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Downtown Boston is the central business district of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston was founded in 1630. The largest of the city's commercial districts, Downtown is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters; city, county, state and federal government facilities; and many of Boston's tourist attractions.
December 19, 1962. Beacon Hill is a historic neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and the hill upon which the Massachusetts State House resides. The term "Beacon Hill" is used locally as a metonym to refer to the state government or the legislature itself, much like Washington, D.C.'s Capitol Hill does at the federal level.
The Financial District of Boston is located in Downtown Boston, near Government Center and Chinatown . Like many areas within Boston, the Financial District has no official definition. It is roughly bounded by Atlantic Avenue, State Street, and Devonshire Street. Parts of the Financial District are in various USPS postal ZIP Codes, including ...
Boston. / 42.36028°N 71.05778°W / 42.36028; -71.05778. Boston ( US: / ˈbɔːstən / [ 9] ), officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
Downtown Crossing is a shopping district within downtown Boston, Massachusetts, located east of Boston Common, west of the Financial District, south of Government Center, and north of Chinatown and the old Combat Zone. It features large department stores as well as restaurants, souvenir sellers, general retail establishments, and street vendors ...
Area code (s) 617, 857. Fenway–Kenmore is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is considered one neighborhood for administrative purposes, but it is composed of numerous distinct sections (East Fenway, West Fenway, Audubon Circle, Kenmore Square) that are almost always referred to as "Fenway", "the Fenway ...
Boston in 1775. The entire city lies on the Shawmut Peninsula. The North End is the smaller promontory at the northeast corner of the peninsula, separated from the rest of the city by a large mill pond. Copp's Hill is called Corps Hill, and Hanover Street, the main thoroughfare of the community, is called Middle Street on this map.
Chinatown, Boston ( Cantonese: 唐人街; Jyutping: Tong4jan4gaai1) is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese enclave in New England since the demise of the Chinatowns in Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine after the 1950s.