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Charles Street (Boston)
Street in Boston, U.S.
Street in Boston, U.S.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Charles Street |
| image | Charles St (Boston).JPG |
| caption | Looking north toward Hamilton Coolidge Square |
| location | Boston |
| direction_a | South |
| terminus_a | Boylston Street in Boston |
| direction_b | North |
| terminus_b | Cambridge Avenue in Boston |
Charles Street is a north-south street in the city center of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins in the north at Leverett Circle, where it connects with Nashua Street and Monsignor O'Brien Highway. Science Park station on the MBTA Green Line is located there. Charles Street runs south and gives its name to the Charles/MGH station on the MBTA Red Line, connecting via the Charles Circle rotary to Cambridge Street and the Longfellow Bridge which leads to Cambridge. This segment is a one-way street, with traffic heading northwards.
From Charles Circle, the street heads further south as a one-way southbound thoroughfare, and forms the primary commercial spine of the affluent neighborhood of Beacon Hill. As it crosses Beacon Street, the direction of one-way traffic reverts to northbound, and the street widens to form the boundary between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden.
Beyond Boylston Street, which forms the southern boundary of the parks, the street continues as Charles Street South (formerly Carver Street), terminating at Tremont Street just south of the Theatre District.
The street is the start and finish point for the annual B.A.A. 10K race, first organised by the Boston Athletic Association in 2011.
Notable residents
- John Albion Andrew lived on Charles St., 1855-1867
- Annie Adams Fields, James T. Fields, Sarah Orne Jewett (site of 148 Charles St.)
- Lucretia Peabody Hale (127 Charles St.)
- Davide Rossi (143 Charles St.)
- Edgar Allan Poe was born at 62 Carver Street, since renamed to Charles Street South
In film
Part of Martin Scorsese's 2006 film The Departed was filmed along Charles Street in Beacon Hill.
Image gallery
Image:1850 BeaconHill BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png|Overview of Beacon Hill, with Charles St. at water's edge, 1850 Image:1883 CharlesSt Boston map Walker detail.png|Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing extent of Charles St. Image:BeaconSt ca1870 CharlesSt Boston 2.png|Corner of Beacon St. and Charles St., c. 1870 Image:View from the top of the state house, Boston, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 2.jpg|View of Charles St., Public Garden and Common, from State House, 19th century Image:Charles Street Mall, Boston Common, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 3.jpg|Charles Street Mall on the Common, 19th century Image:MtVernonSt ca1905 CharlesSt Boston.png|Corner of Charles St. and Mt. Vernon St., c. 1905 Image:1941 3rdBaptistChurch CharlesSt Boston byFrankBranzetti.png|Charles Street Meeting House, 1941 Image:Charles Street Jail (Boston, MA) - aerial view.jpg|Charles Street Jail Image:1993 CharlesSt Boston 80519187.jpg|View of Charles St. from Cambridge St., 1993 Image:2004 CharlesSt Boston 1521319.jpg|Charles St., 2004 Image:Headhouse of Charles MGH station, December 2009.jpg|Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009 Image:Charles Street Jail and Charles MGH station, November 2009.jpg|Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009 Image:USA-Boston Charles Street0.jpg|Charles St. at Edgar Allan Poe Square
References
References
- Connelly, John (2011-06-27). [http://bostonherald.com/sports/other_sports/general/view.bg?articleid=1348165&srvc=sports&position=3 Feeling at home]. ''[[Boston Herald]]''. Retrieved on 2011-07-02.
- State Street Trust Company. Forty of Boston's historic houses. 1912.
- [[Boston Directory]], 1856
- Susan Wilson. Literary Trail of Greater Boston, 2nd ed. Beverly, Mass.: Commonwealth Editions, 2005; p.59
- Davide Rossi. When I was in India - Recollections Recounted, n to the nth ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Italian Editions, 2008-10; p.59
- (March 28 – July 30, 2012). "An Interactive Map of Literary Boston: 1794–1862". The Trustees of Boston College.
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