Description
Pickney Street connects to Mount Vernon Street only by means of Louisburg Square and Joy Street in order to keep the populace of the North Slope from mingling with the affluent on the South Slope (MA-T36).
History
Reverend William Blackstone, the first Bostonian, resided here in 1622. In 1795 the population began to shift away from the salty, acrid harbor. Prominent citizens united in order to purchase the 'Hill' from famed portraitist, John Singleton Copley, who never utilized the land. These citizens formed the Mount Vernon Proprietors and initiated the domestication of Beacon Hill (MA-T36).