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Jamaica Plain – “JP” - is a center of urban revival and renewal. It is one of the most diverse and vital neighborhoods in the city of Boston. Within a short walk of the Center you will find a variety of shops and “Best of Boston” restaurants, many specializing in ethnic cuisines. Frederick Law Olmstead’s “Emerald Necklace” runs through JP and includes the beautiful Jamaica Pond, Harvard’s University’s Arnold Arboretum (a world-famous botanical garden), and Franklin Park with its zoo and 18-hole public golf course. An MDC recreational ice-skating rink is open in the winter directly behind the Center, and the original Sam Adams Brewery (free samples offered with tours!) is two blocks from the Center’s Boylston Street location. Many students will have a chance to visit other interesting and historic parts of Boston in connection with their casework. You will receive information on local sites and restaurants during preliminary orientation, but the following websites may be of interest to you:
JP Restaurants
http://www.massmenus.com/JamaicaPlain.htm
Best ice cream in JP
http://www.jplicks.com/
Jamaica Plain Gazette (local newspaper)
http://www.jamaicaplaingazette.com/
Arnold Arboretum
http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/
Jamaica Pond & Olmstead's "Emerald Necklace"
http://www.emeraldnecklace.org
Jamaica Plain Historical Society
http://www.jphs.org/
Forest Hills Cemetery
http://www.foresthillstrust.org/
Franklin Park Zoo
http://www.zoonewengland.com/
Jamaica Plain community website
http://www.jamaicaplain.com/index.php
Jamaica Plain Main Streets Program (City of Boston) http://www.jpcentresouth.org/
JP Neighborhood Development Corporation
http://www.jpndc.org/
Hyde Square (part of JP)
http://www.hydesquare.org/
All kinds of JP/Boston/Suffolk County Data
http://www.hometownlocator.com/City/Jamaica-Plain-Massachusetts.cfm
Allendale Farm: Boston's last working farm - located on the Brookline/JP line
http://www.allandalefarm.com/
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