In a message dated 1/21/03 7:20:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, Patlynchma@aol.com writes: > At about the same time came the building of the first important railroad, > one from Boston to Albany, which ran across the newly created land. The > two > cities were now only fifteen hours apart. A highway paralleling the > railroad > was built and named Albany Street. The streets branching from it it were > named after the towns and cities which the railroad had now made near > neighbors. > > > Patrick Lynch, Urban Planner > Some of the streets: Berkeley, Bristol, Randolph, Malden, Wareham, Plympton, E. Dedham, jE.Canton, E. Brookline, Sharon, E. Newton, Stoughton, E. Concord, Mass. Ave., Northhampton, Southhampton Janice