East Boston

East Boston, especially the Maverick Square area, was pretty cool. For transit, Hubway (bikeshare), the MBTA Blue Line, many reasonably frequent bus lines, and two Key Bus Routes all serve the neighborhood. Maverick Station and its bus bays are straight in the middle of Maverick Square, and act as an important hub of the neighborhood. The area lies near Logan Airport, and streets are arranged in a loose grid. The neighborhood is predominately Latino, and is mostly working class, though some new upper class developments can be seen. The buildings include tall public buildings, single story commercial, townhouses, and lower density mixed-use. Most buildings are older, and businesses range in variety quite a lot as well, from taquerias to light industry, and everything in between. My suggestion for the neighborhood would be to designate certain mixed income "corridors" and allow the rest of the neighborhood gentrify naturally. A pretty good area.