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CHINATOWN AND THE
THEATER DISTRICT

Located south of Boston Common (see pp48–9) similar areas in San Francisco and New York.
and west of the Financial District, this part of West of Chinatown is the Theater District,
town has a noticeably gritty, more down-to- featuring touring Broadway shows and local
earth ambience. The area around Washington productions. The former “Combat Zone,”
Street, with Downtown Crossing at its center located at the lower end of Washington
(see pp82–3), is the city’s main shopping Street, between Chinatown and Boston
district. South of here is Chinatown, one of Common, has rebounded as an extension of
the largest in the United States, but a more the Theater District following the restoration
manageable, less intimidating version of of two historic theaters.

Sights at a Glance Restaurants pp145–6 11 Peach Farm
Historic Streets, Buildings, 1 Bristol Lounge 12 Penang
and Churches 2 Chau Chow City 13 Pho Pasteur
1 St. Paul’s Cathedral 3 Dong Khanh 14 Shabu-Zen
15 Taiwan Café
2 Downtown Crossing 4 Doretta Taverna & Raw Bar 16 Teatro
3 Ladder District 5 East Ocean City 17 Troquet
4 Brattle Book Shop 6 Erbaluce 18 Winsor Dim Sum Cafe
6 Massachusetts State 7 Gourmet Dumpling House
Transportation Building 8 Jacob Wirth Restaurant
8 Chinatown 9 Legal Sea Foods
9 Jacob Wirth 10 My Thai Vegan Cafe
0 Bay Village
Theaters
5 Boston Opera House
Park
7 Colonial Theatre Street HAMILTON
q Shubert Theatre
PLACE
w Wang Theatre WINTER ST
ASH ST ARCH STREET
BROMFIELD STREET FRANKLIN STREET
TEMPLE PLACE
Downtown
T RE M O N T S T R E E T SUMMER S T
Crossing
SUMMER ST
WEST STREET
CHAUNCY ST
0 meters MASON STREET
200
0 yards 200 AVERY STREET AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE BEDFORD ST
PARK STREET Chinatown WA S H I N GTON STR EET KINGSTON STREET SOUTH ST
ESSEX STREET
BOYLSTON OXFORD ST LINCOLN STREET
SQUARE
PARK PL AZA
Arlington
COLUMBUS AVE STUART STREET K NE E LA ND STR EE T
PARK LAGRANGE STREET BEAC H ST
PLAZA 10 •13 BEACH STREET
TYLER STREET
STUART STREET

PIEDMONT STREET SOUTH CHARLES ST TREMONT STREET CHINATOWN
WARENTON ST
MELROSE STREET Tufts Medical WAS HI NGT ON S TR E E T TYLER ST H U D S O N S T R E E T
FAYETTE STREET
ASH STREET
HARVARD STREET
BENNE STREET
TREMONT ST R EET Center PINE STREET HARRISON AVENUE See Street Finder maps 1, 2 & 4
CHURCH STREET
OAK STREET
A R L I N G T O N S T R E E T
M A R G I N A L R O A D
MA S SA CHU SET TS TUR N P I K E
H E R A L D S T R E E T
Traditional decorative gate at the entrance of Chinatown For keys to symbols see back flap
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