Back Bay
Back Bay is a suburb in City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Back Bay is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bay Village, as well as near the suburb South End.Places of Interest
Highlights include Copley station and Copley Square.
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 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.
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Library
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The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts with research, educational, and exhibition programs relating to historical geography.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Back Bay and South End.
Back Bay
Suburb
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.
South End
Possessing the largest Victorian row house district in the country, the South End is one of Boston's most popular places. After many homes underwent renovation in the 1960s, upscale restaurants and art galleries sprang up, and the area has attracted a diverse blend of families, young professionals, a gay and lesbian community and a thriving artistic center.
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.
Back Bay
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.34926° or 42° 20′ 57″ northLongitude
-71.08078° or 71° 4′ 51″ westOpen location code
87JC8WX9+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1421527233OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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