177 Huntington (formerly the Christian Science Administration Building) is a
Brutalist skyscraper located in the
Christian Science Center in the
Fenway
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home of the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and Boston Braves (baseball), since 1953, i ...
neighborhood of
Boston, Massachusetts. The building, opened in 1973, originally served as the
Christian Science world headquarters. In 2012, it was leased by
Beacon Capital Partners
Beacon Capital Partners is an American real estate investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1998, after Beacon Properties, Inc., Beacon's predecessor, was acquired by EQ Office in a $4 billion transaction. The company fo ...
, undergoing renovations soon after.
[ Current tenants include Northeastern University, as well as consulting and investment companies. In 2017, four ]peregrine falcons
The peregrine falcon (''Falco peregrinus''), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a cosmopolitan bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, ...
hatched in one of the building ledges.[
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References
Skyscrapers in Boston
1970s architecture in the United States
Christian Science in Massachusetts
Landmarks in Fenway–Kenmore
Brutalist architecture in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures completed in 1972
1972 establishments in Massachusetts
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