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Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Residential Street
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  • With some of the most beautiful row homes in all of Boston, I am sure this is the vision you have when you think of Boston (it should be anyway). Beacon Hill is loaded with quaint little shops and some fantastic restaurants. You can also find fruit and vegtable stands and many specialty shops. Wander around on a beautiful Sunday and find yourself by Boston Gardens.

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  • Directions: Area bounded by: Storrow Dr., Cambridge St., Beacon St., Bowdoin St.
  • Website: http://www.beaconhillonline.com/

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Beacon Hill
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  • I love Beacon Hill. As a matter of fact, just as soon as I finish my stint in Europe I plan on relocating there for half of the year while I do my writing. It dates back to the early 19th century and nearly all of the houses are either Federal, Victorian or Georgian styles. It is a National Historic District and extraordinarily quiet to be in downtown Boston. As you can see from my front page, I have an entire album dedicated to the area. I love to just walk around and take pictures. If you walk slowly and look hard you can see tiny little gardens stuck here and there throughout the neighborhood. This is my favorite part. Some are no bigger than the interior of my car and some are in obscure places, like balconies, but they all fascinate me.

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  • Directions: Area bounded by: Storrow Dr., Cambridge St., Beacon St., Bowdoin St.
  • Website: http://www.beaconhillonline.com/

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Charles Street
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  • Charles Street is a quaint little road lined with Antique and Specialty shops. We visited a great little Wine and Cheese store called DeLuca's. A great place to window shop or maybe even pick up a special souvenier.

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  • Directions: Area bounded by: Storrow Dr., Cambridge St., Beacon St., Bowdoin St.
  • Website: http://www.beaconhillonline.com/

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Typical Boston
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  • Before you ever come to Boston, I'm betting that Beacon Hill is how you picture the whole place to look. It's really just the most beautiful neighborhood in the city. However, I'd like to throw my 2 cents in and criticize it for being too homogenous. Again, typical Boston!

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  • Directions: Area bounded by: Storrow Dr., Cambridge St., Beacon St., Bowdoin St.
  • Website: http://www.beaconhillonline.com/

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Acorn Street
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  • This narrow cobblestoned lane lays claim to being the most photographed street in America. I'm not sure who keeps count, but here i am adding to the tallies.

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  • Directions: Beacon Hill between Willow and Cedar. Best to start at corner of Charles and Beacon, head up Charles, turn right at Chestnut, turn left at either Cedar or Willow.

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: One of Boston's oldest neighborhoods
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  • Beacon Hill is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Boston, known for its architecture and lay-out. Here you will find brick row houses with beautiful doors and decorative iron work. Many notable Americans have once lived here and it is still a place for the upper class. It's a nice area to stroll along the narrow streets with brick sidewalks and gas lamps. Don't miss Acorn street and Louisburg Square. However, I must admit that the homogenous buildings bored me after a while.

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  • Directions: Area bounded by: Storrow Dr., Cambridge St., Beacon St., Bowdoin St.
  • Website: www.beaconhillonline.com

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Stroll on Charles Street.
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    Charles St. is a great place to go shopping or antiquing, or to grab a coffee and a bite to eat at a bakery or cafe! The street is lined with real gas lamps and plenty of charming shops. It also is home to one of the few hardware stores in the downtown area! Handy for lunchtime errands!

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  • Address: Charles Street
  • Directions: Charles St. is adjacent to the Boston Common and Beacon Hill. Take the red line to the Charles St stop.

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Stroll through Beacon Hill
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  • Beacon Hill is undoubtedly one of the most affleuntial addresses in all of Boston, currently home to Senator and former presidential candidate, John Kerry. However it was settled in the early 19th century by free African-Americans who led early civil rights battles and had a hand in the abolition of slavery in the mid-1800s. It was one of the northern stops on the infamous Underground Railroad by which slaves escaped from the south to be free in the north. It is now the home to many beautiful brick townhomes and tree-lined streets. Take a stroll through the residential streets on a spring day and relax. Be sure to walk down one of the most scenic streets, cobblestoned Acorn Street and stop to admire the townhomes surrounding Louisburg Square including a former residence of American author Louisa May Alcott and the current residence of the aforementioned senator. Visit the Museum of African American History and get a self-guided walking map of the Black Freedom Trail. End your walk amongst the shops and restaurants along Charles Street.

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  • Directions: Area bounded by: Storrow Dr., Cambridge St., Beacon St., Bowdoin St.
  • Website: http://www.beaconhillonline.com/

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Beacon Hill - here resided in...
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  • Beacon Hill - here resided in the past, still does to this day some of Bostan's finest families. Housed in the stately old brick town houses were the likes of Louisa May Alcott of 'Little Women' fame and furniture designer Jenny Lind.

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    Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Beacon Hill
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  • Admire this quiet, historic neighbourhood, one of Boston's priciest areas and justifiably so- the neighbourhood is filled with intact 18th and early 19th century rowhouses and mansions built for Boston's wealthy. Cobblestone streets on hillsides and a distinctive redbrick federal style flair characterise this area. In many ways, the gaslights, the brick sidewalks, the brick houses all summarise the general image many people have of Boston. Of particular interest are Acorn Street, a narrow, cobbled way that draws more photos than any other site in Boston, Charles Street, which has great restaurants and antique shops, and Louisbourg Square, the creme-de-la-creme of New England real estate, where houses are most expensive in Boston. The square was modelled after Georgian examples in London, and has a definite Belgravia or Bloomsbury feel to it. Since Beacon Hill is right on the Freedom Trail, I'd say it's a must to wander through there. Perhaps even pick up the African American History Trail, which shows off some of Boston's lesser known historic sites on the neighbourhood's north slope.

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  • Directions: Beacon Hill is located between Beacon Street, Bowdoin Street, Cambridge Street and Storrow Drive. T stops: Park Street (Red and Green Lines) Charles/MGH (Red Line), Bowdoin (Blue Line)

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