Everything about Allston
Neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
Allston is an officially recognized neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet Washington Allston. It comprises the land covered by the zip code 02134. For the most part, Allston is administered collectively with the adjacent neighborhood of Brighton. The two are often referred to together as Allston–Brighton. Boston Police Department District D-14 covers the Allston-Brighton area and a Boston Fire Department Allston station is located in Union Square which houses Engine 41 and Ladder 14. Engine 41 is nicknamed "The Bull" to commemorate the historic stockyards of Allston. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: AllstonA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: From Allston to Ahmedabad: American hegemony in management education reexaminedInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Life and Letters of Washington AllstonThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Boston College-Allston/Brighton Partnership: Description and ChallengesCited 30 times
- Go sideways: Fenway–KenmoreA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Commonwealth Avenue (Boston)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Boston College-Allston/Brighton Partnership: Description and Challenges
Remaking public service broadcasting: Lessons from Allston-Brighton free radio
Washington Allston: Method, Imagination, and Reality
Life and Letters of Washington Allston
The “Intellectual and Moral Made Visible”: The 1839 Washington Allston Exhibition and Unitarian Taste in Boston
America's First Romantics: Richard Henry Dana, Sr. and Washington Allston
Transatlantic Address: Washington Allston and the Limits of Romanticism
Washington Allston and the sister arts tradition in America
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
The Life and Letters of Washington AllstonJared Bradley Flagg · 1892
The Correspondence of Washington AllstonNathalia Wright · 2014
"A man of genius"William H. Gerdts, Theordore E. Stebbens · 1979- 📕Charlesview HousingJohn Zeisel · 1975
Last evening with AllstonPeabody, Elizabeth Palmer · 1975- 📕Institutional master plan notification formHarvard University · 2006
- 📕Harvard University Allston campus institutional master plan notification formHarvard University. Allston Development Group · 2007
- 📕Catalogue of W. Allston's pictures · 1814
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