Franklin Square / Park (Boston, Massachusetts)
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Charles Bulfinch, who created the plan for the South End, originally intended the two squares to be one, calling it Columbia Square. Franklin Square opened in 1849 and Blackstone Square subsequently opened in 1855.
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_and_Blackstone_Squares
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Coordinates: 42°20'19"N 71°4'21"W
- Franklin Park 4 km
- Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 6.2 km
- Middlesex Fells Reservation 13 km
- Prospect Hill Park 17 km
- Breakheart Reservation 19 km
- Mary Cummings Park 19 km
- Mill Pond Conservation Area 22 km
- Burlington Landlocked Forest 22 km
- Minute Man National Historical Park 25 km
- Great Brook Farm State Park 35 km
- South End 0.3 km
- Boston Medical Center 0.4 km
- St. Botolph 0.8 km
- Newmarket Square 1 km
- Lower Roxbury 1.2 km
- South Bay 1.8 km
- Roxbury 2.3 km
- Washington Park 2.7 km
- Southwest Corridor Park 2.7 km
- Dorchester 4.5 km