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Encyclopedia > Downtown Crossing

Downtown Crossing is a shopping district in Boston, Massachusetts, located due south of the Boston Common and west of the Financial District. It features large department stores -- at one time including the flagship stores of both the Filene's and Jordan Marsh chains -- as well as restaurants, music stores, souvenirs, general retail, and many street vendors. During the day, Downtown Crossing bustles with activity. Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: www. ... View of the Water Celebration, on Boston Common, October 25th 1848 For the NBC series, see Boston Common (TV series) Boston Common is Boston, Massachusetts most famous public park and the oldest city park in the United States. ... The Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts, USA is located in the downtown area near Government Center and Chinatown. ... Filenes is a Boston-based chain of department stores owned by Federated Department Stores. ... Jordan Marsh was the name of a Boston-based chain of department stores. ...


It is also home to the world-famous department store Filene's Basement. The flagship store is underground -- literally in the basement of the Filene's department store. (The two stores, formerly under the same ownership, were disassociated in 1988.) The building housing the two stores was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Suffolk University Law School is located in Downton Crossing. Filenes is a Boston-based chain of department stores owned by Federated Department Stores. ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ... Suffolk University Law School in downtown Boston, Massachusetts is one of the largest (17,000 alumni) private law schools in the United States. ...


The Downtown Crossing subway station serves Downtown Crossing. Downtown Crossing Station of the MBTA, located at the corner of Washington Street and Summer Street and the corner of Chauncey Street and Summer Street in Boston, is the main transfer point between the Orange Line and the Red Line. ...


A local a cappella group/vocal band has named themselves after Downtown Crossing.


See also: List of upscale shopping districts This page lists important shopping streets or districts by city. ...


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Downtown Crossing - Great Public Spaces | Project for Public Spaces (PPS) (868 words)
To bring life back to the street, the Downtown Crossing Association was established in the early 1980s to manage a cart-vendor program that controls the image and viability of the vending carts.
Downtown Crossing draws people based on this reputation even when it is not the cheapest or most convenient retail option.
Downtown Crossing, while admittedly bustling from morning to the evening, is desolate the rest of the time.
Cyburbia Forums - Boston: Downtown Crossing plans to revise its look (3515 words)
The reality of Downtown Crossing is increasingly at odds with the higher-end image that some residents, retailers, and city officials want the neighborhood to have.
Menino is banking on a public-private partnership to improve Downtown Crossing; he has moved on from the years he spent fighting the Legislature to approve a business improvement district.
And the Downtown Crossing Association, which represents about 100 retailers, is launching a campaign to double its membership so it can be a more powerful force and pay for upgrades that the city can't guarantee.
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