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Brookline Village
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The original Brookline town center, before Coolidge Corner stole the spotlight. Quiet brick storefronts, a great library, and Olmsted's home/office around the corner.
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What to do
- •Tour Olmsted's home/office
- •Browse Pearl Street antiques
- •Pizza at Pomodoro (5 tables, cash only)
- •Library architecture walk
Walking trails
Through Olmsted Park to Jamaica Pond, designed by the man himself.
Up Harvard Street through the heart of Brookline.
Events
- •First Light (Dec, lighting of the village)
- •Olmsted Open House (April)
Fun facts
- ✦Anna's Taqueria — now a regional chain — opened its first location here in 1995.
- ✦Olmsted designed the Emerald Necklace from his desk at Fairsted.
- ✦Brookline famously rejected annexation by Boston in 1873, which is why it's still its own town.
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