Crunchy, queer, lefty, and food-obsessed. Centre Street is one of the best restaurant rows in the city; Jamaica Pond is the prettiest urban pond in New England.
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What to do
- •1.5-mi Pond loop
- •Brewery tour at Sam Adams
- •Tres Gatos for tapas + records
- •First Thursdays art walk on Centre St
- •Bukhara Indian
- •Open Studios (Sept)
Walking trails
Flat, paved, kettle pond, sailboats in summer, eagles in winter.
From the Riverway through Olmsted Park, around Jamaica Pond.
Hyde Square to Forest Hills via the best restaurant row in JP.
Events
- •JP Open Studios (last weekend Sept)
- •Lantern Parade (Oct)
- •Hyde Square Music Festival (Aug)
- •First Thursdays art walks
Fun facts
- ✦Has the highest rate of same-sex couples per capita in Boston.
- ✦Jamaica Pond was Boston's main drinking water source until 1848.
- ✦Sam Adams' first brewery wasn't here — but the company is headquartered here now.
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