Dewey Square

Dewey Square
Place in Boston
The Dewey Square near the Boston South Station
Basic data
place	Boston
Confluent streets	Atlantic Avenue , Summer Street , Purchase Street, Congress Street
Buildings	Boston South Station , One Financial Center , Bank of America
use
User groups	Pedestrians, bicycle traffic

The Dewey Square is a square in downtown Boston in the state of Massachusetts of the United States . It is through the streets Summer , Purchase and Congress and the Atlantic Avenue limited.

description

The Dewey Square Tunnel runs underground and leads Interstate 93 to the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge . On the southeast corner of the square is the Boston South Station with connections to the Amtrak and MBTA trains , the Red Line subway and the Silver Line bus routes .

The place was named after Admiral George Dewey , who fought successfully in the Battle of Manila Bay .

From September 30 to December 10, 2011, a tent city of the Occupy Boston movement was located on the square .

Web links

Commons : Dewey Square  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 42 ° 21 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 71 ° 3 ′ 20 ″  W.