Scollay Square (historic site)

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former commercial district former entertainment district historic district

Scollay Square was a once-bustling commercial and entertainment district in downtown Boston that was demolished in the 1960s urban renewal projects that created Government Center.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Scollay Square 5
Scollay Square site 3
Scollay Square (historic site) canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former commercial district ⓘ
former entertainment district ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
associatedWith Boston urban renewal era developments ⓘ
surface form: Boston urban renewal

Government Center redevelopment ⓘ
city Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalReputation raucous entertainment district ⓘ
seedy neighborhood in later years ⓘ
currentPhysicalRemnant largely none ⓘ
demolishedAsPartOf urban renewal projects ⓘ
demolishedIn 1960s ⓘ
demolitionResultedIn construction of Boston City Hall vicinity ⓘ
creation of Government Center Plaza ⓘ
hadTransportationNode MBTA State Street station ⓘ
surface form: Scollay Square subway station
hasHistoricalSignificance example of urban renewal displacement ⓘ
lost Boston neighborhood ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor bars ⓘ
burlesque houses ⓘ
commercial activity ⓘ
entertainment venues ⓘ
nightlife ⓘ
restaurants ⓘ
theaters ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Downtown Boston ⓘ
surface form: Boston city center

Massachusetts ⓘ
Downtown Boston ⓘ
surface form: downtown Boston
memoryPreservedIn Boston historical accounts ⓘ
local photographs and postcards ⓘ
namedAfter William Scollay ⓘ
partOf Government Center area ⓘ
historic downtown Boston commercial core ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
replacedBy Government Center area ⓘ
surface form: Government Center
state Massachusetts ⓘ
status demolished ⓘ
streetIntersection Cambridge Street ⓘ
Court Street ⓘ
Tremont Street, Boston ⓘ
surface form: Tremont Street
timeOfGreatestActivity first half of the 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
urbanPlanningContext mid-20th-century slum clearance ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Government Center station → near → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
Government Center station → formerName → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square
Government Center station → formerName → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Under
Government Center, Boston → adjacentTo → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
Government Center, Boston → replaced → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square
MBTA Green Line at Government Center → near → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square site
Main Line Elevated → servedStation → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square
Watertown branch of the Green Line A → terminus → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square
Boston City Hall Plaza → adjacentTo → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square site
Boston urban renewal era developments → demolished → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square entertainment district
Government Center MBTA station → formerName → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
subject surface form: Government Center station
this entity surface form: Scollay Square
Government Center MBTA station → formerName → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
subject surface form: Government Center station
this entity surface form: Scollay Under
One Center Plaza → near → Scollay Square (historic site) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scollay Square site