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Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Quincy Market (Faneuil Hall Marketplace)
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  • It’s hard to see how anyone would not love Quincy Market (Faneuil Hall Marketplace) with it’s quaint cafés and numerous boutiques. It has been a major victory for the city of Boston in changing a rundown section of the city containing old warehouses from the days of the shipping trade into a new tourist attraction. The market had double corridors of glass-canopied restaurants; boutiques; specialty shops featuring an extensive food court as well as a number of touristy Irish pubs. Vendors with carts offer souvenirs and other wares stand side by side with major chain outlets. At dusk the twinkling lights in the trees along the pedestrian walkways, made of some of the original cobblestone, transform Quincy Market into an amazing night scene. The market consists of three block-long annexes: Quincy market, North market, and South market, each 535 feet long and across a plaza from Faneuil Hall. The structures were designed in 1826 as part of a public-works project, to alleviate the cramped conditions of Faneuil Hall and clean up the refuse that collected in Town Dock, the pond behind it. The central structure, made of granite, with a Doric colonnade at either end and topped by a classical dome and rotunda, has kept its traditional market-stall layout,

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  • Directions: From Park Street, take the Green Line (any car marked "Lechmere," "North Station," or "Government Center") one stop to Government Center. Take the escalator upstairs and walk across City Hall Plaza, down the steps and across the street to Faneuil

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Faneuil Hall
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  • Built in 1742 and given to the town of Boston by French Huguenot merchant Peter Faneuil, the Hall of the same name was a central marketplace offering an open food market on the first floor and a space for open meetings on the second. A fire in 1761 destroyed the original Faneuil Hall, but the building was reconstructed in time to host Samuel Adams and his compatriots as they planned Boston's revolutionary activity; the political maneuverings here earned Faneuil Hall its long-standing nickname, "Cradle of Liberty." Indeed, Faneuil Hall's historical significance has earned it a place as one of the 16 sites that make up Boston's famed Freedom Trail. By 1805, the Hall had become too small to serve the needs of the city, and Charles Bullfinch, one of America's foremost architects, was commissioned to design the expanded structure that remains virtually unaltered. Though an 1822 city charter ended government by town meeting, Faneuil Hall remained the center of Boston political debate until well into the 1900s. During the 1970s, the building underwent a major internal renovation in order to serve the city as it does today. Faneuil Hall's first floor continues to operate as a market, although most of the stores offer handicrafts where their predecessors sold food. We are particularly fond of the local souvenir stores here -- they offer a wide variety of traditional Boston memorabilia (t-shirts, magnets, viewbooks, etc.) at a reasonable price. The second floor is primarily taken up by the Great Hall, where Boston's town meetings were once held. Now operated by the U.S. National Park Service in cooperation with the Boston National Historical Park, this beautiful, quiet room is a great place to rest and reflect in the middle of a busy day. Stay around long enough to hear one of the Ranger's lectures (held every half hour) about the history of Faneuil Hall.

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  • Directions: History buffs should stop by the third floor, which contains the museum and armory of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. The Company, which was begun in 1638 for the defense of the colony, has operated in Faneuil Hall since 1746

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Faneuil Hall Marketplace -...
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  • Faneuil Hall Marketplace - this arena consists of 3 large buildings erected in 1826, redesigned in the late 1970's to serve as a prototype of urban renewal. Eleven of the original businesses remain today. Over 1 million people visit each month. Stroll leisurely about, pause for a picture with Ben Franklin, ponder the efforts of our fore-fathers.

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Quincy Market
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  • Quincy Market The markets just behind Faneuil Hall - three parallel oblong structures that house restaurants, shops and office buildings - were built in the early eighteenth century to contain the trade that had quickly outgrown its space in the hall. The center building, known as Quincy Market, holds a super extended corridor lined with stands vending a variety of decent if pricey take-out treats - the mother of the city's modern food courts, it was built in 1822 under the direction of Boston's mayor at the time, Josiah Quincy. To either side of the market are the North and South Markets, which hold restaurants and popular chain clothing stores, as well as specialty shops. You'll also find the usual complement of street musicians, fire-jugglers and mimes, weather permitting. There's not much to distinguish it from any other shopping complex, although there are several good restaurants and a nice concentration of bars, which are scarce elsewhere in the downtown area.

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  • Address: State Street T.
  • Other Contact: Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun noon-6pm;

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Quincy Market
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  • Don't forget to visit the "Quincy Market" while you are in Boston :) You can get a bite, or buy some souveniers for your family and friends back home :)

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Visit with self reservation
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  • As with many people who visited Boston, I had to visit this popular area. I believe any person who ever visits boston should stop here, and if you feel the need to eat at one of the shops, do so for lunch and save your appetite for one of Boston's other GREAT dining experiences like Hamersley's Bistro or Legal Seafood. Quincy Market in my opinion has turned into little more than a privately owned fast-food cafeteria/ food-court. There are some okay shops there, but again Gap and the like have begun moving in on the area. Much like Greenwich Village, once someones lease is up and Gap or Ralph Lauren can pay a higher lease rate, the old places move out and the "cookie cutter" consumer market that our country has begun to create, moves in. Stay away from Todd English's place even for lunch, it has his name on it, but if I was him, I wouldnt put my name on it. McCormick and Schmicks is a good idea for lunch (again, they are a chain as well but they are sort of the Morton's Steakhouse of seafood). I still think anyone interested in Boston's heritage needs to visit the area, just don't expect a "classy" or even historic feel to most of the businesses in the area.


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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Go Upstairs!
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    Faneuil Hall (site #11 on the Freedom Trail) is one of those Boston places where today's everyday life goes on in the midst of an historic site. Rather than preserving the entire hall, the first floor is still being used for its original purpose, as a shopping center. Take the stairs or elevator up, though, and you'll step back in time as you enter the Great Hall, where the political fires of the American Revolution were lit. A National Park guide is there to explain the history of the hall (15 minute talks on the half hour). If you're starting your walk on the Freedom Trail here, ask for a Park Service map - it's free (unlike the trail map at Boston Common) and has good info. The Great Hall is still used by Bostonians for debates and meetings. For even more of a history lesson, go up to the fourth floor to see the Armory museum. On the table as you enter are guides to what you're seeing, explaining the paintings on the walls and the various weaponry.

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  • Address: Congress St.
  • Directions: ramped entrance is on your left as you walk along the red trail line, main entrance is around the corner facing the Marketplace.

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Wander round Faneuil Hall for a great day!
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  • When my sisters and I were small my parents would take us out to Boston for the day, and one of our favorite things to do was to go to Faneuil Hall! It is a great big outdoor market, housed in some wonderfullly beautiful historic buildings. In the center there there is a food court. And recently I took a British friend there, and he could not belive the amazing food choices that there were! He was thrilled. Outside the center are lots of kiosks where you can buy any number of fun things! There are also bars, restaurants, and coffee shops! The atmosphere is almost party like and the people are freindly and fun!

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market
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  • Built in 1826, Quincy market was originally an open air food market. Faneuil Hall was constructed in 1776, it was known as "the cradle of liberty". Nowadays, this is the place to go if you want to shop til you drop. It's teeming with people, lots of tourists. There are a million shops and resturants lining the cobblestone streets. You will most likely see a few street performances going on as well. I've found lots of wonderful little things to buy in this marketplace. Most recently Lou bought me the most perfect necklace to wear for our wedding in a little gemstone shop.

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  • Website: http://greaterboston.tv/features/gb_071403_quincy.html

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    Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market: food and shopping
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  • Quincy Market has been the center of shopping since the late 1700's. It now is full of restaurants and specialty shops for everyone. Everyone who visits Boston should stop here for the food, history and people watching.

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