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| | | | Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Beacon Hill area | | | | | |
As Boston is a city to simply walk round, one of the nicest areas is Beacon Hill. It's certainly one of the most affluent and prestigious addresses in the city - and amazingly, it's only a couple of miles from the Downtown area. Heaps of distinguished 19th century town houses, narrow streets (head for Acorn St, Boston's most photographed strteet), window boxes, ivy-clad brickwork and little cafes. As it's just north of Boston Common and close to the Freedom Trail, easily reachable for a little wander. Leave a Comment 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: 19th-century architecture | | | | | |
Beacon Hill is a 19th-century downtown Boston residential neighborhood situated directly north of the Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden. Most people think of city living as anonymous and isolating. But this cozy enclave, filled with nearly 10,000 people, is more like a village than an anonymous city. It has a rich community life, with neighbors knowing neighbors and everyone meeting on the Hill's commercial streets and at its myriad activities. Approximately one mile square, Beacon Hill is bounded by Beacon Street, Bowdoin Street, Cambridge Street and Storrow Drive. It is known for its beautiful doors and door surrounds, brass door knockers, decorative iron work, brick sidewalks, perpetually-burning gas lights, flowering pear trees, window boxes, and hidden gardens. Its architecture, mostly brick row houses, includes the Federal, Greek Revival and Victorian periods, as well as early 20th-century colonial revival homes and tenements. The architecture is protected by restrictive regulations that allow no changes to any visible part of a structure without the approval of an architectural commission. Beacon Hill contains a South Slope, a North Slope and a Flat of the Hill. Charles Street is the neighborhood's main street and is filled with antique shops and neighborhood services. The Massachusetts State House is at the top of the Hill overlooking Boston Common. Charles and Cambridge Streets are Beacon Hill's commercial streets. Charles Street is known for 40 antique shops, home decorating shops, delectable food shops and several good restaurants. Cambridge Street offers good restaurants, as well as two gas stations and a supermarket, now undergoing construction in Charles River Plaza. Both streets offer many unique neighborhood service shops, including one of the few independent pharmacies - Gary Drug - left in America. Cambridge Street is also the home of the venerable Massachusetts General Hospital. Leave a Comment 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: Boston of the Brahmins | | | | | |
Boston's wealthiest referred to themselves as the "Brahmin" class, named after the wealthiest English colonists of India, who lived like royalty in palaces with servants. There may not be any Indian palaces, but Beacon Hill still boasts a number of gorgeous brownstones owned by the oldest Boston families - and I'm sure it's the home of many servants to this day. Charles Street is beautiful bordering on overly precious - take a stroll down it, from Beacon St. to Storrow Drive, but then turn off, squeeze in your butt and abs, and take on some of Beacon Hill's notorious HILLS while oohing and aahing the historic brownstones. Make your way northeast towards Beacon Hill Pub and grab a cheap beer in a cool bar to end the day. Leave a Comment Directions: Area bounded by: Storrow Dr., Cambridge St., Beacon St., Bowdoin St. I think it's best to come at the area via the commons along Beacon St. You can walk by the State House on your way.Website: http://www.beaconhillonline.com/
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| | | | Beacon Hill & Charles Street: Strolling around this lovely historic neighborhood | | | | | |
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