Boston’s Little Syria: how a forgotten neighborhood lives on

For more than seven decades, the area known as Little Syria stretched from what is now the Chinatown Gate, all the way down Tyler and Hudson streets, and into the South End, along Shawmut Avenue. Thousands started arriving in the 1890s from present-day Syria and Lebanon. Many of them were Christians fleeing unrest and seeking better opportunities, filling the area with families, stores, restaurants, music, and ambition. By 1930, there were as many as 15,000 Arab Americans in Boston. And, if you know where to look, you can see what is left of it. Boston Globe Today's Rebecca Blandon took a visit back in time.