Town of Brookline

Brookline is a jewel of a suburb. Cheek to jowl with Boston - it has managed to maintain its own identity-a unique mixture of busy streets and rolling countryside, upscale shops and village pubs, gracious apartment buildings and large estates. Brookline has staunchly refused to be absorbed by Boston, which surrounds it like a horseshoe. A community of 6.6 square miles and almost 55,000 residents.