Park Square (Boston)

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]

Image gallery

Railroad depot at Park Square in 1837, with the State House in the background, the tidal Charles River basin in the foreground
Overview of Park Square, 1850
Stereoscopic view of Park Square and train station, from Boston Common, 19th century
Emancipation Memorial, on display 1879–2020
Interior of Boston & Providence Rail Road depot, 19th century
Office of the Colored American Magazine, 1902
Cort Theatre, Park Square, c. 1915
Boston Park Plaza and the former headquarters of the Boston Gas Company, 2009

References

^ 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.
^ "Controversial Emancipation Group Statue Being Removed From Boston's Park Square", Cbslocal.com, December 29, 2020
^ "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.
^ @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.
^ Andersen, Travis (2013-02-26). "Renaissance Charter School on probation". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
^ "New - About Archived 2016-02-05 at the Wayback Machine." Boston Renaissance Charter Public School. Retrieved on April 20, 2017.
^ 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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[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

[ParkPlaice-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.

[AndersonTravis-5] Andersen, Travis (2013-02-26). "Renaissance Charter School on probation". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2017-04-20.

[About-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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v t e Streets and squares in Boston
East–west streets	Beacon Street Boylston Street Commonwealth Avenue Congress Street Court Street Day Boulevard Dedham Parkway Fenway Gallivan Boulevard Huntington Avenue Melnea Cass Boulevard Milk Street Neptune Road New Chardon Street Newbury Street Park Street Soldiers Field Road State Street Storrow Drive Summer Street Tremont Street Winter Street
North–south streets	Arborway Atlantic Avenue Blue Hills Parkway Bowdoin Street Brattle Street Brookline Avenue Charles Street Columbus Avenue Dorchester Avenue Enneking Parkway Federal Street Franklin Street Hanover Street Jamaicaway Jersey Street (Yawkey Way) Massachusetts Avenue Morrissey Boulevard Morton Street North Street Park Drive Riverway School Street Truman Parkway Turtle Pond Parkway Union Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway Washington Street West Boundary Road West Roxbury Parkway
Intersections	Adams Square Andrew Square Blackstone Square Brigham Circle Central Square Chester Square City Square Cleveland Circle Codman Square Copley Square Day Square Dewey Square Dock Square Downtown Crossing Egleston Square Fields Corner Franklin Square Haymarket Square Hyde Square Jackson Square Kenmore Square Louisburg Square Mass and Cass Maverick Square North Square Nubian Square (Dudley Square) Packard's Corner Park Square Peabody Square Post Office Square Roxbury Crossing Scollay Square Sullivan Square Thompson Square Union Square Uphams Corner Winthrop Square
Italics denote streets and squares that no longer exist. See also Neighborhoods in Boston Transportation in Boston

v t e University of Massachusetts Boston
Campus	Bayside Expo Center Boston Harbor/Dorchester Bay Boston Harborwalk Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex Dorchester Columbia Point Savin Hill Dorchester Shores Reservation Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate JFK/UMass station John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Massachusetts Archives and Commonwealth Museum Monan Park Morrissey Boulevard
Chancellors	John W. Ryan (1965–1968) Francis L. Broderick (1968–1972) Carlo L. Golino (1973–1978) Claire Van Ummersen (1978–1979) Robert A. Corrigan (1979–1988) Sherry A. Penney (1988–1995) Jean F. MacCormack (1995–1996) Sherry A. Penney (1996–2000) David MacKenzie (2001) Jo Ann M. Gora (2001–2004) J. Keith Motley (2004–2005) Michael F. Collins (2005–2007) J. Keith Motley (2007–2017) Barry Mills (2017–2018) Katherine Newman (2018–2020) Marcelo Suárez-Orozco (2020–)
Miscellaneous	Boston State College John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies The New England Quarterly Park Square Armory of the First Corps of Cadets Boston Park Plaza WUMB-FM
Italics indicates interim chancellor

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