Park Square in
downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
, is bounded by Stuart,
Charles Street South,
Boylston, and Arlington Streets.
Description
Park Square is the home of the Boston
Four Seasons Hotel, the
Boston Park Plaza, and nearly a dozen restaurants. To the north across Boylston Street is the
Boston Public Garden. To the east is the
Washington Street Theatre District. The
Bay Village neighborhood is to the south, and
Back Bay
Back Bay is an officially recognized Neighborhoods in Boston, neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on Land reclamation, reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing exceeded the ...
is to the west.
At one time, the terminus of the
Boston and Providence Railroad was in the square; however, after
South Station opened, the terminal was closed.
The
Emancipation Memorial, commemorating the
emancipation of American slaves, was installed in Park Square in 1879 and removed in December 2020.
A small street in the district was renamed "Park
Plaice" (plaice being a type of
flatfish) in honor of
Legal Sea Foods, a local restaurant.
Education
Boston Public Schools operates area district public schools.
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School was formerly located in a building in Park Square.
In 2010, it moved to
Hyde Park.
[New - About]
." Boston Renaissance Charter Public School. Retrieved on April 20, 2017.
From 1964 to 1974, the
University of Massachusetts Boston
The University of Massachusetts Boston (stylized as UMass Boston) is a Public university, public US-based research university. It is the only public research university in Boston and the third-largest campus in the five-campus University of Ma ...
campus was located in Park Square.
Image gallery
File:1837 ParkSquare Boston LOC030074v.jpg, Railroad depot at Park Square in 1837, with the State House in the background, the tidal Charles River basin in the foreground
Image:1850 ParkSquare BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png, Overview of Park Square, 1850
Image:Park square, by John B. Heywood.jpg, Stereoscopic view of Park Square and train station, from Boston Common, 19th century
Lincoln Statue, Park Square, Boston, Mass (NYPL b12647398-69513).tiff, Emancipation Memorial, on display 1879–2020
Image:Waiting room of the Boston and Providence Railroad terminal, circa 1875.jpg, Interior of Boston & Providence Rail Road depot, 19th century
File:1902 ColoredAmericanMagazine office ParkSq Bosto interior 1 (cropped).jpg, Office of the '' Colored American Magazine'', 1902
Image:ClarenceBlackall theatre6 Boston AmericanArchitect March1915.png, Cort Theatre, Park Square, c. 1915
File:Boston Park Plaza Hotel.jpg, Boston Park Plaza and the former headquarters of the Boston Gas Company, 2009
See also
*
Park Square Theatre, Boston (1915–1921)
*
Boston Theater District
*
Combat Zone, Boston
References
External links
Google news archive Articles about Park Square.
The Evolution of Park SquarePicture: "Pre-war New England Greyhound PDG-3701 backed in the old Park Square Greyhound Terminal in Boston."Picture: "A shot of an Almeida Aerocoach loading at their terminal just a few doors away."Picture: "The picture of the MacKenzie Line Beck loading shows the Greyhound Terminal off to the right."
{{coord, 42.3516, N, 71.0684, W, type:landmark_scale:2500, display=title
Squares in Boston
Boston Theater District
Back Bay, Boston