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In recent times, the Old Corner Bookstore's retail space was the original location of the Globe Corner Bookstore (a division of the Old Corner Bookstore, Inc.), which operated there for 16 years from 1982 to 1997 and specialized in travel books and maps. A Boston Globe company store operated in the building from 1998 through 2002, selling ...
The name "Combat Zone" was popularized through a series of exposé articles on the area Jean Cole wrote for the Boston Daily Record in the 1960s. [1] The moniker described an area that resembled a war zone both because of its well-known crime and violence, and because many soldiers and sailors on shore leave from the Charlestown (Boston) Navy Yard frequented the many strip clubs and brothels ...
Between 1895 and 1917, Downtown Crossing became the hub of department store shopping in Boston. In 1841, Eben Jordan and Benjamin L. Marsh opened the first Jordan Marsh store as wholesalers, which later grew into a retail department store. Another major store, Filene's, was founded in 1881. Originally known as William Filene's Sons Co. the ...
11 – Broadway, west side, near 170th Street or 171st Street ~ Now at Roger Morris Park next to the Morris-Jumel Manse 40°50'04.7"N 73°56'18.5"W; 12 – Broadway, west side, at or near 189th Street ~ Now at the Broadway entrance to Isham Park 40°52'06.4"N+73°55'08.9"W; 13 – east side of Broadway between Academy Street and 204th Street
Fowler's logo. Fowler, Dick & Walker, later known as Fowler's, was a chain of department stores, also called The Boston Store. [1] [2] They started business as a very small dry goods store in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1879, [3] occupying space in another establishment at 120 South Main 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.
In early Colonial times the land that is now Kenmore Square was an uninhabited corner of the mainland where the narrow Charles River fed into the wide, marshy Back Bay. It was part of the colonial settlement of Boston until 1705, when the hamlet of Muddy River incorporated as the independent town of Brookline. The land ended up in Brookline ...
The Blue Line of the MBTA subway runs below State Street. Two stations have entrances on State Street: Aquarium and State.The Faneuil Hall Marketplace is also nearby. The east end of State Street is at Long Wharf, where ferries are available to several places, including the airport.