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The South Boston Naval Annex was a 167-acre (68 ha) United States Navy shipyard annex located in South Boston. It was the annex of the Boston Navy Yard, and was operational from the 1920 to 1974, when it was closed along with the main shipyard. The annex is also home to Dry Dock Number 3, one of the largest dry docks on the East Coast
Prudential Tower The Prudential Tower behind 111 Huntington Avenue, as seen from the South End Alternative names The Pru Prudential Tower 800 Boylston St General information Status Open Location 800 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Construction started 1960 Completed 1964 Opened 1965 Owner Boston Properties Management Boston Properties Height Antenna spire 907 ft (276 m ...
During the late 1970s and 1980s there were a series of racial assaults and attacks along this shipyard at the height of the Boston desegregation busing crisis.First on July 1, 1976, when it was reported that five youth threw rocks and bottles at black seaman Kevin A. Kaminsky aboard the USS Blandy and four other black men as they waited at a bus stop on their way back to the shipyard.
Stylized map of the Boston subway system from 2013. The map does not reflect changes since, including the 2014 opening of Assembly station, the 2018 start of SL3 service, and the 2022 opening of the Green Line Extension. This is a list of MBTA subway stations in Boston and surrounding municipalities.
A structure on the north side of Black Falcon Avenue, originally constructed in 1918 as an Army warehouse, is now the Innovation and Design Building, which houses the Boston Design Center. [6] In February 2016, the park was renamed in honor of former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn. [7]
The South Boston Naval Annex was located along the waterfront in South Boston, an annex of the Navy Yard from 1920 to 1974. Other annexes of the Navy Yard during World War II were the Chelsea Naval Annex (formerly the Green Shipyard, now the Fitzgerald Shipyard), [3] East Boston Naval Annex, and Boston Naval Yard Fuel Depot Annex. [4] [5]
One Post Office Square is a 42-floor modern skyscraper in the Financial District section of Boston, Massachusetts. The skyscraper is Boston's 14th-tallest building, standing 525 feet (160 m) tall. The building has 831,975 square feet of Class A office space.
1 Courthouse Way, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 U.S. Coordinates: Elevation: 4 feet (1.2 m) Above mean sea level: Current tenants • United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit • United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts: Completed: 1999: Cost