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All images courtesy of Bill Massaquoi and used with permission.
Housing
Apartment buildings are common near Main Street.
This housing typology is more common in the Brightwood neighborhood.
Another housing typology, also common in Brightwood.
Multi-family houses are more common in the Memorial Square neighborhood.
An abandoned building in the North End.
A number of buildings in the North End have boarded windows from fire or abandonment.
Some of the housing suffers from poor maintenance.
Only a part of this multi-family unit has been abandoned.
Businesses
The Baystate Hospital is the largest employer in the North End.
Main Street is the commercial hub and home to numerous small businesses in the North End.
An autobody shop on Main Street.
A bakery on Main Street.
A gift store on Main Street.
A small music store on Main Street.
A small jewelry store on Main Street.
A mixed use building on Main Street with a number of small businesses.
A small grocery market on Main Street.
A seafood restaurant on Main Street.
A small strip mall on Main Street near the highway entrance.
A small clothing store in the strip mall on Main Street.
Bank of America in the strip mall on Main Street.
A game store in the strip mall on Main Street.
A laundromat in the strip mall on Main Street.
A nail salon in the strip mall on Main Street.
Old San Juan Bakery in the strip mall on Main Street.
A McDonald's sits immediately adjacent to the strip mall.
The New North Citizen's Council is also located on Main Street.
Billboards and graffiti also populate the walls of buildings along Main Street in the North End.
Some businesses are run out of once residential buildings.
Industrial buildings are common in the land around the railroad and highway.
Schools
The Gerena Elementary School, which houses the NEON headquarters.
The Lincoln Magnet School.
The Lincoln Magnet School close up.
Transportation
Interstate 91 runs directly through the North End.
The entrance to I-91.
The railroad tracks run beside the highway and also split the North End in two.
The highway overpass links the neighborhood's two sides.