Back Bay

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About this Neighborhood

Back Bay is an officially recognized historic neighborhood of Boston, built on reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859 and the area was fully built by around 1900, which is why the rows of Victorian brownstones read as a single piece of 19th century urban design. The Boston Public Library sits among its cultural institutions. The present day counts are dense: 109 restaurants, 36 coffee shops, 17 fitness spots, seven grocery stores and seven parks, for a score of 52. Frequent check ins tilt retail, naming boutiques, a cosmetics store, a men's store, a shoe store, an ice cream parlor, a cafe and a seafood restaurant. Shopping and eating are the two things the street does at scale.