Talk:Brookline, Massachusetts

Cemeteries

• Old Burying Ground[1] 1.54 acres 1717

Brookline's first cemetery, consecrated in 1717. Many past prominent citizens of the Town are buried here.

The Old Burying Ground, also known as Walnut Street Cemetery...

• Walnut Hills Cemetery (Brookline, Massachusetts)[2] 45.26 acres 1875

Please start an article for the Old Burying Ground, also known as Walnut Street Cemetery -- and add them to the Brookline article. -96.233.19.238 (talk) 15:00, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

There is now an article on the Old Burying Ground. It's a bit stubby right now, and could use help if anybody's interested. Poppy Tomato (talk) 00:04, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Suburban Town?

I would dispute the characterization of Brookline as a suburban town, which appears at the very beginning of this article. While the southern part of Brookline is suburban in character, the northern part of town (which is also the eastern part of town) is definitely urban in character. It's an affluent urban area, unlike most of the neighboring City of Boston, though not as affluent as the southern part, but it is very densely populated. Bostoner (talk) 22:47, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

It was suburban in 1970 (guess), but it became more urban because people moved in. I know because I live there. 26zhangi (talk) 11:51, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Pronunciation?

Does anyone pronounce "Brookline" as "brook-linn" (i.e., same as Brooklyn, NY, minus any Brooklynese)? When I was in Boston, that's how I remember it being pronounced (the memory is several decades old, however). BMJ-pdx (talk) 19:44, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

No, I don't think they do. AJD (talk) 20:01, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Map

For the x-to-the-yth-power time, I come to Wikipedia with one of the most elementary inquiries on a topic, and what do I find? A good, solid article that otherwise fails to get past square one. Where is a map of your town?

Oh, I see. After a cheerful 18 years this article has been online, the only visual geodata for one of the most noted municipalities in the United States is a map from 1858. Yeah, that'll do.

And when I say map, I mean showing the town line, and within it the major roads, rail lines, neighborhood names, historic places, etc. I came here expressly to ascertain whether a particular feature, very near the town line, lies in Brookline or not. I leave with my question unanswered.

Oh, you think we can simply go to Google Maps instead? Nope. Google has much detail, but as if you hadn't noticed, the dopes withhold municipal boundaries. Except for locations near a town center, you cannot determine in which town anything is located.

So you have a great opportunity to start a new trend on Wikipedia.

Jimlue (talk) 18:38, 18 June 2021 (UTC)

Sorry. Ask somebody else for a map or upload one yourself. 26zhangi (talk) 19:19, 13 September 2021 (UTC)