The story
Over 1,000 buildings and dozens of burlesque theaters, tattoo parlors, and sailor bars were demolished to build Boston's brutalist City Hall.
Everything that was here
- 1838–1962
Scollay SquareEntertainment District
Over 1,000 buildings and dozens of burlesque theaters, tattoo parlors, and sailor bars were demolished to build Boston's brutalist City Hall.
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Connected places
Granato's Pizzeria Napolitana
Chicago, IL
UIC Campus Displacement
Lyon's Delicatessen (Nate's Deli)
Chicago, IL
UIC Campus Displacement
Vienna Sausage (Original Halsted Store)
Chicago, IL
UIC Campus Displacement
Combat Zone
Boston, MA
UIC Campus Displacement
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Nearby history
Steaming Kettle (Oriental Tea Company)
63-65 Court Street, Boston, MA 02108 · 97 m away
Bell in Hand Tavern
45 Union Street, Boston, MA 02108 · 206 m away
Union Oyster House
41 Union Street · 208 m away
Old Howard Theatre (Howard Athenaeum)
34 Howard Street, Boston, MA (demolished) · 212 m away
Durgin-Park
340 Faneuil Hall Marketplace · 239 m away
Green Dragon Tavern (original)
Union Street, Boston, MA (original demolished; modern namesake at 11 Marshall Street) · 242 m away
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