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Downtown
Downtown    Downtown Boston is the heart of the City, home to corporate headquarters, financial industry hubs, and City Hall. With countless office towers, businesses, and government centers, including City Hall and the Statehouse, the area comes alive with thousands of workers bustling to and from work.
Downtown Boston is linked to the neighborhoods in many ways. Perhaps the most popular is the historic Freedom Trail, which winds through the city, linking today's downtown with 16 of the city's most historic sites. One of the oldest and most famous walking tours in the country, the Trail highlights two and a half centuries of Boston's historical past.

Downtown   Events:
1. Art Friday in Downtown Crossing
Friday, September 03, 2010
11:00:00 AM - 6:00:00 PM
Come to Art Fridays, every Friday from May to Oct from 11 am-6 pm in Downtown Crossing, Boston. Art Fridays is an outdoor juried art show where artists sell their art work to the public : paintings, handcrafted clay, blown glass, stain glass, wood, furniture, photography, wearables, kid’s clothing, metal, handcrafted toys, and silver, metal, gold and beaded jewelry, with locally produced food. The location is outside on Summer St. near Washington St across from Macy's. Also there will be live music from 12-2 & 4-6pm .
Location:Downtown Crossing
2. Art Friday in Downtown Crossing
Friday, September 10, 2010
11:00:00 AM - 6:00:00 PM
Come to Art Fridays, every Friday from May to Oct from 11 am-6 pm in Downtown Crossing, Boston. Art Fridays is an outdoor juried art show where artists sell their art work to the public : paintings, handcrafted clay, blown glass, stain glass, wood, furniture, photography, wearables, kid’s clothing, metal, handcrafted toys, and silver, metal, gold and beaded jewelry, with locally produced food. The location is outside on Summer St. near Washington St across from Macy's. Also there will be live music from 12-2 & 4-6pm .
Location:Downtown Crossing
3. Art Friday in Downtown Crossing
Friday, September 17, 2010
11:00:00 AM - 6:00:00 PM
Come to Art Fridays, every Friday from May to Oct from 11 am-6 pm in Downtown Crossing, Boston. Art Fridays is an outdoor juried art show where artists sell their art work to the public : paintings, handcrafted clay, blown glass, stain glass, wood, furniture, photography, wearables, kid’s clothing, metal, handcrafted toys, and silver, metal, gold and beaded jewelry, with locally produced food. The location is outside on Summer St. near Washington St across from Macy's. Also there will be live music from 12-2 & 4-6pm .
Location:Downtown Crossing
4. Art Friday in Downtown Crossing
Friday, September 24, 2010
11:00:00 AM - 6:00:00 PM
Come to Art Fridays, every Friday from May to Oct from 11 am-6 pm in Downtown Crossing, Boston. Art Fridays is an outdoor juried art show where artists sell their art work to the public : paintings, handcrafted clay, blown glass, stain glass, wood, furniture, photography, wearables, kid’s clothing, metal, handcrafted toys, and silver, metal, gold and beaded jewelry, with locally produced food. The location is outside on Summer St. near Washington St across from Macy's. Also there will be live music from 12-2 & 4-6pm .
Location:Downtown Crossing
5. Art Friday in Downtown Crossing
Friday, October 01, 2010
11:00:00 AM - 6:00:00 PM
Come to Art Fridays, every Friday from May to Oct from 11 am-6 pm in Downtown Crossing, Boston. Art Fridays is an outdoor juried art show where artists sell their art work to the public : paintings, handcrafted clay, blown glass, stain glass, wood, furniture, photography, wearables, kid’s clothing, metal, handcrafted toys, and silver, metal, gold and beaded jewelry, with locally produced food. The location is outside on Summer St. near Washington St across from Macy's. Also there will be live music from 12-2 & 4-6pm .
Location:Downtown Crossing

   Planning Initiatives:
1. Downtown Crossing Economic Improvement Initiative
Mayor Menino’s Downtown Crossing Economic Improvement Initiative

In October 2004, Mayor Thomas M. Menin...
2. Fort Point Downtown Municipal Harbor Plan
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3. Government Center Green Growth District
Mayor Menino has commenced a public process of re-envisioning the Government Center area as a "Green Growth District". ...
4. Greenway District Planning Study
***NOTE: The comment period has been extended to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 25th***

The Boston Redevelo...
5. Lovejoy Wharf Municipal Harbor Plan Amendment
Chapter 91 of the M.G.L. and 310 CMR 9.00, the Waterways Regulations, protect the public's rights on private and Commonw...
6. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Planning
The Boston 2000 Plan was adopted by the City in 1991 as the master plan for the Central Artery air rights from Causeway ...
7. Washington Street Public Realm Plan
The Washington Street Public Realm Plan is a six-point strategy established to aid in the revitalization of Boston's his...

   Development Projects:
1. 185 Franklin Street
2. 45 Province Street
3. 45 Stuart Street
4. Avenir Parcel 1A (by Trinity)
5. Emerson College Colonial Residences
6. Emerson College Paramount Center
7. Government Center Garage Redevelopment
8. Harbor Garage
9. Hayward Place
10. Mass General Hospital Institutional Master Plan
11. Nashua Street Residences
12. One Bromfield Street
13. One Franklin/Filene's Redevelopment
14. Russia Wharf
15. South Station Air Rights
16. Suffolk Univeristy- 10 West Street Dormitory
17. Suffolk University-IMP and Modern Theatre
18. Two Financial Center

   Maps: Click here to see this neighborhood on the Boston Atlas website Go to: www.mapjunction.com/BRA for the Boston Atlas main web site.
1. Government Center/Bulfinch Triangle/Haymarket
2. South Station/Financial District

   Publications:      Click here to search all publications
1. 05-2 (Insight) Downtown Crossing-Vital Heart of Downtown Boston  2005 - PDF
2. 117 Central Business District Preservation Study Part   1980
3. 172 Downtown Projects II, Economic Context Background   1986
4. 193 A Demographic Profile of Downtown Boston in 1980  1986
5. 195 The Revitalization of Downtown Boston: History, As  1986
6. 214 Residential Development Downtown & in the Fort Poi  1985
7. 215 Residential Development Potential for Downtown Bos  1985
8. 219 A Survey of the Downtown Residential Development P  1985
9. 22 A History of Boston's Government Center  1970
10. 23 Government Center  1970
11. 233 The Boston Office Market and its Future Perspectiv  1987
12. 234 The Boston Office Market & its Management; The Pre  1986
13. 235 The Boston Office Market & it's Future Perspective  1986
14. 239 Downtown Boston: Economy, Employment, Labor Force  1985
15. 251 Retail Trade in Boston: Trends in Sales & Employm  1987
16. 263 Boston's Office Vacancy Rates, Recent & Projected;  1987
17. 264 Downtown Housing for Boston  1986
18. 282 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates1986 4th Quarte  1987
19. 283 The 1986 Boston Office Industry Survey Preliminary  1987
20. 284 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1987 1st Quart  1987
21. 286 An Inventory of Office Space in Downtown Boston  1987
22. 287 An Analysis of Class A Office Space in Downtown Bo  1987
23. 304 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1987 2nd Quart  1987
24. 308 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1987 3rd Quart  1988
25. 317 Central Neighborhood Profile, 1985  1988
26. 335 Boston Class A Office Market: 1987 Year End Review  1988
27. 344 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1988, 1st Quar  1988
28. 350 Boston Class A Office Vacancy Rates 1988 2nd Quart  1988
29. 351 Boston Class A Office Market 1988, 3rd Quarter Vac  1989
30. 360 Boston Class A Office Market 1988 4th Quarter Vaca  1989
31. 363 Boston Class A Office Market 1989, 1st Quarter & V  1989
32. 367 The Boston Office Market, 1989-2000  1989
33. 369 Trends in Retail Trade in Boston & The Metropolita  1989
34. 375 The Boston Office Market, Year-End 1989 & Quarterl  1990
35. 38 Boston's New High-Rise Office Buildings: A Study   1974
36. 386 The Boston Office Market, First Quarter1990 & Quar  1990
37. 389 The Boston Office Market, 2nd Quarter1990 & Quarte  1991
38. 402 The Boston Office Market, 3rd Quarter 1990 & Quart  1991
39. 403 The Boston Class A Office Market Year End 1990 & Q  1991
40. 405 The Boston Class A Office Market 1st Quarterly Pro  1991
41. 409 The Boston Class A Office Market2nd Quarter 1991 &  1991
42. 414 Central Boston Population & Housing Profile, 1990 STF 1  1991
43. 429 The Boston Class A Office Market, Third Quarter 19  1991
44. 431 Central Boston Planning District STF 1 1980-1990 P  1992
45. 451 The Boston Class A Office Market, Fourth Quarter 1  1992
46. 459 The Hotel Market in Boston & Ten Other Cities The   1992
47. 465 Boston Office Industry Survey, 1987  1992
48. 466 The Boston Class A Office Market, Second Quarter 1  1992
49. 470 Central Boston 1990 Census of Population & Housing  1993
50. 483 The Boston Class A Office Market, Year-End 1992  1993
51. 494 The Boston Class A Office Market Mid Year Report 1  1993
52. 497 The Boston Class A Office Market Year-End Report 1  1994
53. 515 Boston’s Strong Office Market  1998
54. 574 Central - 2000 Census of Population and Housing  2003 - PDF
55. 81 Office Industry Survey-Part II Office Tenant Respo  1979
56. 87 Boston's Downtown Crossing: Its Effect on Downtow  1980
57. SF1data4 PD 4: Central  2002 - PDF

   Links:
1. Downtown Crossing Association