Berkeley Building

The Berkeley Building is a 26-story, 495-foot building located at 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the second of the three John Hancock buildings built in Boston; it was succeeded by the John Hancock Tower.

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Type: Building
Description: building in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as: “Old John Hancock Building” and “The Berkeley Building”
Address: 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Copley Square and Arlington station.

Copley Square

Park

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Copley Square is a public square in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, bounded by Boylston Street, Clarendon Street, St. James Avenue, and Dartmouth Street.

Arlington station

Railway station

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Arlington station is an underground light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line located at the southwest corner of the Boston Public Garden at the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets at the east end of the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Arlington station is situated 820 feet northeast of Berkeley Building.

Copley station

Railway station

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Copley station is an underground light rail station on the MBTA Green Line, located in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. Located in and named after Copley Square, the station has entrances and exits along Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street. Copley station is situated 1,100 feet west of Berkeley Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bay Village and Back Bay.

Bay Village

Neighborhood

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Bay Village is the smallest officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. As of 2010, its population was approximately 1,312 residents living in 837 housing units, most of which are small brick rowhouses.

Back Bay

Suburb

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Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.