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Who drew the boundary of Chinatown?

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The archive records Chinatown as an official neighborhood of Boston, as bounded by the Boston Planning Department. urn:lemay:boston:entity:chinatown

That is the official layer — the boundary an authority drew — and on it Chinatown covers 76 acres. What people call this place, and where they say it reaches, are filed separately as attested claims. urn:lemay:boston:entity:chinatown

The records this answer rests on

  • Chinatown — entityurn:lemay:boston:entity:chinatown

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Neighbourhood and place boundaries
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