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The West Street District is a historic district on West Street in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the city's "ladder districts" that runs between Tremont Street and Washington Street in the Downtown Crossing commercial/retail area. The district includes four buildings located near the corner of Tremont and West Streets, all built in the early ...
Downtown Boston is the central business district of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston was founded in 1630. 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 ...
A 2011 Boston Redevelopment Authority map of Boston neighborhoods [26] shows most of the Government Center area as part of the Downtown neighborhood, and the rest as part of the West End. Other maps and documents show a variety of different boundaries for Government Center. The Boston Zoning Code has a map called "1H Government Center/Markets ...
Location Description; 1: Boston African American National Historic Site: October 10, 1980: Boston The Park Service operates two buildings (the African Meeting House and the Abiel Smith School) of 15 locations that comprise this site. All of the site's locations are linked by the Black Heritage Trail, although only a few are open to the public. 2
Dock Square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, is a public square adjacent to Faneuil Hall, bounded by Congress Street, North Street, and the steps of the 60 State Street office tower. [1] Its name derives from its original (17th-century) location at the waterfront.
[citation needed] In 1770 the Boston Massacre took place in front of the Old State House. [1] During the Revolutionary War, it assumed its current, non-royalist name. [2] In the 19th century State Street became known as Boston's primary location for banks and other financial institutions. [3]
Beacon Street is the location of the fictional pizza parlor "Beacon Street Pizza" during the first season of the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. 112½ is the address of the fictional bar Cheers. [2] The actual location of the exterior shots is 84 Beacon Street. The Unitarian Universalist Association managed to confuse the numbers on this street.
Detail of 1899 map of Boston, showing Atlantic Ave. and vicinity From 1868 to 1874, [1] the section north of Broad Street was built, taking it into Commercial Street, with which it formed a waterfront route around the North End , and the portion of Broad Street south of the new road was renamed Atlantic Avenue.