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  2. History of Boston - Wikipedia

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    Chart of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay with Map of Adjacent Country. E. P. Dutton. 1867. Archived from the original on February 7, 2009. A good map of roads and rail lines in and around Boston. Downst, Henry P. (1916). Random Notes of Boston. Humphrey Publishing. Harris, Patricia & Lyon, David (1999). Boston. Oakland, California: Compass ...

  3. Washington Street (Boston) - Wikipedia

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    The future Washington St. shown in blue on a pre-Revolutionary British map of Boston. Nine months later the name "Washington Street" was extended again. On May 9, 1825 the roads connecting Boston's town line to present-day Roxbury Street in Dudley Square were consolidated into Washington Street. This includes some of the oldest streets in ...

  4. A Once and Future Shoreline - Wikipedia

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    The shoreline and topography of Boston, Massachusetts, as it was from 1630–1675, overlaid on an 1880 street map. The public plaza the artwork is located on was historically one of the first Boston Harbor landing places, named Town Dock.

  5. Shawmut Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    Map of Shawmut Peninsula from 1775 showing tactical positions from the perspective of the British Army Shawmut Peninsula is the promontory of land on which Boston , Massachusetts was built. The peninsula , originally a mere 789 acres (3.19 km 2 ) in area, [ 1 ] more than doubled in size due to land reclamation efforts that were a feature of the ...

  6. Category:Streets in Boston - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston) Massachusetts Route 128; Massachusetts Route 145; Massachusetts Route 203; Melnea Cass Boulevard; Merchants Row (Boston) Milk Street, Boston; Morrissey Boulevard; Morton Street

  7. State Street (Boston) - Wikipedia

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    State Street is one of the oldest and most historic streets in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Located in the financial district, it is the site of some historic landmarks, such as Long Wharf , the Old State House and the Boston Custom House .

  8. List of National Historic Landmarks in Boston - Wikipedia

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    The original building for the Massachusetts General Hospital, one of the nation's earliest public hospitals, was designed by Charles Bulfinch. It is the location of the Ether Dome, also a National Historic Landmark. 31: Massachusetts Historical Society Building: Massachusetts Historical Society Building

  9. Tremont Street - Wikipedia

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    Tremont Street begins at Government Center in Boston's city center as a continuation of Cambridge Street, and forms the eastern edge of Boston Common. Continuing in a roughly southwesterly direction, it passes through Boston's Theater District, crosses the Massachusetts Turnpike , and becomes a broad boulevard in the South End neighborhood.