Copley Square, Boston

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public square urban park

Copley Square, Boston is a prominent public square in the Back Bay neighborhood known for its historic architecture, cultural institutions, and role as the traditional finish area of the Boston Marathon.

Aliases (4)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public square → urban park →
adjacentTo	Boylston Street → Clarendon Street → Dartmouth Street → St. James Avenue →
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts → Gothic Revival → Richardsonian Romanesque → Victorian →
coordinateLocation	42.349° N, 71.077° W →
country	United States →
formerName	Art Square →
governingBody	City of Boston →
hasArtwork	Tortoise and Hare sculpture →
hasEvent	Boston Marathon finish festivities → farmers market → public demonstrations → seasonal festivals →
hasNearbyInstitution	Boston Public Library → Museum of Fine Arts predecessor sites → New Old South Church congregation →
hasNearbyLandmark	Boston Marathon finish line → Boston Public Library McKim Building → Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel → John Hancock Tower → Old South Church → Trinity Church in the City of Boston →
hasPublicTransitConnection	Copley station →
hasStatue	Statue of John Singleton Copley →
hasUse	event venue → public gathering place → tourist attraction → transportation hub →
heritageDesignation	Boston Landmark →
inception	19th century →
knownFor	Boston Marathon finish area → cultural institutions → historic architecture →
locatedIn	Back Bay → Boston →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Massachusetts →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	John Singleton Copley →
operator	Boston Parks and Recreation Department →
partOf	Back Bay Historic District →
publicTransitSystem	MBTA Green Line →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boylston Street, Boston ("Boston Marathon finish line") → Copley Square ("Boston Marathon finish area") →	knownFor
Copley station ("Copley Square") → John Hancock Tower, Boston ("Copley Square") →	nearbyLandmark
Back Bay ("Copley Square") →	contains
Boston Marathon →	finishLocation
Art Square ("Copley Square") →	formerNameOf
Copley station ("Copley Square") →	hasConnectionTo
Boylston Street, Boston ("Copley Square area") →	hasCoordinateRegion
Art Square ("Copley Square") →	hasCurrentName
Back Bay ("Copley Square") →	hasLandmark
Copley Square ("Boston Marathon finish line") →	hasNearbyLandmark
Art Square ("Copley Square") →	hasSuccessorName
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel ("Copley Square") →	hasViewOf
Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch) ("Copley Square") →	locatedAtSquare
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel ("Copley Square") →	locatedIn
Trinity Church in the City of Boston ("Copley Square") →	locatedOnSquare
Statue of John Singleton Copley ("Copley Square") →	location
Boylston Street, Boston ("Copley Square") →	passesThrough