Charles Street (Boston)

Charles Street is the name of a north-south street in the city center of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins in the north at Leverett Circle, where it connects with Nashua Street and Monsignor O'Brien Highway. Science Park station on the MBTA Green Line is located there. Charles Street runs south and gives its name to the Charles/MGH station on the MBTA Red Line, connecting via the Charles Circle rotary to Cambridge Street and the Longfellow Bridge which leads to Cambridge. This segment is a one-way street, with traffic heading northwards.

From Charles Circle, the street heads further south as a one-way southbound thoroughfare, and forms the primary commercial spine of the affluent neighborhood of Beacon Hill. As it crosses Beacon Street, the direction of one-way traffic reverts to northbound, and the street widens to form the boundary between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden.

Beyond Boylston Street, which forms the southern boundary of the parks, the street continues as Charles Street South (formerly Carver Street), terminating at Tremont Street just south of the Theatre District.

The street is the start and finish point for the annual B.A.A. 10K race, first organised by the Boston Athletic Association in 2011.

Notable residents

* John Albion Andrew lived on Charles St., 1855-1867
* Annie Adams Fields, James T. Fields, Sarah Orne Jewett (site of 148 Charles St.)
* Lucretia Peabody Hale (127 Charles St.)
* Davide Rossi (143 Charles St.)Davide Rossi. When I was in India - Recollections Recounted, n to the nth ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Italian Editions, 2008-10; p.59
* Edgar Allan Poe was born at 62 Carver Street, since renamed to Charles Street South

In film

Part of Martin Scorsese's 2006 film ''The Departed'' was filmed along Charles Street in Beacon Hill.

See also

* Boston Common
* Boston Public Garden
* Charles Street Jail
* Charles Street Meeting House
* Sevens Ale House

Image gallery

Image:1850 BeaconHill BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png, Overview of Beacon Hill, with Charles St. at water's edge, 1850
Image:1883 CharlesSt Boston map Walker detail.png, Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing extent of Charles St.
Image:BeaconSt ca1870 CharlesSt Boston 2.png, Corner of Beacon St. and Charles St., c. 1870
Image:View from the top of the state house, Boston, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 2.jpg, View of Charles St., Public Garden and Common, from State House, 19th century
Image:Charles Street Mall, Boston Common, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 3.jpg, Charles Street Mall on the Common, 19th century
Image:MtVernonSt ca1905 CharlesSt Boston.png, Corner of Charles St. and Mt. Vernon St., c. 1905
Image:1941 3rdBaptistChurch CharlesSt Boston byFrankBranzetti.png, Charles St. Meeting House, 1941
Image:Charles Street Jail (Boston, MA) - aerial view.jpg, Charles Street Jail
Image:1993 CharlesSt Boston 80519187.jpg, View of Charles St. from Cambridge St., 1993
Image:2004 CharlesSt Boston 1521319.jpg, Charles St., 2004
Image:Headhouse of Charles MGH station, December 2009.jpg, Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009
Image:Charles Street Jail and Charles MGH station, November 2009.jpg, Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009
Image:USA-Boston Charles Street0.jpg, Charles St. at Edgar Allan Poe Square

References

External links

Library of Congress
Historic American Buildings Survey. 20th-century photos of house (built circa 1874), "one of the last single-family bow-fronted rowhouses to be built in Boston. This structure is included in the South End Historic District."
* https://www.flickr.com/photos/mit-libraries/3385484394/
* https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffandfazia/3731460044/
* https://www.flickr.com/photos/galahad/85003442/
* https://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterscript/3086139769/

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