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The market occupies most of the ground floor of a mixed use building constructed as part of the Big Dig highway and tunnel project. The building, on a site known as Parcel 7, [8] also includes ventilation towers for the underground highway, a portion of the Haymarket Station of the MBTA Green and Orange lines, the Haymarket Center Garage, [9] and office space occupied by the Massachusetts ...
The Boston Common is a public park in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest city park in the United States. [ 4 ] Boston Common consists of 50 acres (20 ha) of land bounded by five major Boston streets: Tremont Street, Park Street, Beacon Street, Charles Street, and Boylston Street.
Quincy Market is a historic building near Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It was constructed between 1824 and 1826 and named in honor of mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt. The market is a designated National Historic Landmark and a designated Boston Landmark in 1996, significant as one ...
October 9, 1960. Faneuil Hall (/ ˈfænjəl / or / ˈfænəl /; previously / ˈfʌnəl /) is a marketplace and meeting hall located near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts. Opened in 1742, [2] it was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain.
Boston's many firsts include the United States' first public park (Boston Common, 1634), [18] the first public school (Boston Latin School, 1635), [19] and the first subway system (Tremont Street subway, 1897). [20] Boston has emerged as a global leader in higher education and research [21] and the largest biotechnology hub in the world. [22]
Downtown Boston. Downtown Boston is the central business district of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston was founded in 1630. The largest of the city's commercial districts, Downtown is the location of many corporate or regional headquarters; city, county, state and federal government facilities; and many of Boston's tourist attractions.
Before making waves on Netflix's first big original hit, Orange Is the New Black, Uzo Aduba grew up on the outskirts of Boston, in Medfield, Mass., a tight-knit community that felt like Cheers to ...
Chinatown, Boston (Cantonese: 唐人街; Jyutping: Tong4jan4gaai1) is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese enclave in New England since the demise of the Chinatowns in Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine after the 1950s.