By Julia Horneck
“There are some crazies around here and they do some wild stuff outside,” said 39-year-old Matthew Postal, owner of Lilly’s Gourmet Pasta Express. “I’ve seen people get chased...
Corey Dockser
William Morehouse, 26, is from a small town in upstate New York. When he first moved to Mission Hill, he was overwhelmed by the noisiness and pace of life.
“I remember the first...
By Madelaine Millar
Paula Lawrence remembered a time that community gardens used to be built and maintained in vacant lots. She called them “guerrilla gardens.” Since then, the city has worked...
By Emma Pettit
Basketball has always been central to Melika Clark’s life. Whether it was her own youth basketball career or those of the students who she currently mentors, Clark lives for basketball.
“When...
By Drew Baldwin
Kelly Kim, 29, has mixed feelings about living in Mission Hill.
“I like it because it’s close to school, but the neighborhood is not so safe. There are times when I don’t want...
By D. Alexandra Naulanini-Figueroa
Standing in a freezing cold street corner, Joseph Killian tried to help direct the craze after the final school bell. With hordes of excited children and incoming...
By Ellie MacLean
While standing at the corner of Tremont and Worthington Street, 56-year-old Seth Burns is able to greet nearly every passerby by name. Over the past 30 years of living in Mission Hill,...
By Cody Mello-Klein
Samuel Lang was surprised by how quickly the police showed up to his apartment in Mission Hill. He had locked himself out and was attempting to break in when a neighbor called the...
By Jingfei Cui
With music playing from the phone in her pocket, 25-year Mission Hill resident Cora Higgins walked through McLaughlin Playground. Her dog, Seamus, ran around tirelessly. It was snowy,...
By Jung Hoon Kim
Chané Ghuman just moved to Mission Hill. She liked the neighborhood right away.
“The day I moved in to my apartment,” Ghuman said, “the entire neighbourhood seemed so different....
By Bridget Peery
Janice Dungee sat below the high counter of the Huntington Square Coin-Op Laundry in Mission Hill, a neighborhood she has lived in since “the Blizzard of ‘78.”
Many faces...
![Worcester, MA — Pearson’s recent piece “Lipstick on a Pig” contends with her self-perception. The title of the painting came to her first, “fixating in [her] head quite a lot,” Pearson said.](https://thescopeboston.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2-300x200.jpg)
