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.
Washington Street, Downtown Crossing
Intersection of Washington Street, Summer Street and Winter Street, 1857 (engraving by Winslow Homer
Downtown Crossing c. 1910
Washington Street seen from Summer Street intersection, with Old South Meeting House visible in background
Chinatown, Boston is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese enclave in New England since the demise of the Chinatowns in Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine after the 1950s. Because of the high population of Asians and Asian Americans living in this area of Boston, there is an abundance of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants located in Chinatown. It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in Boston and serves as the largest center of its East Asian and Southeast Asian cultural life.
The paifang gate in 2013
Strike breakers outside of Sampson's Mill, some of whom would later move to found Chinatown
A view from within Chinatown looking towards the paifang
Chinese New Year festival in Boston's Chinatown, 2009
