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The bar/restaurant began as a small neighborhood bar known as Oliver's over forty years ago. Now, on busy event days at Fenway Park the bar caters to as many as 5,000 patrons. [2] Oliver's Nightclub is a part of the Cask building and is located in the rear of the restaurant. It hosts private events a dance party on Friday and Saturday nights.
Jillian's was founded in 1985 as a billiards club located near Fenway Park in Boston by Stephen Foster. The club was named after Foster's wife, Jillian. The couple later founded the chain Lucky Strike Lanes. Within several years, the owners opened another branch in Seattle.
Park Drive with median separating main road (left) and service road (right). Easternmost end of Park Drive near Boylston Street. In 1875, the voters of the City of Boston and the Massachusetts legislature approved the creation of a park commission in order to promote the creation of public parks in the city. [4]
Fenway–Kenmore is also served by a number of MBTA buses connecting it to the city proper and the surrounding neighborhoods and communities. As for roadways, Fenway and Park Drive circulate around the Fens. Boylston Street is a major east–west route, as are Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue , which intersect at Kenmore Square.
In 1977, the two blocks of Jersey Street immediately adjacent to Fenway Park were renamed for Tom Yawkey, owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1933 to 1976. [4] [5] In December 2015, The Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker proposed renaming Yawkey Way and Yawkey station, citing Tom Yawkey's history with baseball's color line. [6]
The Fenway High School is a Boston public pilot school. This school is located at 67 Alleghany St, Boston, MA 02120. Founded in 1983, [43] Fenway became one of Boston's six original pilot schools in 1994. It is devoted to providing a high-quality, personalized education to students from all over the city of Boston.
The Landmark Center or 401 Park Building in Boston, Massachusetts is a commercial center situated in a limestone and brick art deco building built in 1928 for Sears, Roebuck and Company. It features a 200-foot-tall (61 m) tower and, as Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store , it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and ...
Lansdowne is located next to the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood near Kenmore Square, below grade between Beacon Street and Brookline Avenue. The station, originally named after former Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, opened as an infill station in 1988, for limited service to baseball games at Fenway Park.