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West End
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Erased in the 1950s by urban renewal, now a thicket of hospitals and concrete. TD Garden is its modern town square.
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What to do
- •Bruins or Celtics game
- •Museum of Science afternoon
- •Stop in the tiny West End Museum
- •Walk across the Charles to Cambridge
Events
- •Bruins / Celtics seasons
- •Beanpot Tournament (Feb)
- •Boston Garden Marathon expo
Fun facts
- ✦The 1950s urban renewal demolished 7,000 housing units — the largest forced relocation in Boston history.
- ✦Mass General performed the first public surgery using anesthesia (1846, the Ether Dome).
- ✦TD Garden was built directly atop the old Boston Garden's footprint.
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