Thomas Park, South Boston Affording one of the best views of the city, South Boston High School abuts Thomas Park, located in the center of South Boston.

The high school, central to that part of town, drawing all of South Boston’s students was also the epicenter for Boston’s race riots in the 1970’s as the city was forced to bus black students in from Roxbury to achieve a racial balance, garnering national attention.

John Connolly, Whitey Bulger and many of his associates went there – though some, like Bulger, didn’t finish. When Connolly moved to the Boston FBI office, he took residence in a house across the street from the high school.