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HistoryMuch of the area around Boston University was originally swamp where the Charles River flowed the marshy Back Bay. Beacon Street was laid out in 1850. The Boston and Worcester Railroad built tracks and a bridge across the area bringing cattle and meat from the farms and slaughterhouses of Allston and Brighton into the main part of the city. As late as 1880 the area around Kenmore Square was still barely developed. By 1890, the Back Bay landfill had reached Kenmore Square fully connecting the neighborhoodto the rest of Boston to the east.Boston University was founded in 1839 as the Newbury Biblical Institute in Newbury, Vermont. By 1847 the school was invited to relocate in Concord New Hampshire if it would stay for twenty years. There it was became known as Methodist General Biblical Institute. When the twenty year commitment ended, it moved to within a couple of blocks of the Massachusetts State House where the Great and General Court granted it a charter as the Boston Theological Institute. Two years later, in 1869, the legislature chartered the school as Boston University. The oldest stadium in major league baseball, Fenway Park was built near Kenmore Square in 1912. The new park proved to be lucky for the Boston Red Sox since it won the World Series that year and continued to dominate baseball from then until 1918 winning four World Championships in the park’s first seven years - until 1918. Shortly thereafter Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. A long, dismal drought kicked in as the Yankees became the dominate team in baseball. Bostonians blamed it on the curse of the Bambino. It wasn’t until 2004, 86 years later that the Red Sox brought a World Series Championship once again to Fenway Park. Fittingly enough the team was down 3-0 to the Yankees, and came back to win every game. After that four game streak, the Sox went on to defeat the Cardinals in a four game series sweep minutes after a total lunar eclipse. On Saturday, October 30, 2004 a crowd of more than three million people flooded the Boston University area to cheer as the team road the city’s famous duck boats, both in the streets and on the Charles River near the campus. Today, the Red Sox are one of the most successful franchises in the major leagues, riding a record sellout streak of more than six hundred games at Fenway Park. Nickerson Field, now on the Boston University campus, is where the Boston Braves used to play. Ironically, that’s where Babe Ruth ended his career, in 1935 batting a tepid .181 with 6 home runs. DescriptionThe Boston University neighborhood runs west from Kenmore Square along Commonwealth Ave into Allston, between the Charles River on the north and the Fenway area on the south.ResidentsWith more than 32,000 students 4,000 faculty members, and another 3,000 support and administrative personnel, Boston University dominates the area’s character. The median age is 20. One dorm, Shelton Hall, is said to be haunted by the ghost of playwright Eugene O'Neill who lived there when it was a residential hotel. Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King earned his PhD in Theology at BU in 1955. The University houses his collection of personal papers and effects.Rental Housing88% of local residents are renters. Rentals for a one bedroom in the area run from $1500 to $2500 although because of the high student population, a large number of studio apartments also available. 76% of the students live on campus. Much of the housing stock in the immediate area around the campus is post WW II. In Allston, rentals trend older, and are available in two family and even three family homes.Fun StuffKenmore Square is the center of the area’s night life. With a young, vibrant population clubs and restaurants abound. Here are just a few:
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