June 29, 2024 - 12:10 PM
69°F / 21°C
Walking northbound on Washington Street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, from Beach Street in Chinatown to the Old State House, passing through the Theater District and the Downtown Crossing shopping district. Filmed with GoPro Hero 12.
Highlights:
00:00 - Walking northbound on Washington Street in Chinatown
00:51 - Chinatown T (Orange Line) station
02:41 - Emerson Paramount Center
03:42 - Citizens Opera House
03:56 - Suffolk University
04:40 - The WNDR Museum, The Godfrey Hotel
05:27 - Entering Downtown Crossing shopping district
06:56 - Downtown Crossing T (Red Line) station
08:12 - Shoppers' Plaza
09:49 - Old South Meeting House
11:41 - Boston Irish Famine Memorial
14:39 - One Boston Place
15:10 - The Old State House
From Wikipedia:
"Washington Street is a street originating in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, which extends southwestward to the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line. The majority of its length outside of the city was built as the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike in the early 19th century. It is the longest street in Boston and remains one of the longest streets in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Due to various municipal annexations with the city of Boston, the name Washington Street now exists 6 or more times within the jurisdiction(s) of the City of Boston.
The street's great age in the city of Boston has given rise to a phenomenon whereby intersecting streets have different names on either side of Washington Street.
Downtown Crossing is a shopping district within downtown Boston, Massachusetts, located east of Boston Common, west of the Financial District, south of Government Center, and north of Chinatown and the old Combat Zone. It features large department stores as well as restaurants, souvenir sellers, general retail establishments, and street vendors. The Downtown Crossing MBTA station lies in the center of the district.
The district gets its name from the intersection of Washington Street with Winter and Summer Streets. Historically, the district was anchored by two department stores, Jordan Marsh and Filene's which stood opposite each other at the intersection. While both stores have since been bought by other chains and no longer exist, the district continues to be a major pedestrian shopping area, with the area of Washington, Winter, and Summer streets surrounding the intersection closed to most vehicular traffic; pedestrians may walk freely in the street."
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