"Eight of my grandparents came to the immigration hall in East Boston," he said.

East Boston - A location near the east town line.

Now we work at a school in East Boston where 80 percent of the children are in families below the poverty line.

The family moved to East Boston when Edward was a boy.

The survey involved more than 3,600 elderly people living in East Boston, a working-class, mostly white section of the city.

In time, he bought a second establishment by the East Boston docks.

In the 1830s, East Boston's largest problem from thriving was transportation.

Transportation has long played a role in the shaping of East Boston.

Additionally, it was the first manufacturing business in East Boston.

Once an island, East Boston is now connected to the city by two harbor tunnels.