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The Chinatown Gate at the corner of Beach Street and Surface Road (T: South Station) is the most visible symbol of Chinatown for the tourists.
The Chinatown Gate at the corner of Beach Street and Surface Road (T: South Station) is the most visible symbol of Chinatown for the tourists. The urban plaza on the east side of the gate was built as part of the Big Dig highway project, which demolished and displaced residents from tenement houses along Hudson Street.
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Beach Street, Boston, MA, United States
King's Chapel, designed by Peter Harrison, was commissioned by King James II to insure the presence of the Church of England in America, and founded as an Anglican congregation in 1686
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