“In 1810, a turnpike charter was granted to the Boston Neck Turnpike Corporation, which it seems must have been sought in the interest of the Worcester Turnpike Corporation, as to the construction of that road would have given the latter company a better connection with the road leading into Boston.”

“Famous is Boston, in a reflective way, for the beauty of its suburbs.  The tourist has not yet enjoyed the half that Boston has to delight him with who has not passed beyond the city gates.”

Brookline was just another one of those leafy low-profile towns surrounding greater Boston.  Until 1960.  That year, JFK was elected president.