Back Bay

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historic district neighborhood upscale neighborhood

Back Bay is a historic and upscale Boston neighborhood known for its Victorian brownstone homes, shopping streets like Newbury Street, and proximity to major cultural and green spaces.

Aliases (6)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic district → neighborhood → upscale neighborhood →
adjacentTo	Boston Common → Boston Public Garden → Charles River Esplanade →
architecturalStyle	French Second Empire → Renaissance Revival → Victorian →
borderedBy	Arlington Street → Charles River → Massachusetts Avenue → South End → Storrow Drive →
characterizedBy	commercial buildings → cultural venues → residential buildings →
contains	Boston Public Library McKim Building → Boylston Street → Commonwealth Avenue Mall → Copley Square → Hynes Convention Center → John Hancock Tower → Newbury Street → Prudential Center → Trinity Church in the City of Boston →
country	United States →
developedFrom	tidal bay →
developmentPeriod	mid-19th century →
hasLandmark	Boston Public Library McKim Building → Copley Square → John Hancock Tower → Prudential Tower → Trinity Church in the City of Boston →
knownFor	Boylston Street → Newbury Street → Victorian brownstone homes → cultural institutions → dining → historic architecture → upscale shopping →
locatedAlong	Charles River →
locatedIn	Boston → Massachusetts →
partOf	Suffolk County →
servedBy	Amtrak → MBTA Commuter Rail → MBTA Orange Line →
streetPlan	grid pattern →
transportHub	Back Bay Station →
zoning	mixed-use →

Referenced by (51)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Back Bay Fens ("Back Bay neighborhood") → Boston Common → Charles River (Boston and Cambridge) → Charles River Esplanade ("Back Bay neighborhood") → Charles River Reservation ("Back Bay, Boston") → Fenway–Kenmore → The Fens ("Back Bay neighborhood") →	adjacentTo
Arlington Street → Boylston Street, Boston → Copley Square → Copley station → Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel → Hynes Convention Center station → Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston) →	locatedIn
Boston campus → Charles River Esplanade → Commonwealth Avenue Mall → Massachusetts Historical Society ("Back Bay, Boston") → Old South Church →	neighborhood
Art Square → Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch) → John Hancock Tower, Boston → Trinity Church in the City of Boston →	locatedInNeighborhood
Beacon Street → Boylston Street, Boston ("Back Bay neighborhood") → MBTA Green Line E branch →	passesThrough
Emerald Necklace park system → Harvard Bridge ("Back Bay, Boston") →	connects
Arlington station → Public Garden ("Back Bay neighborhood") →	locatedNear
Art Square ("Back Bay urban plan") → Copley Square ("Back Bay Historic District") →	partOf
MBTA Green Line → MBTA bus route 1 →	serves
Green Line (MBTA) → Storrow Drive →	servesArea
Copley station → Hynes Convention Center station →	servesNeighborhood
Arlington Street →	borderOf
Beacon Hill →	borders
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel →	cityDistrict
MBTA bus route 39 ("Back Bay area") →	connectsAt
Stony Brook →	flowsThrough
Arlington Street →	hasNeighborhood
Boston urban core →	hasPart
Statue of John Singleton Copley ("Back Bay, Boston") →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Commonwealth Avenue Mall →	location
Arlington station →	nearbyNeighborhood
MBTA bus route 1 ("Back Bay neighborhood") →	serviceArea
The Rise of Silas Lapham ("Back Bay Boston") →	settingFeature
MBTA bus route 39 →	terminus