{"id":9858,"date":"2010-06-16T20:30:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T12:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=9858"},"modified":"2010-06-29T09:16:51","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T01:16:51","slug":"back-bay-1-dartmouth-st-to-newbury-st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/06\/16\/back-bay-1-dartmouth-st-to-newbury-st\/","title":{"rendered":"Back Bay 1: Dartmouth St. to Newbury St."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Freedom Trail starts and ends on the east side of the Boston Common. On the west side is the Back Bay District, an upmarket residential and super high-class commercial area of the city. I reached the area past noon on Sunday after my visit to the New England Aquarium, alighting from the T-train at the Back Bay subway stop.<\/p>\n

Walking down Dartmouth Street first, I came to Copley Square with Trinity Church (which will have its own blog post here!) on my right, and the Boston Public Library – McKim Building on the left. I really wanted to visit this library, but it was closed on Sunday. I\u2019ll probably come by on a weekday evening soon. Bates Hall is inside it with an incredible coffered ceiling.<\/p>\n

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On the intersection between Boylston and Dartmout streets was the Old South Church (also called the New<\/em><\/strong> South Church!), a smaller church than Trinity but no less impressive. Sunday services had just ended, so there was a steady stream of worshippers leaving the church premise:<\/p>\n

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The Old\/New South Church was built in 1874, Gothic-styled and also a national historical landmark site, and for the United Church of Christ denomination in Boston.<\/p>\n

Continuing on Bolyston then Exeter Streets, I got to Newbury St. \u2013 a stretch that runs approximately along the east-west cardinal direction.<\/p>\n

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The Newbury St. stretch is touted as one of the most expensive streets in the world with high-end boutiques and stores. I could only admire from the outside and through the front of the lens.<\/p>\n

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Video next: the first one is a short video taken at Copley Square (really very nice looking!), and the second plays for nearly 3 minutes and was taken along Newbury Street:<\/p>\n

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A map of my route, and continued in the next post.:)<\/p>\n

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The Freedom Trail starts and ends on the east side of the Boston Common. On the west side is the Back Bay District, an upmarket residential and super high-class commercial area of the city. I reached the area past noon<\/p>\n

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