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Explore Downtown Boston
The district Downtown Boston of Boston in Suffolk County (Massachusetts) is located in United States about 394 mi north-east of Washington DC, the country's capital.
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Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dedham, Taunton, Brentwood, Providence and North Providence. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 6°C / 42 °F
Morning Temperature | 5°C / 42 °F |
Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 5% |
Air Humidity | 65% |
Air Pressure | 1000 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Saturday, 30th of March 2024
9°C (48 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 31st of March 2024
11°C (52 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Monday, 1st of April 2024
9°C (49 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
W Boston
Boston Harbor Hotel
The Langham Boston
Marriott Vacation Club Pulse at Custom House Boston
The Ritz-Carlton Boston
Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel
Hilton Boston Downtown-Faneuil Hall
THE BOSTONIAN BOSTON
InterContinental Hotels BOSTON
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Videos from this area
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48 Hours in Boston
British travel expert Simon Calder explores Boston in 48 hours for The Independent. See what secret spots he uncovers along with helpful insights on exploring, dining and relaxing in Boston.
Boston Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia
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Boston Fire Gear - Riding with Tower Ladder 3
Inside the cab of Boston's Tower Ladder 3 responding to an emergency.
Saint Patrick's Day Parade - Boston, Massachusetts - 3/17/2013
Saint Patrick's day parade filmed in Southie, Boston on 3/17/2013.
The City of Boston
A short film created by Yao Li entitled "The City of Boston". A truly amazing compilation of time lapse shots from around the city. Anyone who has lived in or spent time in our beautiful city...
Boston City, Massachusetts, USA
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Boston city guide - Lonely Planet travel video
Boston is a city of old-world beauty and modern ideas. Join Lonely Planet and discover one of America's most historical state capitals. Visit http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/boston for more...
Karting F1 Boston Outdoors 6-17-12
My first Karting event, what a blast. It was with the BMW Club Boston Chapter on fathersday 2012. There were three qualifying races and the top 15 race in the championship race. My friend Fettah...
Amazing Animals at New England Aquarium, Boston
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Boston Blizzard 2013 Time Lapse
Timelapse of the snowstorm, starting from about 1pm on Friday through Saturday morning. Taken in Somerville, MA. Camera is a Canon t2i, pictures captured every 30 seconds. With help from:...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Post Office Square, Boston
Post Office Square (est. 1874) in Boston, Massachusetts is located in the financial district at the intersection of Milk, Congress, Pearl and Water Streets. It was named in 1874 after the post office which fronted it, now replaced by the John W. McCormack Post Office and Court House. As of 2009 the square is almost entirely occupied by a privately owned and managed but publicly accessible park, Norman B. Leventhal Park, named for the Boston building manager and designer who designed it.
WHRB
WHRB is a commercial FM radio station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It broadcasts at 95.3 MHz and is operated by students at Harvard College.
Jordan Marsh
Jordan Marsh & Company (or Jordan Marsh) was a department store in Boston, Massachusetts, which grew to be a major regional chain in the New England area of the United States. In 1996, the last of the Jordan Marsh stores were converted to Macy's. The store was formerly part of Allied Stores and then Federated Department Stores. Allied also operated a separate group of stores in Florida called Jordan Marsh Florida, which were disbanded in 1991.
Washington Street (Boston)
Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts that extends southwestward to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line. The majority of it was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early 19th century. It is the longest street in Boston, and it remains one of the longest streets in the state of Massachusetts.
WERS
WERS (88.9 FM) is one of Emerson College's two radio stations (the other being campus station WECB), located in Boston, Massachusetts. Student-run and professionally managed, it serves eastern New England an eclectic mix of musical genres, and more live performances than any other station in the region. Programming features over 20 different styles of music and news, including live performances and interviews.
101 Federal Street
101 Federal Street is a skyscraper on Federal Street in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Completed in 1988, the 116 meter (381 ft) building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. The building is also known as 75 - 101 Federal Street These buildings contain 800,000 sq ft of office space.
Holy Cross Church, Boston
The Church of the Holy Cross (1803-ca.1862) (from 1808 the Cathedral of the Holy Cross), located on Franklin Street in Boston, Massachusetts and designed by Charles Bulfinch, was the first church built for the city's Roman Catholics.
Franklin Place
Franklin Place, designed by Charles Bulfinch and built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1793-95, included a row of sixteen three-story brick townhouses that extended in a 480-foot curve, a small garden, and four double houses. Constructed early in Bulfinch’s career, Franklin Place came after he had seen the possibilities of modern architecture in Europe and had determined to reshape his native city.
Blackfriars Massacre
The 1978 Blackfriars Massacre was an American Mafia massacre that occurred on June 28, 1978 in Downtown Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. The massacre claimed four criminals known to the police and a former Channel 7 Boston television investigative news anchorman and reporter, John A. Kelly. The massacre was allegedly over the sale of cocaine. The shooters who carried out the murders have never been caught.
Boston Library Society
The Boston Library Society (1792-1939) was a subscription library established in 1792 in Boston, Massachusetts. Early subscribers included Paul Revere and William Tudor. The society existed until 1939 when it merged into the Boston Athenaeum.
Trinity Church, Boston (Summer Street)
Trinity Church (1735-1872) was an Episcopal church in Boston, Massachusetts, located on Summer Street. It housed Boston's third Anglican congregation. The Great Fire of 1872 destroyed the church building, and by 1877 the congregation moved into a new building in Back Bay.
Pendleton's Lithography
Pendleton's Lithography (1825-1836) was a lithographic print studio in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, established by brothers William S. Pendleton (1795-1879) and John B. Pendleton (1798-1866). Though relatively short-lived, in its time the firm was prolific, printing portraits, landscape views, sheet music covers, and numerous other illustrations.
New South Church (Boston, Massachusetts)
New South Church (1714-1866) was a congregational unitarian church of the "New South Society" in Boston, Massachusetts, located on "Church Green" at the corner of Summer Street and Bedford Street. Pastors included Samuel Checkley and John Thornton Kirkland. In 1814 architect Charles Bulfinch designed a new building for the society; it was demolished in 1868. The congregation merged with the New South Free Church in 1866.
Federal Street Theatre
The Federal Street Theatre (1793–1852), also known as the Boston Theatre, was located at the corner of Federal and Franklin streets in Boston, Massachusetts. It was "the first building erected purposely for theatrical entertainments in the town of Boston."
Federal Street (Boston)
Federal Street is a street in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to 1788, it was known as Long Lane. The street was renamed after state leaders met there in 1788 to determine Massachusetts' ratification of the United States Constitution.
Summer Street (Boston)
Summer Street (est. 1708) in Boston, Massachusetts extends from Downtown Crossing in the Financial District, over Fort Point Channel, and into South Boston to the southeast. In the mid-19th century it was also called Seven Star Lane. Along the route is Dewey Square, which is formed by the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer, Federal, and Purchase Streets with the Surface Artery, of the Boston Central Artery.
Franklin Street (Boston)
Franklin Street (est.1798) is located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. It was developed at the end of the 18th century by Charles Bulfinch, and included the now-demolished Tontine Crescent and Franklin Place.
Hawley Street (Boston)
Hawley Street of Boston, Massachusetts, is located in the Financial District between Milk and Summer Streets. Prior to 1799, it was called Bishop's Alley and briefly in the 1790s Board Alley.
Board Alley Theatre
The Board Alley Theatre (1792-1793) was an illegal theatre in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 18th-century. Also called the New Exhibition Room, it was located in Board Alley in the Financial District. Although some in town supported the theatre, others vehemently opposed it. Governor John Hancock forced it to close in June 1793.
Congress Street (Boston, Massachusetts)
Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts, is located in the Financial District and South Boston. It was first named in 1800. It was extended in 1854 as far as Atlantic Avenue, and in 1874 across Fort Point Channel into South Boston. Today's Congress Street consists of several segments of streets, previously named Atkinson's Street, Dalton Street, Gray's Alley, Leverett's Lane, Quaker Lane, and Shrimpton's Lane.
Green Restaurant Certification
The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) is a United States non-profit organization that provides certification for restaurants to become more environmentally responsible. Since 1990, the GRA has been building an extensive database of environmental goals for the restaurant industry. Green Restaurant Certification allows diners to be able to rely on their favorite restaurant’s environmental claims and communicates credibility.
Julien Hall (Boston)
Julien Hall (built 1825) was a building in Boston, Massachusetts, on the corner of Congress Street and Milk Street. It flourished 1825-1843, housing a variety of public events such as lectures by Red Jacket, William Lloyd Garrison; temperance meetings; political meetings; auctions; exhibitions of live animals, portraits by William James Hubard, John H. I. Browere; performances of the "automaton chess player" and the "panharmonicon;" and so on.
Julien's Restorator
Julien's Restorator (ca.1793-1823) was a restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, established by French-born Jean Baptiste Gilbert Payplat dis Julien. It was one of the first restaurants in Boston; previous public eating-rooms were in "taverns or boarding houses."
Odeon, Boston
The Odeon (1835-ca.1846) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a lecture and concert hall on Federal Street in the building also known as the Boston Theatre. The 1,300-seat auditorium measured "50 feet square" with "red moreen"-upholstered "seats arranged in a circular order, and above them ... spacious galleries. " The Boston Academy of Music occupied the Odeon in the 1830s and 1840s Notable events at the Odeon included "the first performance in Boston of a Beethoven symphony."
WEDX
WEDX (101.7 FM; "Evolution 101.7") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Lynn, Massachusetts. Established in 1963, WEDX is owned by Clear Channel Communications and serves the Boston metropolitan area. The station broadcasts a dance format, and claims to be "the first real EDM station in the country."