Park Square (Boston)

Description

Park Square is the home of the Boston Four Seasons Hotel, the Boston Park Plaza, and nearly a dozen restaurants. To the north across Boylston Street is the Boston Public Garden. To the east is the Washington Street Theatre District. The Bay Village neighborhood is to the south, and Back Bay is to the west.

At one time, the terminus of the Boston and Providence Railroad was in the square; however, after South Station opened, the terminal was closed.

The Emancipation Memorial, commemorating the emancipation of American slaves, was installed in Park Square in 1879 and removed in December 2020.

A small street in the district was renamed "Park Plaice" (plaice being a type of flatfish) in honor of Legal Sea Foods, a local restaurant.

Education

Boston Public Schools operates area district public schools.

Boston Renaissance Charter Public School was formerly located in a building in Park Square. In 2010, it moved to Hyde Park.

From 1964 to 1974, the University of Massachusetts Boston campus was located in Park Square.

Image gallery

File:1837 ParkSquare Boston LOC030074v.jpg|Railroad depot at Park Square in 1837, with the State House in the background, the tidal Charles River basin in the foreground Image:1850 ParkSquare BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png|Overview of Park Square, 1850 Image:Park square, by John B. Heywood.jpg|Stereoscopic view of Park Square and train station, from Boston Common, 19th century Lincoln Statue, Park Square, Boston, Mass (NYPL b12647398-69513).tiff|Emancipation Memorial, on display 1879–2020 Image:Waiting room of the Boston and Providence Railroad terminal, circa 1875.jpg|Interior of Boston & Providence Rail Road depot, 19th century File:1902 ColoredAmericanMagazine office ParkSq Bosto interior 1 (cropped).jpg|Office of the Colored American Magazine, 1902 Image:ClarenceBlackall theatre6 Boston AmericanArchitect March1915.png|Cort Theatre, Park Square, c. 1915 File:Boston Park Plaza Hotel.jpg|Boston Park Plaza and the former headquarters of the Boston Gas Company, 2009

References

References

1. GUERRA, CRISTELA. (July 1, 2020). "Boston To Remove Statue Depicting Abraham Lincoln With Freed Black Man At His Feet".
2. (December 29, 2020). "Controversial Emancipation Group Statue Being Removed From Boston's Park Square". [[Cbslocal.com]].
3. (March 30 – April 5, 2012). "It's Not a Typo!". The Boston Courant.
4. (February 26, 2016). "It's not a typo. Plaice is a type of fish. The street was renamed in honor of Legal Sea Foods' relocation to Park Sq in 1999.".
5. Andersen, Travis. (2013-02-26). "Renaissance Charter School on probation". [[Boston Globe]].
6. link. (2016-02-05 ." Boston Renaissance Charter Public School. Retrieved on April 20, 2017.)
7. Feldberg, Michael. (2015). "UMass Boston at 50: A Fiftieth-Anniversary History of the University of Massachusetts Boston". [[University of Massachusetts Press]].