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Commonwealth Avenue Mall
A tree-lined green promenade running through Back Bay’s grand brownstone blocks, dotted with statues and benches and connected to the Public Garden.
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Bremen Street Community Park
A long neighborhood park beside the Greenway with playgrounds, lawns, sports areas, community gardens, and a key pedestrian connection through East Boston.
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LoPresti Park
A waterfront East Boston park with athletic courts, open space, and direct skyline views across the harbor toward downtown Boston.
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Spectacle Island
A Boston Harbor Islands destination reached by ferry, with beaches, hiking trails, picnic areas, and a hilltop panorama of the harbor and city skyline.
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Moakley Park
A large South Boston waterfront recreation area with fields, courts, paths, and ongoing climate-resilience improvements along the edge of Dorchester Bay.
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Carson Beach
A broad urban beach along Dorchester Bay with a long promenade, swimming access, nearby recreation, and easy connections to South Boston’s waterfront path system.
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Pleasure Bay
A sheltered crescent of water between Castle Island and South Boston, popular for walking, running, swimming, and taking in harbor views along the causeway.
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Fan Pier Park
A polished Seaport park at the harbor’s edge with lawns, seating, public art, and postcard views of downtown across the Fort Point Channel.
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Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park
A landscaped waterfront park between the North End and harbor, known for its trellis, lawns, seasonal displays, and easy access to the HarborWalk.
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
Boston’s largest remaining salt marsh offers boardwalks, birdwatching, and open coastal habitat at the city’s northeast edge near East Boston and Winthrop.
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