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Jamaica Plain as tourist destination?

By adamg on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 1:03pm

It's got a bucolic arboretum, a factory tour, plenty of dining options and, as Anali alerts us, even a place to stay, not far from a charming pond. Stick JP in the Berkshires, and you know people would be flocking to it.

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By chicken on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 1:46pm.

The hipster, found in many different colors, all ironic. Often spotted partaking of the local flora.

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By Michael Kerpan on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 2:14pm.

We stayed there when it was still under renovation. It was our base for exploring Roslindale real estate -- and then later, we lived there while waiting a few days to move into our house.

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By anon on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 2:37pm.

Don't forget the old Hotel Morse on Green Street when considering accommodations.

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By NotWhitey on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 3:30pm.

And the Hotel McKinley across the street.

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By Michael Kerpan on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 8:24pm.

...always really apartments?

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By EM Painter on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 2:51pm.

Not that easy to get to the nice part.

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By anon on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 3:03pm.

I don't know what Painter is talking about, but JP has great public transit access. There are 4 Orange Line stops. Centre street where a lot of the restaurants and bars are close to Green Street orange line station. Between 5 and 10 mins to walk to. Hyde Square is between 5-10 mins from both Stony Brook and Jackson Square stations. The Brewery is a block from the Stony Brook station. The Arboretum is right next to Forest Hills. The only one sort of far is the Pond which is about 10-15 min walk from Green Street.

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By Stewart on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 4:32pm.

The T has buses too. The 39 goes right down Centre Street all the fucking time. Love it when people act like buses don't exist.

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By EM Painter on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 5:40pm.

I wouldn't send my Aunt Frannie walking out of the Jackson Square T stop.

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By Ron Newman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:52pm.

plenty of 'old' people ride the T, including the buses, every day. Why shouldn't your aunt get to enjoy the Sam Adams brewery tour?

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By Sally on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 7:41pm.

I bet you anything that Aunt Frannie isn't as big a cowardly suburbanite as her nephew who apparently thinks an eight-minute walk from the T is too much to bear...

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By EM Painter on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 9:31pm.

I will beat her until she says she loves Jackson Square.

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By Sally on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:56am.

Frannie and I had coffee at Ula this morning and she's hitting the Brewery this afternoon after a stroll around the Arboretum. And yeah--she thinks you're a big wuss.

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By Jamaica Plainer on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:33pm.

If by no good transport to the good areas you mean having four orange line stops and 1 green line stop, then you're right. The Green street station has America's only subway art gallery and the condos across the street going for nearly $500/sf. How long has it been since you've been here?

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By NotWhitey on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 3:33pm.

Parts of JP. I think the Berkshires could do without the Boylston st/Egleston area right now.

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By erik g on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 8:22am.

You do know that the 'factory tour' link points to the Sam Adams Brewery, which is actually on Boylston Street, yes? As an added bonus, on sunny Saturday afternoons, the Stony Brook stop turns all-white, as hordes of 20-somethings decide to brave the Orange Line to check out the low-rent parts of town and buy $9 growlers at the brewery. Probably won't freak out the Berkshire crowd OR Aunt Frannie!

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By Jamaica Plainer on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:35pm.

Check this place out - right next to the Brewery:

http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p240435

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By The Boston Home Team on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 6:57pm.

Painter might be surprised to know the Red Line appears to beat out the Orange Line for crime. Must be those hungry Harvard students.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-02-05/news/2933754...

Also, JP has vacation rentals now too!

http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p240435

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By HenryAlan on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:46am.

While it's true that the raw numbers reveal more incidents on the Red Line, as a ratio of incidents to ridership, the Orange Line has a higher crime rate. However, I consider the Orange Line (and the entire system) to be quite safe. Fewer than a thousand major incidents per year on a system that carries 1.3 million passengers each day is statistically insignificant.

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By anon on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 9:12am.

Every week, people from all over the world come to JP to tour the Sam Adams Brewery!

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By Whit on Wed, 06/01/2011 - 10:22am.

There are trolley tours lumbering around Stonybrook and Green on the way to and around the brewery. It's amazing. I would NEVER have guessed such a thing even two years ago. Everything from (but not including) Boylston on over away from Egleston towards Green Street is changing rapidly--and I mean that in a good way. I could do without the trolleys, but they're better than getting stabbed in the head.

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