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Mission Hill is a ¾ square mile〔(dynamic Google-generated map of Mission Hill neighborhood )〕 neighborhood of Boston, with the population of over 13,000 in 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES 2008-2012 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates )〕 nearly 16,000 people in 2007, and now likely about 19,000,〔(Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services (MHNHS), About Mission Hill, accessed 2/23/2015) )〕 of whom about 3,000 short-term residents are undergraduates from neighboring colleges and maybe another 1500 are short-term visiting scholars, students, researchers, and degree candidates working in the adjacent Longwood Medical Area. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Columbus Avenue and the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury to the east, Ruggles Street to the northeast and the Olmsted designed Riverway/Jamaicaway, and the town of Brookline to the west. The Historic District is roughly bounded by Smith Street, Worthington Street, Tremont Street (to the south), and Huntington Avenue (to the west). The Mission Hill neighborhood is immediately north of the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. It is served by the MBTA Green Line E Branch and the Orange Line, and is within walking distance of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Gardner Museum. "The Hill" overlaps with about half of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, home to 21 health care, research, and education institutions which together provides the largest employment area in the City of Boston outside of downtown. Due to these adjacencies, the neighborhood is often struggling with institutional growth taking residential buildings and occupying storefront commercial space. But recent years have seen new retail stores, restaurants, and residential development giving the neighborhood a stronger political voice and identity, as some of the educational institutions have made commitments to house all or most of their about 2000 undergraduate students in newly erected campus housing, including several new high-rise dormitories. People ages 20 to 24 account for 32% of the population currently living in Mission Hill. Mission Hill is an architectural landmark district with a combination of freestanding houses built by early wealthy landowners, blocks of traditional brick rowhouses, and many triple-deckers. Many are now condominiums, but there are also several two-family and some single-family homes. The neighborhood was named in March 2008 as one of 25 "Best ZIP Codes in Massachusetts" by ''The Boston Globe'', citing increased value in single-family homes, plentiful restaurants and shopping, a marked racial diversity, and the behavioral fact that 65% of residents walk, bike, or take public transit to their work.〔http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2008/03/16/the_best_zip_codes/〕 ==Geography== The neighborhood has two main commercial streets: Tremont Street and Huntington Avenue. Both have several small restaurants and shops. Mission Hill is at the far western end of Tremont Street, with Government Center at the far eastern end. Mission Hill has two main ZIP codes; the southern half is designated 02120 and the northern area is 02115. Additionally, a very small portion of the southeastern edge uses the code 02130 and two streets on the far western edge use 02215. Parker Hill, Roxbury Crossing, the Triangle District, Back of The Hill, and Calumet Square are areas within the Mission Hill, an officially designated neighborhood in Boston (as attested by numerous signs prohibiting parking without a suitable Mission Hill neighborhood residential sticker, which only residents can procure legally). Brigham Circle, located at the corner of Tremont and Huntington is the neighborhood's commercial center, with a grocery store (Stop & Shop), drug stores, bistros, banks, and taverns. Additionally, two other smaller commercial areas are in the neighborhood: Roxbury Crossing and the corner of Huntington and South Huntington next to the Brookline line. One block up the hill from Brigham Circle is Boston's newest park, Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park (formerly Puddingstone Park)〔(Mission Hill NHS. Puddingstone Park )〕〔(The Church's own web site )〕 created when a new $60-million mixed use building was completed in 2002. On Tremont Street is Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica (1878, Schickel and Ditmars, 1910 towers addition by Franz Joseph Untersee),〔(The Mission Church )〕 an eponymous landmark building that dominates the skyline of the area. The church was chosen as the location for the funeral of Senator Edward M. Kennedy on Saturday, August 29, 2009. Also nearby is the recently restored Parker Hill Library,〔(Parker Hill Branch Library )〕 the neighborhood branch of the Boston Public Library,〔(Boston Public Library )〕 and designed by architect Ralph Adams Cram in 1929. The city used eminent domain to acquire the land for both the library and the adjacent Mission Hill playground. Atop the hill are the New England Baptist Hospital and the Parker Hill Playground, which extends from the hospital grounds down Parker Hill Avenue. Parker Hill Playground, originally proposed in 1915 by then Boston Mayor James Curley, is also one of the highest points in the city where one can enjoy a panoramic view of downtown Boston, Boston Harbor, and the Blue Hills. Always considered a part of Roxbury until a generation ago, Mission Hill is now most often regarded as a conceptually distinct (though not necessarily physically separate) section of the city. However, neighborhood boundaries in Boston are inherently ambiguous, and whether or not Mission Hill is adjacent to Roxbury or remains a section of Roxbury (which it is, according to the City of Boston) is sometimes a subject of vigorous debate.〔Strong arguments for both viewpoints have been presented at Talk:Mission Hill, Boston, Massachusetts. Accompanying this discussion are links to internal sources indicating that other sections of Boston are also subjects of similar debate. Zip codes, electoral zoning, naming of police stations, parking stickers, and myriad other indicators of place have been brought forth as evidence for both sides of the argument. Ultimately, the neighborhoods of Boston have no consistent official status, and the point, taken either way, may be moot.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mission Hill, Boston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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