Founded in 1630, Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States. Buildings from the colonial era stand alongside modern towers, as demonstrated by the reflection of Trinity Church on the glass fa\u00e7ade of the John Hancock Tower. One can follow the route of the Freedom Trail to trace the city\u2019s role leading up to the American Revolution and War of Independence. The New World won its freedom here, and Boston proudly lays claim to this democratic ideal, as well as to the great prestige of its universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn Silicon Valley, you get this feeling that you have to be out here. But it\u2019s not the only place to be. If I were starting now, I would have stayed in Boston. Silicon Valley is a little short-term focused and that bothers me.<\/em>\u201d Mark Zuckerberg, like so many other tech titans, is a Harvard alum. From Cambridge to the city of Boston, the Athens of America, three campuses \u2013 MIT, Boston University, and Harvard \u2013 have produced between them more than 25% of all Nobel Prize winners. Boston fosters cross-cooperation on subjects as diverse as biodiversity, health, education, socio-economic inequality, and the cities of the future. On both sides of the Charles River, in Boston and Cambridge, the world of tomorrow is being created from within the city\u2019s universities, laboratories, and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Intellectuals are equally at home here. Just as Emerson, Hawthorne, and Longfellow were once Boston luminaries, the city continues to attract people with its quality of life and artistic vibrancy, whether through its art schools (Emerson College, Berklee College), music venues (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic), museums (Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Institute of Contemporary Art), and festivals (Boston Film Festival, Boston Early Music Festival). Pop culture is also on the rise here, from rock music (Celtic punk band Dropkicks Murphys are from the area) to video games (Boston Pax East attracts thousands of players every year). Technological research is also applied to the arts at various MIT labs (Open Doc Lab, Media Lab) and at Boston Cyberarts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Behind its image as a green and peaceful city, however, Boston is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and is one of the country\u2019s most unequal cities in terms of per capita income and access to housing. To address the situation, Boston has committed to an ambitious progressive agenda across various issues (Imagine Boston 2030, Climate Ready Boston, Housing a Changing City, etc.) under the leadership of Michelle Wu, the city\u2019s first elected Asian (and first female) mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By setting up a base in Boston, Villa Albertine will encourage its residents to explore the crossovers between knowledge, the arts, and technology in order to solve some of today\u2019s puzzles and help shape the world of tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21176,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-21180","app_city","type-app_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n