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Park Square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, is bounded by Stuart, Charles Street South, Boylston, and Arlington Streets.[citation needed]

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Education

Boston Public Schools operates area district public schools.

Boston Renaissance Charter Public School was formerly located in a building in Park Square.[5] In 2010, it moved to Hyde Park.[6]

From 1964 to 1974, the University of Massachusetts Boston campus was located in Park Square.[7]

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References

  1. ^ GUERRA, CRISTELA (July 1, 2020). "Boston To Remove Statue Depicting Abraham Lincoln With Freed Black Man At His Feet". NPR News. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  2. ^ "Controversial Emancipation Group Statue Being Removed From Boston's Park Square", Cbslocal.com, December 29, 2020
  3. ^ "It's Not a Typo!". The Boston Courant. March 30 – April 5, 2012. p. 1. 'Park Plaice' was named after the fish in honor of Legal Sea Foods' relocation to Park Square in 1999.
  4. ^ @CityOfBoston (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" (Tweet). Retrieved 2020-07-02 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Andersen, Travis (2013-02-26). "Renaissance Charter School on probation". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  6. ^ "New - About Archived 2016-02-05 at the Wayback Machine." 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. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 49–69. ISBN 978-1625341693.

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