NEIGHBORHOOD WERE DRAWN TO THIS DESK TO THIS AREA WERE DRAWN TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IN THE EARLY 1900S MANY AFRICAN-AMERICANS MOVING TO BOSTON SETTLED HERE: SOUTH END, DORCHESTER, WEST ROXBURY OR D, WE CAN HELP. -- BEACON HILL. THE ANSWER IS A, FORMERLY ENSLAVED PEOPLE SETTLED IN SOUTH END. SHAYNA: IT IS KNOWN FOR CHIC SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BROWNSTONES AND LUXURY HIGH-RISE THAT RISE JUST AS QUICKLY AS THEIR LUXURY PRICED RENT. LONG-TERM RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WILL TELL YOU BOSTON SOUTH BEND IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A NEIGHBORHOOD. >> YOU CAN SEE ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL TYPES OF OCCUPATIONS FROM THE BAY AREA TO BEING EMPTY-NESTERS, PROFESSIONALS WITH CHILDREN. >> AND HAS A NICE FEEL. >> IT IS A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A BIG CITY. WE HAVE GREAT INTIMATE RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND SHOPS WHERE THEIR OWNERS ARE THE ONES WORKING. >> BOARDED BY -- BORDERED BY BACK BAY, CHINATOWN AND ROXBURY, THE SOUTH END WAS NOT ALWAYS THE PLACE TO BE SAYS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. >> IF YOU LOOK AT AN OLD MAP OF BOSTON, YOU SEE A WEIRD PENINSULA ATTACHED TO THE MAINLAND BY A SKINNY STRIP OF LAND CALLED THAT. THAT IS WHERE THE SOUTH END STARTS. AND FOR A LONG TIME IT WAS UNDEVELOPED. SHAYNA: BY THE MID-1800S, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH AND DUCHESS SOUTH END UBIQUITOUS BRICK ROW HOUSES STARTED. THEN LATER MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES MOVED OUT AND IT BECAME A TRANSIENT COMMUNITY, ATTRACTING IMMIGRANTS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS MOVING NORTH AFTER SLAVERY. >> AFTER 1960 IT WAS A ROOMING HOUSE DISTRICT. THE NEWSY FAMILY START TO MOVE IN AND BUY A POLL HOUSES AND CONVERT THEM BACK INTO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THAT BEGAN THE PROCESS OF REVITALIZATION AND GENTRIFICATION IN THE AREA. SHAYNA: TODAY IT IS WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE WANT TO BE, MAKING IT A GREAT PLACE TO START A BUSINESS. ANTHONY: THERE IS A LOT MORE TO KNOW. AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, IT WAS A PIVOTAL PACE -- PLACE DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. SHAYNA: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE HE WAS A STUDENT AT BU. HE RETURNED YEARS LATER TO LEAD ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR FREEDOM MARCHES IN THE CITY, THEY START IN THE SOUTH END AND ENDED AT BOSTON COMMON. THAT IS CHRONICLE FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M SHAYNA SEYMOUR. ANTHONY: I’M ANTHONY EVERETT. HAVE A GREAT EVENING AT A GREA