Any questions? Feel free to shoot an email:
Boston Streetcars
  • Home
  • Media
    • About Streetcar Tracks
    • Script
    • Press
    • About The Author
    • Research Process
  • About the T
    • Mattapan High-Speed Line
    • Green Line >
      • Subway
      • B Branch
      • C Branch
      • D Branch
      • E Branch >
        • What Happened to the Arborway Line?
      • What Happened to the A Line?
    • Trackless Trolleys
    • Orange Line
    • Red Line
    • Blue Line
    • Photographing the T
  • Articles
    • Why Are There Still Streetcars in Boston?
    • Boston's Cancelled Highways
    • The West End's Transformation
    • How A Streetcar Works
    • "Streetcar Suburbs" of Boston >
      • Triple Deckers of Boston
      • Dorchester's Blue Hill Avenue
      • Dorchester's Jones Hill: How the Hill Developed
    • Trolley Remnants
    • Transit Hubs of Boston >
      • Sullivan Square
      • Dudley Square
      • Massachusetts Station
      • Egleston Square
      • Copley Square
      • Grand Junction Railroad
    • Trolley Types of Boston
    • The Growth of Boston Rapid Transit
    • Five Key Future Boston Transit Investments
    • Streamlining Boston Transit to Olympic Specifications >
      • Comments on South Boston Transit Study
    • Last Time Over the Casey Overpass
  • Tours
    • About
    • FAQ
    • Descriptions of Tours >
      • Changes in Boston's West End
      • The Evolution of Commonwealth Avenue
      • Changes Around Copley Square and Northeastern University
      • Urban Development Along the Freedom Trail
      • "Streetcar Suburbs" of Boston: Dorchester's Ashmont
      • Along the Greenway
      • Development of Dudley
      • Working Waterfront
      • Fort Point
    • Reviews

Along the Greenway: Development and Redevelopment in Downtown Boston

Picture
Blackstone Street near Government Center, as seen from Hanover Street.
The photograph above faces buildings that once stood along Blackstone Street, very near today’s Greenway. Where did these buildings go? What prompted the area to change so dramatically, from a center of commerce made up primarily of low brick and stone structures to a linear urban park and a series of high-rise office and government buildings?
 
Find out on my tour along Boston's Greenway. Pass through the footprint of the original city of Boston and discover how downtown Boston originally developed. As we pass through the streets—some original, others later realignments—see firsthand the dramatic extent to which Boston’s centers and squares have changed over time. Along the way, see how the development of transit trends shaped and reshaped the city of Boston and appreciate transit-oriented development, not a new phenomenon by any means, in a new way.

The tour begins by 99 High Street, a three-minute walk from South Station on the MBTA's Red Line. The tour ends at the corner of Haverhill and Causeway Streets in the West End, just by North Station on the MBTA's Green and Orange Lines. The tour lasts 90-120 minutes.
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.