Fields Corner Walking Tour Saturday, June 26, 2010 – DEHC is part of the Fields Corner Collaborative which launched the first annual MyDotTour on Dorchester Day weekend. The tours are 1-hour long informational, youth-led —the first of their kind in Dorchester. Your last chance to take a tour is on June 26, starting 10 AM from the Fields Corner T station lobby. I urge folks to take the MyDot Tour. It is both extremely interesting and a great way to support a positive youth activity in Dorchester.
MyDot Tour was started by the Fields Corner Collaborative, a collective of community groups who are working together to empower youth and community through celebrating Dorchester and Fields Corner’s multicultural history. The tour celebrates the rich history of Fields Corner, honoring the achievements of its diverse cultures, and promoting neighborhood pride.
Youth have created the content of the tour by selecting the sites to highlight, researching their history, and writing scripts to deliver at each tour stop. Tour goers will learn how African American, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Vietnamese, and many other groups came together to build a thriving business district and will see newly identified historic buildings, including the 215 year-old home of the Field family, after whom the district is named.
The tour, which lasts approximately 1 hour, begins promptly at 10 AM in the lobby of the Fields Corner T station, where a registration table will be set up. The suggested ticket price is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. (All ticket sales proceeds are used to support MyDotTour’s innovative youth programming in Dorchester.) Register in person on the day of the tour.
Show your commitment to neighborhood pride and Dorchester youth by taking a MyDotTour tour!
MyDot Tour is a project of the Field’s Corner Collaborative, a partnership between:
Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition (DEHC)
Dorchester Historical Society
DotWell/SCI Dorchester
Fields Corner Main Street
Historic Boston Inc.
mytown, inc.
Vietnamese-American Civic Association (VACA)
