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the Church of the Covenant,
which contains the world’s
largest collection of Louis
Comfort Tiffany stained-glass
windows and an elaborate
Tiffany lantern.
R Church of the Covenant
67 Newbury St. Tel (617) 266-7480.
Open 10:30am Sun. & 7 8 9
∑ cotcbos.org
f Commonwealth
Avenue
Map B4.  Arlington, Copley, Hynes
Convention Center/ ICA.
Envisioned as Boston’s Champs
Elysées, this avenue, 200-ft
(61-m) wide, is lined with
beautiful townhouses. In the
second half of the 19th century,
it became an arena for America’s
leading domestic architects, and
a walk along it is like flicking
View over Back Bay and Charles River from 200 Clarendon through a catalog of architectural
styles. Bronze statues of historic
s Copley Square floor of this library is notable figures line the central mall.
for its soaring barrel-vaulted Abolitionist William Lloyd
Map B5.  Copley.
ceiling. Close by, on the corner Garrison’s statue, located
Named after the famous painter of Boylston and Dartmouth between Exeter and Dartmouth
John Singleton Copley (see p153), Streets, is the fabulous Italian- Streets, is said to capture his air
Copley Square was a marsh until Gothic-style New Old South of moral superiority, while the
1870 and took on its present Church, built in 1874–5. best-loved memorial features
form only in the late 20th sailor and historian Samuel Eliot
century. Today, this inviting plaza P 200 Clarendon Morison. In his statue, found
is an open space of trees and 200 Clarendon St. between Exeter and Fairfield
fountains, and a hive of civic Closed to the public. Streets, Morison strikes an
activity with weekly farmers’ P Boston Public Library informal pose, dangling his feet
markets and concerts in summer. Copley Square. Tel (617) 536-5400. from a rock.
Formerly known as the John Open 9am–9pm Mon–Thu, 9am–5pm The Romanesque-style First
Hancock Tower, 200 Clarendon Fri & Sat; Oct–May: 1–5pm Sun. Baptist Church, on the corner
was constructed in 1975 and Closed public hols. 7 8 2:30pm of Commonwealth Avenue
anchors the southeastern side Mon, 6pm Tue & Thu, 11am Wed, Fri & and Clarendon Street, is one
of the Square. The tallest building Sat. ∑ bpl.org of the most distinctive
in New England, the 740-ft buildings of the city skyline.
(226-m) tower’s mirrored façade Completed in 1872, its free-
reflects the beautiful Trinity d Newbury Street standing square bell tower,
Church and the original (1947) Map B5.  Arlington, Copley, Hynes modeled on Italian campaniles,
Hancock Building, with its roof- Convention Center/ICA. is topped with a decorative
top beacon that forecasts the frieze by Bartholdi, the
weather. Flashing red indicates Newbury Street is a Boston sculptor who created the
rain ahead – or that the Red Sox synonym for “stylish.” Lined with Statue of Liberty. The faces in
game has been postponed. high-fashion outlets, art the frieze, which depict the
West of the Hancock Tower, galleries, and chic restaurants, sacraments, are likenesses of
across Copley Square, is the Italian this is a great place for people- prominent Bostonians of the
palazzo-style Boston Public watching. Lower Newbury near time, among them Henry
Library, built 1887–95. A marvel the Public Garden is posh and Wadsworth Longfellow and
of fine wood and marble, the elegant, while upper Newbury Ralph Waldo Emerson.
library has huge bronze doors, buzzes with youth-oriented
and murals by John Singer shops and services. Churches R First Baptist Church
Sargent in a third-floor gallery. provide vestiges of a more 110 Commonwealth Ave. Tel (617)
The vast Bates Hall on the second decorous era. Most notable is 267-3148. Open for Sun worship. 7

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