Boston’s Neighborhoods: The Waterfront

- Located just below Boston’s North End is the Waterfront - where boston began! With an extremely colorful and interesting history, from being the home to glaciers, to the Boston Tea Party, to today, where it is a popular tourist attraction and home to many of the city’s top condominium developments. With it’s pedestrian friendly environment, the waterfront is walking distance to Faneuil Hall/ Quincy Market, the new Institute of Contemporary Art, The New England Aquarium, Freedom Trail, Boston Common, North End, Chinatown, Beacon Hill, the theatre district, and many other historical landmarks and destinations. On the busy Long Wharf, The New England Aquarium, with it’s 200,000 gallon water tank is a kid’s favorite. Whale Watching and various harbor cruise boats leave from here for sightseeing cruises among Boston’s 34 islands, dinner cruises and trips to Cape Cod. Long Wharf is the oldest continuously operating wharf in the count