Ward Two House for Sale

The Somerville neighborhood of Lincoln Park has a long blue-collar history among the urban communities surrounding Boston, a former industrial neighborhood that takes pride in its brickmaking, meatpacking and quarrying roots near the more prestigious neighborhoods in Cambridge. During the last 20 years, the City of Somerville has invested in the infrastructure in Lincoln Park, inviting a vibrant art scene into the community that now includes galleries, statues, murals, and several public art installations. The streets meander in an unorthodox pattern between Harvard, Inman Square and Union Square, a charming testament to the community’s age and a familiar characteristic of the communities between the two rivers flowing into Boston Harbor. “It’s a fun neighborhood to explore,” says Charles Cherney, a Realtor who has served hundreds of clients in Cambridge and Somerville. “The streets don’t follow a particular pattern, and it gives the neighborhood character. It’s one of the elements that I think is kind of fun.” The homes in Lincoln Park reflect a similar New England character and history, an eclectic mix of three-story buildings that includes colorful turn-of-the-century