Total future shock. I lived in Charlestown in the 1970s and went back just to see the place about twenty years ago. Since then I have lived in a small European country. The transition from Charlestown to the North End blew my mind, because I did not recognize anything until Causeway Street. I walked and took the elevated Orange line train over the same route many many times when I was a boy, but wow, like I said total Future Shock.
Thank you . These videos mean so much to me since at the moment I can not travel . Thank you very much . God bless you for bringing us on your journey.
@@lebellees-double-you2827 It was a rough neighborhood then. A poor/working class Irish Neighborhood with a heavy Irish mob presence. It was a nearly all white neighborhood and was very closed off. The housing projects were mostly white too and as dangerous as other projects. Locals knew you weren't from there, and no matter who you were you didn't belong. Many neighborhoods were like this then but Charlestown was notorious. It has changed and It is safe now. The property is worth a ton. It is a beautiful very, very old neighborhood that has slowly changed into something else - like many city neighborhoods in the U.S..
@@lebellees-double-you2827 Oh - and visit the U.S.S. Constitution Museum/Ship - I used to work there (so i did go to Charlestown!). It is on the water outside of the neighborhood proper. This walking tour totally missed it and it's a major sight in Charlestown. The harbor is beautiful.
Thank you for taking us to these places of history. I have enjoyed all your videos. And this one to Boston has been nice. Bet it would be pretty in the summer also.
At 12:25 you were walking up Cordis Street (in fact, right at the 12:27 mark you walked right by the house I grew up in & lived in for 26 years - 20 Cordis (Said like Core-diz) Street. Cordis Street Ave is a side street of Cordis Street.
So at the point where the Freedom Trail splits, there is a blue sign (which you can see in the video) that says "to USS Constitution." You then went the other way.
Bunker Hill Monument with white snow in background really stands out. Maybe you can get to the USS Constitution on your return trip as well as a trip to Lexington and Concord where the Revolution started and where the first "Shot Was Heard Around the World" on April 19, 1775. It's a very short drive from Woburn. Meantime, thanks for the history refresher lesson..
I really like Boston but being British I kinda feel a bit bad about my ancient ancestors and what they did. Still, great video Action Kid. Will you do any electric scooter tours soon also?
I am from Charlestown MA there once an Elevator line call the Main Line El now called the Orange Line the construction started in 1898 completed in 1901 that’s when the Main Line El open up it ran from Sullivan Square to Dudley Street in Roxbury it ran down Main Street over the Washington Street bridge then it took a right on Causeway Street to North Station then into a tunnel that took the line under Downtown Boston check out the history of the MBTA on the website
Actually the battle was fought all over Charlestown, it wasn’t limited to bunker hill at all. It’s called the battle of bunker hill, because that is where the original plan was for the patriots to place the fort. However, upon arrival, they decided Breeds hill was better suited for the redoubt or fort. Bunker Hill and Breeds hill are directly next to each other in Charlestown. The village of Charlestown was completely burned down during the battle, and it went as far as Charlestown neck. I have lived on Bunker Hill in Charlestown for my whole life, I dug up musket & cannon balls as a kid.
Wish I was there with you I love to walk just sit way too much thank you virus! But I live in So CA and well you know I have CA cabin fever...We all should get back to REAL history =) Thanks dude!
There is still a strong percentage of townies who have lived there for generations. And there are three public housing projects so not everything is super rich. Charlestown has the highest concentration of public housing projects in the country. Mishaum park has a lot of born and raised townies still kicking!! 🤘🏻👊🏻
@@keeppunchin2302 hi thanks for the reply. i remember the bussing eposodes on the news. in the early 70's. from then to today its night and day. from what i have seen over the 40 plus year of living and working around here. ( im not a charlestown resident ) as a kid all the neighbor hoods were closed to outsiders today you can acually bike through with out the perception that something bad is going to take place.
My man you were about 3 blocks from the USS Constitution. Had you gone down park st and took a left you would have come to Constitution road and the entrance to the Navy Yard.
Having lived at Bunker Hill, this tour shows the area very gentrified. But, there is a lot of poverty around it. The lifelong goal of some thug teens there is to steal a car, and burn it.
