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Cambridge Public Library
Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, adjacent to Harvard Yard, and down the street from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Cambridge Public Library represents a cultural beacon…
MIT Chapel & Kresge Auditorium
Born in a small town on the southern coast of Finland, Eero Saarinen emigrated to Michigan in the 1920s and was raised by his father Eliel, an architect, and mother Loja, a textile artist. Educated…
MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center
World renowned architect, Frank Gehry, is widely considered to be one of the world’s most significant and influential contributors to contemporary art and architecture. Frank Gehry’s mystifying use of…
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Fenway Park
In early 1911, John I. Taylor, the first owner of the Boston Red Sox scouted locations across Boston for a new ball park to be built. After a plot of land between Ipswich and Lansdowne Street was found, construction of the now famous Fenway Park…
Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School, although not an interesting location to visit, is an important part of Boston’s history. As an institution, it has been educating the students of this city for close to 400 years has had a significant impact on the lives of the…
Back Bay Station
The original Back Bay station was built in 1899 by the New Haven Railroad Company, but new societal implications demanded a more modern station to be built in 1987. The lead architect was Kallmann McKinnell & Wood; who were also designed Boston’s…
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Old John Hancock Building
The Old Hancock Tower, also known as the Berkeley Building, is a landmark of Boston located in the cities famous Back Bay neighborhood. The first building of its kind in the Back Bay area which at the time was “a Boston neighborhood…
Government Service Center
Government Center is a collection of buildings in the Downtown area of Boston. It is comprised of six main buildings, including Boston City Hall, the John F. Kennedy Federal Building, City Hall Plaza and the Government Service Center. In the 1950s,…
Boston History
A project by the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Wentworth Institute of TechnologyStudents at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, working with history professor Ella Howard, share their research with the public here. Boston History is powered by Omeka + Curatescape. Read more About Us