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Boston's Back Bay Offers Lush and Stately Living

Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood is famous for its rows of 19th century Victorian brownstone homes, glorious magnolia tree blossoms, and for its stately tree-lined pedestrian walking mall that stretches for eight blocks down the center of Commonwealth Avenue. The Commonwealth Avenue Mall flows gracefully into the lush surroundings of Boston Public Garden, the first public garden in the United States, where locals and tourists alike can wander through vibrant floral gardens or picnic in the shade of a magnificent weeping willow tree.

Boston’s Back Bay was created over the latter half of the 19th century when the city government decided to fill in the swamp to the west of the Public Garden. This brand new district, which would take its name from the swamp which preceded it, attracted the wealthiest members of society. The Back Bay neighborhood is home to such remarkable examples of architecture as the Boston Public Library, and H.H. Richardson’s highly regarded Trinity Church, and to cultural and educational institutions such as Boston Architectural College, Berklee College of Music, and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Back Bay homes and condos are not all of the brownstone variety. Recently constructed luxury full-service condo buildings include The Mandarin-Oriental, the Clarendon Back Bay, The Belvedere, Trinity Place, 360 Newbury, One Charles, Zero Marlborough, and Le Jardin. Also, there are the Grande Dames The Four Seasons, The Heritage-on-the-Garden, Carlton House. Learn more about Back Bay homes and condos for sale.

Today Boston’s Back Bay offers a high-end shopping experience along the picturesque Victorian setting of Newbury Street, as well as at Copley Place mall and the Shops at Prudential Center. It has some of Boston’s finest fine dining restaurants such as L’Espalier, Grill 23, Clio, Sel de la Terre, Capitol Grill, Atlantic Fish, and many more. The many sidewalk cafes of Newbury and Boylston Streets provide diners with a terrific people-watching experience in this neighborhood. 

Back Bay is Boston's most central neighborhood, The Back Bay is easily reachable via the MBTA Green line's ArlingtonCopley,Hynes Convention, and Kenmore Stops. Additionally, there is the Back Bay Station Orange line and commuter rail Station. Convenient to the Mass Pike, Storrow Drive, and I-93. A great place to live if you work in the Financial District, Boston University, Mass General Hospital and lots of other locations. It is walkable to virtually all downtown areas.

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If you would like to know more about the Boston real estate market, please call me at 617-584-9790 or email me at jwolvek@bostonrealtyweb.com.

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