Abstract
Chelsea, located northeast of Boston, is a small city, 1.8 square miles in area, with a population of 28,000. Over the past century, Chelsea has seen successive waves of immigrants: Irish, Italians, Eastern Europeans, Puerto Ricans, Central Americans, and Southeast Asians. At one time a city flourishing with activity and known for its outstanding school system, Chelsea is now beset by poverty, racial unrest, and substance abuse problems. Streets are lined with cramped brick tenements and wooden tripledeckers. Factories and oil tanks block access to the harbor. A giant toll bridge looms above the city. Lead-paint chips from the bridge contaminate the soil, and exhaust fumes pollute the air. A great many of the city's homes and businesses were burned in the fire of 1973 and were never
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
