From muddy patch to hip harbor: The rise of Boston’s Seaport District
The Seaport District has changed a lot since becoming a land mass. Take a look at Boston’s newest neighborhood through the years—and in the years to come.
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It’s no secret that the Seaport District is trying to become Boston’s new hip neighborhood.
Dubbing it the “Innovation District,’’ former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino set about transforming the area into the city’s answer to the tech haven of Cambridge across the river. Where industrial docks once stood — and a muddy patch in the Harbor before that — architects and entrepeneurs have been encouraged to convert the area from parking lots and warehouses to startup accelerators and funky new eateries.
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