Boston - Back Bay
South-west of Boston Common, between the Charles River and Huntington Avenue, is the Back Bay area, laid out on a regular grid, with numerous office and commercial tower blocks and cultural institutions. South of Boylston Street are many modern skyscrapers. On Berkeley Street (No. 200) is the 495ft/151m high John Hancock Building, with a pyramidal top, headquarters of the insurance corporation of that name.
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John Hancock Tower (closed)
The 740ft/224m high Hancock Tower not only overtops its immediate neighbours but is in fact the highest building in the whole city. Its sixty stories are concealed behind a reflective glass facade. The finest panoramic view of Boston is to be had from the observatory on the top floor.
ATTRACTION IS CLOSED.
ATTRACTION IS CLOSED.
First and Second Church
Located on a quiet, residential street in Back Bay, the First Church is the oldest church in Boston. Second Church merged with the First Church in 1970 and features a section of the original Gothic steeple. The first church on the site burned in 1968. Today, it is an active Unitarian Church.
First and Second Church
66 Marlborough Street
Boston, MA 02116
United States
66 Marlborough Street
Boston, MA 02116
United States
Phone 1 (617) 267-6730
Fax 1 (617) 536-5895
John B Hynes Convention Center
This multi-use convention center features over 190,000 square feet of exhibition space, a 25,000 square foot ballroom and 37 specialized meeting rooms.
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center
c/o Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
United States
c/o Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
United States
Phone 1 (617) 954-2000
Fax 1 (617) 954-2125
