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The Fenway
is bordered on the North by Commonwealth Avenue and
Brookline Ave, which join at Kenmore Square, along with
Beacon St. Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox, is located
here.
On the East
by Massachusetts Ave, bordering on Back Bay, on the West by
the Riverway and the medical area (which includes some of
the most prominent hospitals in the country).
On
the South
by Huntington Ave (location of the Museum of Fine Arts and
Northeastern University)
The
Fenway
is generally comprised of two areas: The East Fenway
(sometimes called the Symphony area), which borders Back Bay
and the South End, and the quiet, tree
shaded West Fenway.
The
Fenway
takes its name from The Fens, a swamp which once existed in
that location. That swamp was drained in the 1870’s.
Frederick Law Olmstead, who created Central Park in NYC, redeveloped part of the area into
parkland, which he integrated into his “Emerald Necklace”,
the chain of parks that runs through Boston.
The rest of the area was developed for apartments.
The
Fenway
was once predominantly populated by students. Through the
90’s to the present, that has evolved, since many young
professionals and first time buyers have been priced out of
the more expensive Back Bay and South End.
Today,
the area now boasts many fine restaurants and cafes, as well
as some of the finest cultural institutions in Boston,
such as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, and the Isabella
Stewart Gardner Museum
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