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Commonwealth Avenue & Hereford Street.
Commonwealth Avenue Mall, a grand allée of shade trees forming the central axis of Back Bay, connects the Public Garden to Back Bay Fens.
Back Bay is home to a residential neighborhood of graceful nineteenth-century Victorian Brownstones, and landmarks such as the civic plaza Copley Square, enclosed shopping mall Prudential Center (1993), and Renaissance revival style Boston Public Library (1895).
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Commonwealth Avenue Mall, a grand allée of shade trees forming the central axis of Back Bay, connects the Public Garden to Back Bay Fens.
Back Bay is home to a residential neighborhood of graceful nineteenth-century Victorian Brownstones.
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Boston Public Garden (est. 1837), designed by landscape architect George Frederick Meacham, features meandering pedestrian paths decorated by statues, fountains, formal gardens, trees including American and European elms, and a 4-acre pond.
Until it was filled in the early nineteenth-century, the 24-acre (9.7-hectare) Public Garden was, like Back Bay, a tidal salt marsh.
Now, at any time of the year, it is an island of loveliness, awash with seasonal blooms, gold-toned leaves or untrammeled snow.
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Commonwealth Avenue Mall, a grand allée of shade trees forming the central axis of Back Bay, connects the Public Garden to Back Bay Fens.
Commonwealth Avenue (est. 1856–1888) was designed in French boulevard style by American architect Arthur Delevan Gilman.
The 200 feet (61 meter) wide avenue features a central tree-lined grassy mall for the first eight blocks.
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Memorial Park is a plaza located between Washington and School Streets in Boston.
The Boston Irish Famine Memorial (1998), by artist Robert Shure, lies on Boston's Freedom Trail, across from the Old South Meeting House (1729) in downtown Boston.
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This robin was facing into the early morning sun absorbing the warmth on a slightly chilly Sunday morning on the Boston Common.
Louisburg Square (est. 1826) is a private residential park located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. Greek Revival houses (1833–1847) surrounding the square were built by upper class families.
Louisburg Square has become one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the United States.
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Commonwealth Avenue & Dartmouth Street.
Commonwealth Avenue Mall, a grand allée of shade trees forming the central axis of Back Bay, connects the Public Garden to Back Bay Fens.
Commonwealth Avenue (est. 1856–1888) was designed in French boulevard style by American architect Arthur Delevan Gilman.
The 200-feet (61-meter) wide avenue features a central tree-lined grassy mall for the first eight blocks, with many corners anchored by a distinctive church or private residence.
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Faneuil Hall (1740–1742), a brick colonial building designed in English Country Market style by John Smibert, is located on Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The building was constructed at the urging of Boston benefactor and merchant Peter Faneuil.
Faneuil Hall was enlarged by Charles Bulfinch in 1805, with the first-floor market enclosed, and second-floor meeting space designed, where public ceremonies are still held today.
The marketplace includes five buildings on brick and stone plazas. The central three-building complex, including Faneuil Hall, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
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Commonwealth Avenue & Fairfield Street.
Commonwealth Avenue Mall, a grand allée of shade trees forming the central axis of Back Bay, connects the Public Garden to Back Bay Fens.
Commonwealth Avenue (est. 1856–1888) was designed in French boulevard style by American architect Arthur Delevan Gilman.
The 200 feet (61 meter) wide avenue features a central tree-lined grassy mall for the first eight blocks, with many corners anchored by a distinctive church or private residence.
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The Old State House (1713) is Boston’s oldest surviving public building, where the Massachusetts Assembly used to debate the issues of the day before the Revolution.
The building is best known for its balcony, where the Declaration of Independence was first read to Bostonians in 1776.
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Commonwealth Avenue & Hereford Street.
Commonwealth Avenue Mall, a grand allée of shade trees forming the central axis of Back Bay, connects the Public Garden to Back Bay Fens.
Commonwealth Avenue (est. 1856–1888) was designed in French boulevard style by American architect Arthur Delevan Gilman.
The 200 feet (61 meter) wide avenue features a central tree-lined grassy mall for the first eight blocks, with many corners anchored by a distinctive church or private residence.
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Quincy Market (1824–1826), designed in Greek revival-style by Alexander Parris, is located at the center of Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Quincy Market is named in honor of Boston's second mayor, Josiah Quincy.
North Market (1824–1825), designed by Alexander Parris in consultation with Asher Benjamin, is the northernmost building on Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Along with South Market, the three 535-feet-long buildings have historical significance due to their association with influential early nineteenth-century architects.
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South Market (1826), a granite historic building designed by Alexander Parris, is located on Faneuil Hall Marketplace to the east of Faneuil Hall.
Faneuil Hall Marketplace, opened in 1976, is a complex of shops, food counters, restaurants, bars, and public spaces.
The marketplace includes five buildings on brick and stone plazas. The central three-building complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
Custom House Tower (1913–1915), designed by Peabody and Stearns, rises to 496 feet (151 meters) above the original Custom House base. The Custom House District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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This pigeon was perched on top of the bridge that bisects the swan pond in the Boston Public Garden.
The Public Garden (1837) is a 24-acre (9.7-hectare) landscaped park with gorgeous formal ornamental plantings, American and European tree species, and a 4-acre lagoon. Occupying what had originally been salt marshes on the edge of the Boston Common, most of the land of the present-day garden had been reclaimed by the mid-1800s.
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School Street is effectively a southeastern extension of Beacon Street, and runs one or two blocks from Tremont Street to Washington Street.
Along the way, it passes King's Chapel, Boston's Old City Hall (1865, on the site of the first public school in the United States), and the historic Old Corner Bookstore.
The entirety of the street is part of the Freedom Trail, a red line that leads tourists to historic sites in the center of the city.
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Quincy Market (1824–1826), designed in Greek revival-style by Alexander Parris, is located at the center of Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
North Market (1824–1825), a granite historic building designed by Alexander Parris in consultation with Asher Benjamin, is the northernmost building on Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Along with South Market, the three 535-feet long buildings have historical significance due to their association with influential early nineteenth-century architects.
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Granary Tavern is housed in an historic former grain mill (1816) designed by Boston icon Charles Bulfinch. Much of the historic charm has been worked into the concept, design, and décor of Granary Tavern. The downstairs has the intimate feel of a wine cellar with granite foundation walls, exposed beams, and an open kitchen.
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School Street is effectively a southeastern extension of Beacon Street, and runs one or two blocks from Tremont Street to Washington Street.
Along the way, it passes King's Chapel, Boston's Old City Hall (on the site of the first public school in the United States), and the historic Old Corner Bookstore.
The entirety of the street is part of the Freedom Trail, a red line that leads tourists to historic sites in the center of the city.
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South Market (1826), a granite historic building designed by Alexander Parris, is located on Faneuil Hall Marketplace to the east of Faneuil Hall.
Custom House Tower (1913–1915), designed by Peabody & Stearns, is a 496-feet (151-meter) tower with a granite façade. The tower overlooks McKinley Square in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston.
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Boylston Street is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Boston. The road begins in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, runs through Back Bay, forms the southern border of the Boston Public Garden and Boston Common, and ends in Downtown Boston.
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Beacon Street initially formed the northern limit of Boston Common, and was extended over the Charles River Basin as a dam that would later form the shore between a narrowed river and the newly filled-in Back Bay neighborhood.
The part of Beacon Street west of Kenmore Square was originally laid out in 1850.
Railroad tracks were first laid in 1888 for what would eventually become the modern Green Line C Branch.
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Boston Public Library in Copley square encompasses two buildings, both landmarks.
The historic McKim building, designed by architect Charles Follen McKim and opened in 1895, houses the Library’s distinguished research and special collections.
Known for its classical serenity and elegance, it features historical artwork by Daniel Chester French, John Singer Sargent, and more, as well as the magnificent Bates Hall reading room.
The Johnson building, designed by Philip Johnson and opened in 1972, underwent an award winning renovation by William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. reopening in 2016.
The transformed twenty-first century library space features a broadcast studio and innovation center.
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