Streets and Squares goes this time to Boston, the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and known to most of us for its Irish heritage. But its history goes way beyond that.

As always, we leave out most people - even if they are well-known - who don’t have direct relation to the city. And along with the eponymous streets, there may be parks, bridges and other noteworthy public places. The address links lead to Google Maps, and the links of people to their Wikipedia pages, if such exist.

Boylston St - Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747-1828) merchant, philanthropist and benefactor of Harvard University who was born in Boston, then part of British America. - StreetView

Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park - Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) explorer, navigator and colonizer born in Genoa, Republic of Genoa.

Harry Downes Field - Harry Downes (1910-1970) was an American football player and coach, active at Boston College.

Hull St - John Hull (1624-1683), the leading merchant and mint master of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and once owned the land where Hull Street is now. - StreetView

Joe Moakley Park - StreetView (1927-2001) was a South Boston lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts for nearly three decades.- StreetView

John Hancock Tower - John Hancock (1737-1793) was merchant, statesman and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.

Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park - Kevin W. Fitzgerald (1951-2007) was a Boston state representative for 27 years. - StreetView

Melnea Cass Blvd - Melnea Cass (1896-1978) known as the “First Lady of Roxbury”. Community and civil rights activist born in Boston. - StreetView

Olmsted Park - Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) was a landscape architect, journalist, social critic and public administrator. Co-designed Central Park in New York City. Olmsted Park is known by locals as the Feather in Olmsted’s Cap. W

Paul Revere Mall - Paul Revere (1735-1818) silversmith, industrialist and Patriot in the American Revolution. Born in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America.

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890-1995) the matriarch of the Kennedy family, deeply embedded in the Irish Catholic community of Boston.

William J. Day Blvd - William J. Day (-1950) was one of the wealthiest men in South Boston as a result of his law practice and real estate investments, and admired by Boston’s Irish community for as a banker he provided assistance to families struggling with mortgage payments, and as a judge he was lenient towards juvenile defendants. - StreetView

A to Z FROM BOSTON
i.e. a list of people born in Boston.  Just another fun way to know something more about the city. We pick a couple of people for each alphabet, if possible. The numbers you see at the end of each line indicate the year of birth. This list is updated from time to time. And last but not least: the flag of the city, down below!

B - Michael Bloomberg* businessman/ politician/mayor of New York City (1942)
C - Melnea Cass* community and civil rights activist (1896)
E - Ralph Waldo Emerson* philosopher/essayist (1803)
F - Robert Benet Forbes* sea captain/opium trader (1804)
G - Paul Guilfoyle* actor (1949)
H - Winslow Homer* landscape painter/printmaker (1836)
J - Allison Janney* actress (1959)
K - Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.* businessman/politician (1888)
L - Percival Lowell* mathematician/astronomer/businessman (1855)
M - Joe Moakley* politician/activist (1927)
N - Leonard Nimoy* actor/director/ singer (1931)
O - Brian O’Leary* astronaut/ scientist/ufologist (1940)
P - Edgar Allan Poe* author/literary critic (1809)
R - Paul Revere* silversmith/industrialist/Patriot (1735)
S - James Spader* actor (1960)
T - Uma Thurman* actress (1970)
W - Barbara Walters* broadcast journalist (1929)

Updated 6.9.2022
Sources
Wikipedia - Streets of Boston (Wiki) -