Charles Street (Boston)

This article is about the street in Boston. For the street in Baltimore, see Maryland Route 139.
Charles Street
Charles Street in bloom
LocationBoston
South endBoylston Street in Boston
North endCambridge Avenue in Boston

Charles Street is a north-south street in the city center of Boston, Massachusetts. It begins in the north at Leverett Circle, where it connects with Nashua Street and Monsignor O'Brien Highway. Science Park station on the MBTA Green Line is located there. Charles Street runs south and gives its name to the Charles/MGH station on the MBTA Red Line, connecting via the Charles Circle rotary to Cambridge Street and the Longfellow Bridge which leads to Cambridge. This segment is a one-way street, with traffic heading northwards.

From Charles Circle, the street heads further south as a one-way southbound thoroughfare, and forms the primary commercial spine of the affluent neighborhood of Beacon Hill. As it crosses Beacon Street, the direction of one-way traffic reverts to northbound, and the street widens to form the boundary between Boston Common and the Boston Public Garden.

Beyond Boylston Street, which forms the southern boundary of the parks, the street continues as Charles Street South (formerly Carver Street), terminating at Tremont Street just south of the Theatre District.

The street is the start and finish point for the annual B.A.A. 10K race, first organised by the Boston Athletic Association in 2011.[1]

Notable residents

In film

Part of Martin Scorsese's 2006 film The Departed was filmed along Charles Street in Beacon Hill.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles Street (Boston).
  • Overview of Beacon Hill, with Charles St. at water's edge, 1850
    Overview of Beacon Hill, with Charles St. at water's edge, 1850
  • Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing extent of Charles St.
    Detail of 1883 map of Boston, showing extent of Charles St.
  • Corner of Beacon St. and Charles St., c. 1870
    Corner of Beacon St. and Charles St., c. 1870
  • View of Charles St., Public Garden and Common, from State House, 19th century
    View of Charles St., Public Garden and Common, from State House, 19th century
  • Charles Street Mall on the Common, 19th century
    Charles Street Mall on the Common, 19th century
  • Corner of Charles St. and Mt. Vernon St., c. 1905
    Corner of Charles St. and Mt. Vernon St., c. 1905
  • Charles St. Meeting House, 1941
    Charles St. Meeting House, 1941
  • Charles Street Jail
    Charles Street Jail
  • View of Charles St. from Cambridge St., 1993
    View of Charles St. from Cambridge St., 1993
  • Charles St., 2004
    Charles St., 2004
  • Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009
    Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009
  • Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009
    Charles St. and Cambridge St., 2009
  • Charles St. at Edgar Allan Poe Square
    Charles St. at Edgar Allan Poe Square

References

  1. ^ Connelly, John (2011-06-27). Feeling at home. Boston Herald. Retrieved on 2011-07-02.
  2. ^ State Street Trust Company. Forty of Boston's historic houses. 1912.
  3. ^ Boston Directory, 1856
  4. ^ Susan Wilson. Literary Trail of Greater Boston, 2nd ed. Beverly, Mass.: Commonwealth Editions, 2005; p.59
  5. ^ Davide Rossi. When I was in India - Recollections Recounted, n to the nth ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Italian Editions, 2008-10; p.59
  6. ^ "An Interactive Map of Literary Boston: 1794–1862" (Exhibition). Forgotten Chapters of Boston's Literary History. The Trustees of Boston College. March 28 – July 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-22.

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