Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2010 21:00:50 GMT -5
Fenway/Kenmore
Fenway is a neighborhood bounded on the south west by Mission Hill, the Back Bay Fens is in the center of the neighborhood, Columbus Avenue forms the south eastern border, Massachusetts Avenue forms the eastern border, the northern border is roughly the Mass Pike, and on the west by the Longwood Medical Area (part of Roxbury) and the neighboring town of Brookline. The neighborhood consists almost entirely of five- to six-story apartment buildings typically constructed between 1880 and 1930, with rare small, independently-owned shops scattered throughout. Fenway is separated from the Back Bay neighborhood by the Muddy River, which flows through the Back Bay Fens and into the Charles River.
Kenmore is located north and west of Fenway, and shares many of the same attributes of Fenway. Fenway Park is in fact located in Kenmore, right across the Mass Pike from Kenmore Square. Many students from nearby Boston University and Northeastern University reside in the neighborhood. The area is almost entirely brick, walk-up buildings and brownstone townhouses, although over the last 20 years almost every residential building in Kenmore has been purchased by Boston University and turned into dorms, especially in the Audubon Circle area between Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue.
Yawkey Station on the Framingham/Worcester Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail is also in the neighborhood. Fenway-Kenmore is also served by a number of MBTA buses.
Fenway and Park Drive circulate around The Fens. Boylston Street is a major east-west route, as are Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue, which cross at Kenmore Square. Huntington Avenue (MA Route 9) is on the southern border. Brookline Avenue proceeds southwest from Kenmore Square. Massachusetts Avenue forms the eastern border, and is a major north-south route. Although the Massachusetts Turnpike cuts through the neighborhood, there are no access points to it except westbound only at Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street
Direct Connections
Back Bay
Mission Hill
Points of Interest
Fenway Park
Famous Citgo Sign
Kenmore Square
Boston University
Various Colleges
Musuem of Fine Arts
Fenway is a neighborhood bounded on the south west by Mission Hill, the Back Bay Fens is in the center of the neighborhood, Columbus Avenue forms the south eastern border, Massachusetts Avenue forms the eastern border, the northern border is roughly the Mass Pike, and on the west by the Longwood Medical Area (part of Roxbury) and the neighboring town of Brookline. The neighborhood consists almost entirely of five- to six-story apartment buildings typically constructed between 1880 and 1930, with rare small, independently-owned shops scattered throughout. Fenway is separated from the Back Bay neighborhood by the Muddy River, which flows through the Back Bay Fens and into the Charles River.
Kenmore is located north and west of Fenway, and shares many of the same attributes of Fenway. Fenway Park is in fact located in Kenmore, right across the Mass Pike from Kenmore Square. Many students from nearby Boston University and Northeastern University reside in the neighborhood. The area is almost entirely brick, walk-up buildings and brownstone townhouses, although over the last 20 years almost every residential building in Kenmore has been purchased by Boston University and turned into dorms, especially in the Audubon Circle area between Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue.
Yawkey Station on the Framingham/Worcester Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail is also in the neighborhood. Fenway-Kenmore is also served by a number of MBTA buses.
Fenway and Park Drive circulate around The Fens. Boylston Street is a major east-west route, as are Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue, which cross at Kenmore Square. Huntington Avenue (MA Route 9) is on the southern border. Brookline Avenue proceeds southwest from Kenmore Square. Massachusetts Avenue forms the eastern border, and is a major north-south route. Although the Massachusetts Turnpike cuts through the neighborhood, there are no access points to it except westbound only at Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street
Direct Connections
Back Bay
Mission Hill
Points of Interest
Fenway Park
Famous Citgo Sign
Kenmore Square
Boston University
Various Colleges
Musuem of Fine Arts