Commissioners Landing
Commissioners Landing is a focal point along Boston's Charles River Esplanade, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Designed by Arthur Shurcliff during the 1930s, the landing features a granite wall and approximately 3-foot balustrade, with steps leading to the river.- Type: Rest area
- Description: focal point in Boston, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Commissioner’s Landing”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Massachusetts General Hospital and Charles Street Meeting House.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvard University, and houses the world's largest hospital-based research program with an annual research budget of more than $1.2 billion in 2021. Massachusetts General Hospital is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Commissioners Landing.
Charles Street Meeting House
Historic building
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The Charles Street Meeting House is an early-nineteenth-century historic church in Beacon Hill at 70 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The church has been used over its history by several Christian denominations, including Baptists, the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Unitarian Universalist. Charles Street Meeting House is situated 720 feet east of Commissioners Landing.
TD Garden
Stadium
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TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Commissioners Landing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back Bay-Beacon Hill and Beacon Hill.
Back Bay-Beacon Hill
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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.
Beacon Hill
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.
West End
Suburb
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The West End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the Charles River to the west and northwest, North Washington Street on the north and northeast, and New Sudbury Street on the east.
Commissioners Landing
Latitude
42.35838° or 42° 21′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.07325° or 71° 4′ 24″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Width
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
87JC9W5G+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 825994973OpenStreetMap feature
highway=rest_areaGeoNames ID
4933692Wikidata ID
Q75258878
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