3. Allegro

Merry Gathering of Country Folks.

During the nineteen-twenty's, the park became more popular and started to belong to the new population of the neighborhood. This character, lost for a long period of time, has been re-established in recent years, as the neighbors are taking more care of their park. And at the same time the park, acting as a shield, has protected the west Fenway neighborhood from the pressure of the urban renewal of the sixty's.

The living force that made this neighborhood started at this time, with the labor force that came to work on the railroad and the evening entertainment produced by popular sports. Also at this time the northern limit of the area was established, with the construction of the railroad and the Suburban branch of the MBTA system, which created the radical separation between the Fenway and the Kenmore Square District that still exists today. The difference, in terms of population between now and that time, is that the working class community, mainly families, was transformed into temporary residents, mainly single students, serving the high demand of surrounding schools.