Boylston Street
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Boylston Street is the name of a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Boston, Massachusetts and its western suburbs. It begins at its eastern end in central Boston as the continuation of Essex Street at the intersection of Washington, and forms the southern boundary of Boston Common, and, past Charles Street, the southern limit of the Boston Public Garden as well. West of Arlington Street it becomes a major commercial artery in the city's Back Bay neighborhood, and forms the northern boundary of busy Copley Square. The street then forms the northern boundary of the Back Bay Fens, the direction of traffic switching from west-east to east-west. It then runs through the Fenway neighborhood through a swath of parking lots and other underutilized space, before ending at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and Park Drive.
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[edit] Landmarks
- Boston Common
- Emerson College - several buildings are located along the street across from Boston Common
- Boston Public Garden
- 500 Boylston Street - a gaudy postmodern office building
- Trinity Church
- Copley Square
- Old South Church
- Boston Public Library
- Hynes Convention Center
- 941–955 Boylston Street - formerly a fire station and then home to the Institute of Contemporary Art, now part of the Boston Architectural College
- Berklee College of Music
- Back Bay Fens
- Saint Clement's Eucharistic Shrine
[edit] Shopping
- Anthropologie
- Filene's Basement
- Escada
- Hermès
- Anne Fontaine
- Sonia Rykiel
- La Perla
- St. John
- Lord & Taylor
- Apple (22,000 sq. ft. flagship; May 16th)
- Prada (June 2008)
- Balenciaga (June 2008)
- Apple Store
[edit] Suburbs
- The Mall at Chestnut Hill
- Atrium Mall
[edit] Transportation
MBTA Green Line transit links along Boylston Street, from east to west:
[edit] Boston
- Boylston (MBTA station)
- Arlington (MBTA station)
- Copley (MBTA station)
- Hynes Convention Center (MBTA station)
- Fenway (MBTA station)
