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Arlington Street Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| Opposite the Park Square corner of the Public Garden, this church...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

Back Bay Mansions Be the First to Rate It Map \| If you like nothing better than to imagine how the other half...	Houses / Mansions	Back Bay

Boston Public Garden Be the First to Rate It Map \| Although the Boston Public Garden is often lumped together with...	Gardens / Arboretums	Back Bay

Boston Public Library Be the First to Rate It Map \| This venerable institution is a handsome temple to literature...	Gardens / Arboretums	Back Bay

Boylston Street Be the First to Rate It Map \| Less posh than Newbury Street, this broad thoroughfare is the...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Back Bay

Church of the Covenant Be the First to Rate It Map \| This 1867 Gothic Revival church at the corner of Newbury and...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

Commonwealth Avenue Mall Be the First to Rate It Map \| The mall that extends down the middle of the Back Bay's Commonwealth...	Promenades / Boardwalks	Back Bay

Copley Place Be the First to Rate It Map \| Two bold intruders dominate Copley Square -- the John Hancock...	Stores / Malls	Back Bay

Copley Square Be the First to Rate It Map \| Every April thousands find a glimpse of Copley Square the most...	Squares	Back Bay

Emmanuel Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| Built in 1860, this Back Bay brownstone Gothic Episcopal church...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

Esplanade Be the First to Rate It Map \| Near the corner of Beacon and Arlington streets, the Arthur Fiedler...	Promenades / Boardwalks	Back Bay

Exeter Street Theater Be the First to Rate It Map \| This massive Romanesque structure was built in 1884 as a temple...	Architectural Sites	Back Bay

First Baptist Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| This 1872 structure, at the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

First Church of Christ, Scientist Be the First to Rate It Map \| The world headquarters of the Christian Science faith mixes the...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

Gibson House Be the First to Rate It Map \| Through the foresight of an eccentric bon vivant, this house...	Houses / Mansions	Back Bay

John Hancock Tower Be the First to Rate It Map \| In the early 1970s, the tallest building in New England became...	Financial Institutions	Back Bay

Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity Be the First to Rate It Map \| One of the largest single collections by and about an American...	Museums / Galleries	Back Bay

Massachusetts Historical Society Be the First to Rate It Map \| The oldest historical society in the United States (founded in...	Libraries	Back Bay

New England Historic Genealogical Society Be the First to Rate It Map \| Are you related to Miles Standish or Priscilla Alden? The answer...	Libraries	Back Bay

Newbury Street Be the First to Rate It Map \| Eight-block-long Newbury Street has been compared to New York's...	Stores / Malls	Back Bay

Old South Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| Members of the Old South Meeting House, of Tea Party fame, decamped...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

Prudential Center Be the First to Rate It Map \| The only rival to the John Hancock's claim on Boston's upper...	Stores / Malls	Back Bay

Symphony Hall Be the First to Rate It Map \| With commerce and religion accounted for in the Back Bay by such...	Arts / Performance Venues	Back Bay

Trinity Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| In his 1877 masterpiece, architect Henry Hobson Richardson brought...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

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