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, 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
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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 Square

Picture: "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."
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