Becoming Back Bay Walking Tour
When:
Friday, Aug 16, 2024 6:00p -
7:30p
Friday, Aug 16, 2024 6:00p -
7:30p
Where:
Meet your guide in the Public Garden in front of the George Washington statue facing Arlington Street. Note: The Public Garden by the George Washington Statue is under construction through June 2024. While the statue is blocked off, please meet your guide in front of the Arlington Street Church, intersection of Arlington Street and Boylston Street.
Arlington Street and Boylston Street
Boston, MA
Admission:
$Adults $17, Children (6-12) $10, Children (under 6) Free
Hosted by:
Categories:
Date Idea, Good for Groups, History, Outside
Event website:
https://bostonbyfoot.org/tours/becoming-back-bay/
Travel through Boston's Back Bay, a marvel of 19th Century civil engineering
Take a trip through the Back Bay neighborhood and learn where Back Bay started, how it evolved, and where it is today. Discover why and how the Bay was filled, and peek into the homes of the Victorian residents and their servants. Learn what made Back Bay such an engineering marvel in its time.
On this tour, explore why the filling of the bay was considered the most ambitious civil engineering achievement in nineteenth-century America, and uncover how it was a landmark event of urban planning in every sense of the term.
