Fort Point (Boston)
Fort Point is a neighborhood ( Neighborhood) Boston, Massachusetts in the United States. The district was named after the attachment Fort Hill, which was used in colonial times to secure the city.
History
The Fort Hill was located near the present-day intersection of Oliver and High. At least until the year 1675 (see map ) rose the hill into the Atlantic, where the English name "Point " derives. Its height and proximity to the sea made the hills become a favorite place for the construction of fortifications and in particular for the preparation of defensive guns.
Between 1866 and 1872, the city of Boston was anxious to gain more land for business parks. A project was designed to ablate the hill to widen the roads and increase all buildings.
Today, the area is flat and occupied for the most part of the office towers of One International Place. By Landaufschüttung the coastline could be moved further outward, so that the location of the old fort is now no longer directly on the shore of Boston Harbor.
Fort Point today
The borders of present-day district of Fort Point are not clearly defined. At its widest point, the district includes several blocks on either side of the Fort Point Channel, which today is much narrower due to the land fills as the colonial period. The Fort Point Arts Community is located on the opposite side of the channel. This area is also known as South Boston Waterfront and Seaport District. Some real estate agents carry out building houses in Fort Point, the east of the canal and west of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and the Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center are located. To the south begin the South Boston neighborhood. The Boston Redevelopment Authority describes the expansion of Fort Point as " an area of about 100 acres ( 0.4 km ²) in South Boston, on the west from the Fort Point Channel, to the north by the Summer Street, on the east by the Bypass Road is defined by the 2nd Street and the south. "
On the Summer Street Bridge leading across the channel welcomes a sign eastbound visitors in South Boston and westbound in Fort Point. The dispatch center of the USPS located between the channel and the Boston South Station. To the northwest is the district of Chinatown, and on the east side of the channel to Fort Point overlaps with the Financial District.
In 2001, Fort Point has been requested from the Boston Landmarks Commission to register as a landmark. 2007, the first guidelines were then designed, and in December 2008, the Mayor Thomas Menino spoke together with the Commission for accepting these guidelines. On 28 January 2009, they were officially recognized by the Boston City Council, which Fort Point officially became a registered landmark.
Reception
The district was established in 2006 in the movie The Departed - The Departed by Martin Scorsese used as a filming location. An alley between Thompson Place and the Farnsworth Street served as the location for the fictional address used in the movie " 344 Wash". In addition, some city views of downtown were shot from the rooftops in Fort Point from.