Leather District (Boston)

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Leather District
National Register of Historic Places
Historic District
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Leather District (Boston) (Massachusetts)
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location Boston , Massachusetts
Coordinates 42 ° 21 '2.8 "  N , 71 ° 3' 28.5"  W Coordinates: 42 ° 21 '2.8 "  N , 71 ° 3' 28.5"  W.
Built 1883
Architectural style neo-classical , romance
NRHP number [1] 83004098
The NRHP added December 21, 1983

The Leather District is located in the city of Boston in the state of Massachusetts in the United States and is formally a district of the Chinatown borough . In recent years, however, the area of ​​only nine blocks has developed its own character and is officially designated by the city administration. Located between Chinatown , downtown, and Boston South Station , the district is essentially old tanneries that have been converted into residential and commercial buildings. Since these industries required a lot of space for offices, workrooms and exhibition space, the buildings are accordingly generously built and still offer large shop windows framed by wrought-iron columns, which characterize the Leather District .

The website registered on the district gives a more pragmatic definition:

"The Leather District = A loose juxtaposition of anonymous souls, going about their own business, in a quirky two block radius in downtown Boston."

"The Leather District = A loose collection of anonymous souls who go about their own business within a strange two-block radius of downtown Boston."

- www.leatherdistrictboston.com

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved January 23, 2007.
  2. ↑ Chinatown / Leather District. In: City of Boston website. Retrieved May 14, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Chinatown / Leather District. Boston Redevelopment Authority, accessed May 14, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Welcome to Boston's Leather District. Retrieved May 14, 2012 .