Back Bay is Boston’s grandest neighborhood, a grid of Victorian brownstones along Newbury Street and Commonwealth Avenue built on land reclaimed from the Charles River tidal flats in the 1800s.
Built on Reclaimed Land, Laid Out on a Grid
Unlike much of famously winding, colonial-era Boston, Back Bay was planned on a strict grid when it was filled in during the 19th century, which makes it one of the easier neighborhoods in the city to navigate on foot.
Newbury Street and the Public Garden Are the Draw
Newbury Street’s boutiques and restaurants run for eight blocks, and the neighborhood sits directly across the Public Garden and Boston Common from Downtown, Beacon Hill, and the Financial District, all a five-minute walk away.
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