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The trumpeting angels at the on the central mall of the of the city’s most au
corners of the tower gave the avenue encounter a courant restaurants.
building its nickname, “Church number of historic Churches provide
of the Holy Bean Blowers.” figures in the form of vestiges of a more
Four years after the church bronze statues. Some decorous era. The
was completed, the Unitarian have only tangential Church of the
congregation dissolved be cause rela tionships to the Covenant at No. 67
it was unable to bear the city, like Alexander Newbury contains
expense of the building. The Hamilton, the first the world’s largest
church stood vacant until secretary of the U.S. collection of Louis
1881, when the First Baptist Treasury. The end Comfort Tiffany
congregation from the of the mall features stained-glass
South End took it over. an heroic bronze of windows and an
Leif Erikson, erected elaborate Tiffany
as a historically lantern. A choir
4 Commonwealth unsupported flight and musicians
Avenue of fancy that the William Garrison statue on perform sacred
Norse explorer Commonwealth Avenue music each Sunday
Map 3 B2.  Arlington, Copley, landed at Boston. at Emmanuel
Hynes Convention Center/ICA.
The patrician statue of abolitionist Church on the corner of
Back Bay was Boston’s first fully William Garrison is said to Newbury and Berkeley Streets.
planned neighborhood, and capture exactly the man’s air of Most of Newbury Street was
architect Arthur Gilman made moral superiority. The best-loved constructed as town house
Commonwealth Avenue, memorial depicts sailor and residences, but the desirability
modeled on the elegant bou- historian Samuel Eliot Morison of these spaces for retail oper-
levards of Paris, the centerpiece dangling his feet from a rock. ations has pushed residents
of the design. At 200 ft (61 m) to the upper floors, while
wide, with a 10 ft (3 m) setback ground and underground
from the sidewalks to encour- 5 Newbury Street levels are devoted to chic
age small gardens in front of Map 3 C2.  Arlington, Copley, boutiques and eateries.
the buildings, Commonwealth Hynes Convention Center/ICA. Fashionable sidewalk dining
became an arena for America’s gives great buzz to enduring
leading domestic architects Newbury Street is a Boston classic bistro spots, such as
in the sec ond half of the 19th synonym for “stylish.” The Taj Stephanie’s on Newbury
century. A walk from the Boston, formerly the Ritz- and Sonsie (see p147).
Public Garden to Massachusetts Carlton Hotel, at Arlington
Avenue is like flicking through Street sets an elegant tone for R Church of the Covenant
a catalog of architectural styles. the street that continues with 67 Newbury St. Tel (617) 266-7480.
Few of the grand buildings a mix of prestigious and often Open 10:30am Sun for church
on either side of the avenue are well-hidden art galleries, service. ^ 7 8 9
open to the public, but strollers stylish boutiques, and some ∑ cotcboston.org

Stylish Newbury Street, with its elegant shops, galleries, and restaurants, is the epitome of Boston style

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