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The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston was built in 1988 from a design by architects Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood. It replaced a previous building, also a convention center, regarded as "ungainly."
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
| 2 Miles
4 South Market Building, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
Faneuil Hall, near the waterfront and today's Government Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States, has been a marketplace and a meeting hall since 1742. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams, James Otis, and others encouraging independence from Great Britain, and is now part of Boston National Historical Park and a well known stop on the Freedom Trail.
Swan Boats
| 5 Miles
PO Box 301487, Boston, MA 02130
Open seven days per week, weather permitting. The Swan Boats cannot operate on rainy, windy, or extremely hot days. The Swan Boats driver paddles passengers around the Public Garden Lagoon for a 15 minute peaceful cruise.