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Our Back Bay office
(green arrow) is located at 69 Newbury
Street, Boston MA 02116, not far from the Public Garden.
Back
Bay
is bordered on the North by the Charles River, with
its lovely tree lined esplanade containing bike paths, foot paths, boathouses,
as well as the famous Hatch Shell where the Boston Pops performs during the
summer, and where Boston holds its renowned 4th of July festival.
It is bordered
on the East by the Public Garden with its
famed Swan Boats, and on the South by the Columbus Avenue, the beginning of the
beautiful South End neighborhood. To the West is Kenmore Square, location of the
legendary Fenway Park, the home of the beloved Boston Red Sox.
Back
Bay, known for it's fine homes, prestigious shopping and elegant
restaurants has some of the most expensive real estate in Boston.
In the late 1850's,
it became apparent that Boston needed more land for
development. The city government determined that the swamp to the west of the
public garden, heretofore used for sewage disposal would be filled in and
developed. This brand new district, which would take its name from the swamp
which preceded it, attracted the wealthiest and most prestigious members of
society who had some of the most noteworthy architects of the time design and
build their new homes.
Commonwealth
Avenue, which runs down the middle of Back Bay from East to
West was designed to emulate the broad boulevards of Paris. Indeed, most of the
homes along all the streets in the Back Bay were built in what was called the
"French Academic" school of architecture, the most noteworthy
characteristic of which were the Mansard roofs which still grace most of the
buildings.
Today,
there are still many single family homes in this area. But the
majority of the buildings have been converted into lovely condominium homes
where much of the city's elite lives.
The most elegant shopping
in Boston is located on Newbury Street, parallel
to and one block to the South of Commonwealth Avenue.
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