West Fens
West Fens is a locality in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts and has about 6,550 residents. West Fens is situated nearby to the suburb Longwood Medical and Academic Area, as well as near the locality Longwood Station.Places of Interest
Highlights include Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Museum
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts, which houses significant examples of European, Asian, and American art. Its collection includes paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts.
MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Theater building
The MGM Music Hall at Fenway is a 5,007-capacity music venue located directly northeast of Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston mayor Michelle Wu held the venue's ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 22, 2022, followed by a short private concert by Guster for the students of Tufts University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fenway-Kenmore and Longwood Medical and Academic Area.
Fenway-Kenmore
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The Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.
Longwood Medical and Academic Area
Suburb
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The Longwood Medical and Academic Area, also known as Longwood Medical Area, LMA, or simply Longwood, is a medical campus in Boston, Massachusetts. Flanking Longwood Avenue, LMA is adjacent to the Fenway–Kenmore, Audubon Circle, and Mission Hill neighborhoods, as well as the town of Brookline.
Mission Hill
Suburb
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Mission Hill is a 3⁄4 square mile, primarily residential neighborhood of Boston, bordered by Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and Fenway-Kenmore and the town of Brookline.
West Fens
- Type: Locality with 6,550 residents
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.34298° or 42° 20′ 35″ northLongitude
-71.09839° or 71° 5′ 54″ westPopulation
6,550Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JC8WV2+5JGeoNames ID
13308082
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