Park Square in
downtown
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Boston, Massachusetts is bounded by Stuart,
Charles Street South,
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* Boylston, Massachusetts
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, and Arlington Streets. It is the home of the Boston
Four Seasons Hotel
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, the
Boston Park Plaza, and nearly a dozen restaurants. To the north across Boylston Street is the
Boston Public Garden. To the east is the
Washington Street Theatre District. The
Bay Village neighborhood is to the south, and
Back Bay
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is to the west.
At one time, the terminus of the
Boston and Providence
The Boston and Providence Railroad was a railroad company in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island which connected its namesake cities. It opened in two sections in 1834 and 1835 - one of the first rail lines in the United States - with ...
Railroad was in the square; however, after
South Station
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opened, the terminal was closed. A
statue
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commemorating US
emancipation of slaves was installed in Park Square in 1879 and removed in December 2020. From 1964 to 1974, the
University of Massachusetts Boston
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campus was located in Park Square.
A small street in the district was renamed "Park
Plaice" in honor of
Legal Sea Foods, a local restaurant.
Education
Boston Public Schools
Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest public school district in the state of Massachusetts.
Leadership
The district is led by a Superintendent, hired by the ...
operates area district public schools.
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School was formerly located in a building in Park Square.
In 2010 it moved to its current location in
Hyde Park.
[New - About]
." Boston Renaissance Charter Public School. Retrieved on April 20, 2017.
Image gallery
File:1837 ParkSquare Boston LOC030074v.jpg, Railroad depot at Park Square in 1837, with the State House in the background, the tidal Charles River basin in the foreground
Image:1850 ParkSquare BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png, Overview of Park Square, 1850
Image:Park square, by John B. Heywood.jpg, Stereoscopic
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view of Park Square and train station, from Boston Common, 19th century
Lincoln Statue, Park Square, Boston, Mass (NYPL b12647398-69513).tiff, Emancipation Memorial, installed in 1879
Image:Waiting room of the Boston and Providence Railroad terminal, circa 1875.jpg, Interior of Boston & Providence Rail Road depot, 19th century
File:1902 ColoredAmericanMagazine office ParkSq Bosto interior 1 (cropped).jpg, Office of the '' Colored American Magazine'', 1902
Image:ClarenceBlackall theatre6 Boston AmericanArchitect March1915.png, Cort Theatre, Park Square, c. 1915
File:Boston Park Plaza Hotel.jpg, Boston Park Plaza and the former headquarters of the Boston Gas Company
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, 2009
See also
*
Park Square Theatre, Boston (1915–1921)
*
Boston Theater District
*
Combat Zone, Boston
References
External links
Google news archive Articles about Park Square.
The Evolution of Park SquarePicture: "Pre-war New England Greyhound PDG-3701 backed in the old Park Square Greyhound Terminal in Boston."Picture: "A shot of an Almeida Aerocoach loading at their terminal just a few doors away."Picture: "The picture of the MacKenzie Line Beck loading shows the Greyhound Terminal off to the right."
Squares in Boston
Boston Theater District
Back Bay, Boston
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