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OLD BOSTON AND THE
FINANCIAL DISTRICT

This is an area of Boston where old and new modernist-style City Hall and Government
sit one on top of the other. Some of its sights, Center, while to the east is the city’s bustling
situated in the older part of the district Financial District. This once formed part of
closest to Boston Common, predate the Boston’s harbor waterfront, a district built
American Revolution (see pp22–3). Much of on mercantile wealth. Today, the wharves
what can be seen today, though, was built and warehouses have been replaced by
more recently. The north of the district skyscrapers belonging to banks, insurance
is home to Boston’s late 20th-century, companies, and high-tech industries.

Sights at a Glance
Restaurants pp143–4
Historic Streets and Squares 1 Anthem
0 Blackstone Block 2 The Black Rose
q Boston Public Market 3 Boloco
and Greenway 4 Bond Restaurant and Lounge
t Post Office Square 5 Chacarero
Historic Buildings 6 Durgin Park
and Churches 7 The Kinsale
North
1 Omni Parker House Station 8 Mooo...
2 King’s Chapel 9 The Oceanaire Seafood Room
and Burying 10 Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
Ground C AUS EWAY S TR EE T 11 Sakura-Bana
3 Old City Hall LO WE LL STR EE T C A N A L 12 Sam LaGrassa’s
4 Old Corner Bookstore FRIEND STREET 13 Silvertone
5 Old South Meeting STREET PORTLAND ST TRAVERSE 14 Society on High
House STREET S T R E E T 15 Union Oyster House
LANCASTER
6 Old State ME RR IMA C S T R E ET
House pp62–3
7 Center Plaza S TANIF ORD ST R EET Haymarket
8 Boston City Hall BOWKER
9 Government Center STREET NE W SU D B U RY S T BLACKSTONE STREET
w Faneuil Hall Bowdoin STREET
HAWKINS
e Quincy Market
r Custom House UNION ST
BOWDOIN S TR EE T PLAZA State CHATHAM STREET ATLANTIC AVENUE
y Verizon Building PEMBERTON SQUARE OM ERSE T STREET CITY HALL CONGRESS ST R E E T N O R T H S T R EET CLINTON ST
Government
Center
S T A T E S T R E E T
COURT STREET
S
FINANCIAL I N D I ATLANTIC AVE NUE
C A MBR I DG E S T CAMBRIDGE STREET
WASHINGTON ST REET WATER ST MILK STREET A S T
BEAC ON ST DISTRICT
SCHOOL STREET
0 meters 300 ST BATTERYMARCH ST
BOSWORTH
BROAD STREET
0 yards 300 BROMFIELD ST PEARL STREET OLIVER STREET
ST
FRAN K LIN ST S T R E E T DEVONSHIRE ST FR AN KL IN HIGH STREET
A R C H OTIS ST F ED ER AL S T RE ET ATL A NT IC AV E N U E
CONGRE
PEARL ST
HIGH S T REET SS STREET
See Street Finder maps 1 & 2 S U M M E R STR E E T ATL A NT I C AV E N U E
The iconic Old State House in Boston’s Financial District For keys to symbols see back flap

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