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Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, [8] and the largest city in Essex County.Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core [9] and is a major economic and cultural center of the North Shore.
It is located at Three City Hall Square. [2] The building was constructed in 1948-49 by the M.A. Dyer Company and John Bowen Company. Lynn's mayor Albert Cole was the driving force behind the design and construction of the building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
The line through Lynn was built at surface level. [4] A number of stations have served Lynn, including a series of stations near the current location at Central Square as well as a number of other stations around the city. [6] The first depot at the Central Square location, built in 1838, was a small wooden building. [6]
Lynn Shore Drive is an historic oceanfront parkway in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States.Composed of a two-lane road, parkland, a seaside pedestrian esplanade, and a seawall, Lynn Shore Drive runs for approximately one mile (1.6 km) along Lynn's Atlantic Ocean coastline, following the upland boundary of the adjoining Lynn Shore Reservation, and connecting Nahant with Swampscott.
Lynn Woods Reservation (founded 1881) is a 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) municipal forest park located in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. [2] The City of Lynn's Department of Public Works, Park Commission and Lynn Water & Sewer Commission share jurisdiction and management of Lynn Woods Reservation.
Nahant Beach Boulevard, also Nahant Causeway and Nahant Road, is a historic road on the isthmus connecting Nahant, Massachusetts to the mainland at Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. The road runs from the Lynn Rotary, its junction with Lynn Shore Drive and the Lynnway, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to Wilson Road in Nahant.
A number of Lynn's significant civic and religious buildings lie within the district. The main library building is separately listed on the National Register, as are the armory, and St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church. [2] The Lynn Memorial City Hall and Auditorium building lies just off the common to the east.
The High Rock Reservation (or High Rock Park) is a city park in the Highlands neighborhood of Lynn, Massachusetts. [6] Designed in 1907 by the Olmsted Brothers, [4] the roughly 7-acre (2.8 ha) park [3] encompasses the summit area of a hill with commanding views of the surrounding area, as well as the Atlantic Ocean which is approximately half a mile away.