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The new Faneuil Hall Marketplace, incorporating Quincy Market, opened in 1976. In 1977, it received the Harleston Parker Medal and in 2009, the AIA's Twenty-five Year Award. [5] The main Quincy Market building continues to be a source of food for Bostonians, though it has changed from grocery to food-stall, fast-food, and restaurants.
Faneuil Hall is owned by the city of Boston, as is Quincy Market (commonly referred to as Faneuil Hall Marketplace), which includes three historic granite buildings—North Market, Quincy Market, and South Market—to the east of Faneuil Hall that operate as an indoor/outdoor mall and food eatery. The architect for the 1976 refurbishment and ...
Durgin-Park (/ ˈ d ɜːr ɡ ɪ n ˌ p ɑː r k / DUR-ghin-park) was a centuries-old restaurant at 340 Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston. The Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau stated that it had been a "landmark since 1827", [1] and it was a popular tourist destination within Quincy Market. The restaurant had entrances on ...
The Boston City Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution that calls for renaming Faneuil Hall, a popular tourist site that is named after a wealthy merchant who owned and traded ...
Completed in 1976, and partly funded with assistance from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Faneuil Hall Marketplace (comprising Quincy Market and other spaces adjacent to Boston's Faneuil Hall) was designed by architect Benjamin C. Thompson and was a financial success, an act of historic preservation, and an ...
The push is part of a larger discussion on forms of atonement to Black Bostonians for the city’s role in […] The post Boston councilmember wants hearing to consider renaming Faneuil Hall due ...
In 2009, the Project for Public Spaces released a "Boston Market District Feasibility Study" [17] commissioned by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). The proposed district would encompass the Parcel 7 market, a market on the ground floor of a building to be built on the adjacent Parcel 9, [18] Haymarket, and the Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
Boston Irish News begins publication. [92] Boston Film/Video Foundation and Boston By Foot established. WGBH Ten O’Clock News (local news) begins broadcasting. [161] Faneuil Hall marketplace developed. [162] 1977 Federal Reserve Bank Building constructed. Chinese Progressive Association founded. [111] 1978 January 20–21: Snowstorm. [135]