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Downtown Crossing Spend, spend, spend here at Downtown Crossing, Boston's main retail shopping district. During the holidays it's filled with the sights and smells of hundreds of people crowding its pedestrian-only streets to buy, buy, buy. This is home to Boston's only surviving hometown department store, Filene's, and the famous Filene's Basement store downstairs, which has grown into its own chain. There are several other department stores here and tons of other specialty shops. During the holidays, the crowds are unbelievable. This is also one of Boston's best people-watching spots, as it draws a large variety of people who come from all over the region to shop. Leave a Comment Directions: Around the intersection of Washington, Summer, and Winter Streets, reached by the Downtown Crossing T stop.
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Of course, the true Bostonian doesn't venture into Downtown Crossing to see the scattered remnants of the city's colonial history. They go to shop. And not just any shopping; bargain shopping is the name of the game in the Crossing, although Macy's and Filene's, the two large department stores anchoring the district, do sell some fairly expensive wares. Filene's Basement, appropriately situated in the basement of Filene's department store (although the two stores are in no way affiliated) is the bargain hunter's paradise. The wedding dress sale, in which the store is filled with severely marked down wedding dresses, is almost like a religious holiday for engaged women in Boston, who flock there and stampede each other for the best deal. Other nearby shops fan out from the intersection of Washington, Summer, and Winter. Until recently, it hadn't been a place for high style, but some new, bargain designer stores such as H&M have opened recently and have provided a new impetus for Bostonians to flock to Downtown Crossing. Leave a Comment Directions: Washington, Summer, and Winter Streets
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Old Opera House Opened in 1928 as a vaudeville theater, and becoming the Opera House in 1978 under direction of Sarah Caldwell, the Boston Opera House is a magnificent building with precious history. It is one of the most sumptuous surviving buildings by the eminent theater architect, Thomas Lamb. Designed in the Beaux Arts style, he intended for this theater to set a new standard for grandeur. It truly did so with its rich sculptural detail, lavish goldleaf ornamentation, marble columns and French Baroque paintings. There is a plan to restore the front facade and trim of the historic theater to its original condition, while renovating the interior. The mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, has taken an interest in historic preservation, and nominated the Paramount, the Opera House, and the Modern Theatre on Washington Street for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of Endangered Places in 1995. All three made the cut in 1995, and the mayor has been involved in efforts to restore the buildings since. Leave a Comment Address: Washington Street, just down from the Swissotel.
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