Post Office Square | |
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 The Langham Hotel is situated along the northeastern edge of the square. Norman B. Leventhal park is also visible in the foreground. | |
| Country | United States |
| State |  Massachusetts |
| City | Boston |
| District | Financial District |
| Boundaries | Franklin Street, Congress Street, Milk Street, Pearl Street |
| Historical features | Norman B. Leventhal park |
Post Office Square (est. 1874) in Boston, Massachusetts, is a square located in the financial district at the intersection of Milk, Congress, Pearl and Water Streets.[1][2] It was named in 1874 after the United States Post Office and Sub-Treasury which fronted it,[3] now replaced by the John W. McCormack Post Office and Courthouse.
The square is almost entirely occupied by a privately owned and managed but publicly accessible park, Norman B. Leventhal Park, named for the Boston building manager and designer who designed it. It sits above a parking garage, named "The Garage at Post Office Square."[4][5] The garage descends to 80 feet (24 m) below the surface, at the time one of the deepest points of excavation in the city. Revenues from parking fund the maintenance of the park. The 1.7-acre (0.69 ha) park is a popular lunchtime destination for area workers. It features a café, fountains, and a pergola around a central lawn, and the management provides seat cushions for visitors during the summer. Designed by landscape architects The Halvorson Company in collaboration with Ellenzweig Architects,[6] the park is also home to "125 species of plants."[7]
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- ^ McNulty, Elizabeth (2002). Boston Then and Now (Then & Now). Thunder Bay Press. p. 52. ISBN 1-57145-177-3.
- ^ "Garage At Post Office Square". Retrieved 2007-06-30.
- ^ "Tour of the Garage at Post Office Square - Boston MA" on YouTube
- ^ "Parking Structure and Park Pavilions -".
- ^ Zhan Guo and Alex-Ricardo Jimenez. "Boston.com / Beyond the Big Dig / Case Studies". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-06-30.