The Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts, USA is located in the downtown area near Government Center and Chinatown. It is roughly bounded by Atlantic Avenue, State Street, and Devonshire Street. (The district has no official definition, but the T subway station at Atlantic Avenue and State Street is officially designated "Aquarium/Financial District".) Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe) (The State House, according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the hub of the Solar System), Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino... Government Center is a city square and plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, bounded by Cambridge, Court, Congress, and Sudbury Streets. ... Bostons Chinatown 42. ... The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a quasi-governmental organization formed in 1964 that controls the subway, bus, commuter rail, and ferry systems in the Boston, Massachusetts area. ... Aquarium/Financial District Station of the MBTA, is a station on the Blue Line. ...

This area includes Post Office Square, the Exchange Place and International Place complexes, and the landmark Custom House Tower (now a private condominium). It contains the headquarters of the mutual fund companies Fidelity Investments, Putnam Investments, and DWS Scudder Investments; the Boston Stock Exchange; the law firms of Goodwin Procter, Hale and Dorr, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, and Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo; the local headquarters of the Bank of America formerly Fleet Bank, State Street Bank, and Sovereign Bank; the Hotel Meridien and Wyndham Hotel; and the local offices of Merrill Lynch and other brokerages. Post Office Square in the Financial District, Boston, Massachusetts Post Office Square is a privately owned and managed public park in Boston, Massachusetts It sits above a parking garage in the heart of the Financial District. ... Exchange Place can be the name of: Exchange Place, Boston Exchange Place, Jersey City Exchange Place, New York City Exchange Place, London This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bostons Keystone Building, 125 High Street, One International Place, and the Boston Harbor Hotel (L-R) One International Place is a modern skyscraper in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ... Boston skyscrapers, L-R: 60 State Street, Custom House Tower, and Exchange Place The Custom House Tower is a turn of the century skyscraper in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ... This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers, and should be edited to rectify this. ... FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts-based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. ... State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is a financial services company based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Sovereign Bank, currently the 18th largest banking institution in the United States [1], has more than $63 billion in assets [2] and operates more than 650 retail banking offices [3], over 1,000 ATMs [4], and employes approximately 10,000 people [5]. Its principal market is in the Northeastern United... Merrill Lynch & Co. ...

Dewey Square, One Financial Center, and the plaza and towers housing the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston are located near South Station, adjacent to and just south of the area defined above. Also part of the Financial District are 33 Arch Street, One Federal Street and the First National Bank Building building. One Financial Center, Boston One Financial Center is a modern skyscraper in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ... One Federal Street, One Financial Center, and 33 Arch Street, Boston 33 Arch Street is a new skyscraper in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ... One Federal Street, One Financial Center, and 33 Arch Street, Boston One Federal Street is a modern skyscraper in the Financial District neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ... The First National Bank Building in Albuquerque. ...

The Financial District is also very roughly defined by the USPS postal ZIP Codes 02108, 02109, 02110, and 02111. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government (see ) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Lehman Brothers and PWC are also located here, all in 'High Street Tower' (125 High Street, Boston MA 02110)