Back Bay, Boston
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Back Bay is an officially recognized historic neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859, as the demand for luxury housing ex
Back Bay and the Charles River
Back Bay's "High Spine" of skyscrapers, including the Prudential Center and John Hancock Tower
Trinity Church c. 1903
Original home of the Museum of Fine Arts
Brownstone
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Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States and Canada to refer to a townhouse clad in this or any o
Back Bay, Boston
…housing exceeded the availability in the city at the time, and the area was fully built by around 1900. It is most famous for its rows of Victorian brownstone homes—considered one of the best preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States—as well as numerous architecturally significant…
Brownstones in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City
Biking among brownstones in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Many buildings in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, are constructed of Hummelstown brownstone.
St. Paul's Chapel in lower Manhattan features Portland Brownstone quoins.