Jamaica Plain Home to Boston's Latin Quarter

JAMAICA PLAIN, MA - Say hello to Boston's newest neighborhood - the Latin Quarter.

In a unanimous vote Wednesday, city councilors decided on the official moniker for the Centre Street region between Hyde and Jackson squares, Universal Hub reported.

District 6 City Councilor Matt O'Malley proposed the official designation in February to honor the area's predominantly Latino population.

O’Malley said at February's meeting that 40 percent of residents on the street speak Spanish at home and that 65 percent of the 125 businesses along the street are immigrant-owned.

For years the neighborhood had been unofficially dubbed "Avenida de las Americas."

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