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Things to Do in Government Center and the North End
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Blackstone Block
Between North and Hanover streets, near the Haymarket, lies the... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Government Center and the North End |
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City Hall
Over the years, various plans—involving gardens, restaurants... |
Government Buildings | Government Center and the North End |
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Copp's Hill Burying Ground
An ancient and melancholy air hovers like a fine mist over this... |
Cemeteries | Government Center and the North End |
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Ebenezer Clough House
Built in 1712, this house is now the only local survivor of its... |
Houses / Mansions | Government Center and the North End |
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Faneuil Hall
The single building facing Congress Street is the real Faneuil... |
Historic Districts / Sites | Government Center and the North End |
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Hanover Street
This is the North End's main thoroughfare, along with the smaller... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Government Center and the North End |
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The Haymarket
Loud, self-promoting vendors pack this exuberant maze of a marketplace... |
Markets / Bazaars | Government Center and the North End |
Holocaust Memorial
At night its six 50-foot-high glass-and-steel towers glow like... |
Memorials / Monuments | Government Center and the North End |
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John F. Kennedy Federal Office Building
Looming at the northwest edge of City Hall Plaza, these twin... |
Government Buildings | Government Center and the North End |
Old North Church
Standing at one end of the Paul Revere Mall is a church famous... |
Religious Sites | Government Center and the North End |
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Paul Revere House
Originally on the site was the parsonage of the Second Church... |
Houses / Mansions | Government Center and the North End |
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Paul Revere Mall
This makes a perfect time-out spot from the Freedom Trail. Bookended... |
Squares | Government Center and the North End |
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Pierce-Hichborn House
One of the city's oldest brick buildings, this structure, just... |
Houses / Mansions | Government Center and the North End |
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Quincy Market
Not everyone likes Quincy Market, also known as Faneuil Hall... |
Markets / Bazaars | Government Center and the North End |
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Rose Kennedy Greenway
The Rose Kennedy Greenway, a winding series of parks marking... |
Parks | Government Center and the North End |
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Salem Street
This ancient and constricted thoroughfare, one of the two main... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Government Center and the North End |
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St. Stephen's
Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy clan, was christened here... |
Religious Sites | Government Center and the North End |
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Union Oyster House
Billed as the oldest restaurant in continuous service in the... |
Restaurants | Government Center and the North End |
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