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Boston–Edison Historic District

The Boston–Edison Historic District is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan.

Boston–Edison Historic District
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The place

The Boston–Edison Historic District is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan. It consists of over 900 homes built on four east-west streets: West Boston Boulevard, Chicago Boulevard, Longfellow Avenue and Edison Avenue, stretching from Woodward Avenue in the east to Linwood Avenue in the west. It is one of the largest residential historic districts in the nation. It is surrounded by Sacred Heart Major Seminary to the west, the Arden Park-East Boston Historic District and the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament to the east, and the Atkinson Avenue Historic District to the south. The district was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Boston–Edison Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Wayne State University

    Wayne State University is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 375 programs.

    3.5 km · American public research university located in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Detroit Institute of Arts

    The Detroit Institute of Arts is an art museum in midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the U.S. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet.

    3.6 km · art museum in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fisher Building

    The Fisher Building is a landmark office tower located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect Albert Kahn, and is designed in an Art Deco style, faced with limestone, granite, and several types of marble.

    2.1 km · skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan, United States, including the Fisher Theater · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament

    The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a Neo-Gothic style Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The cathedral is located at 9844 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, adjacent to the Boston-Edison Historic District.

    1.2 km · church in Michigan, United States · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Al-Islah Mosque

    Al-Islah Mosque, also known as the Al-Islah Islamic Center or the Al-Islah Jame Masjid, is a mosque following the Sunni tradition in Hamtramck, Michigan. It was founded in 2000 by immigrants from Bangladesh, of which a large community exists in Hamtramck.

    3.6 km · mosque in Hamtramck, Michigan, US · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Highland Park Mosque

    The Highland Park Mosque was one of the first mosques built in the United States, located in Highland Park, Michigan. It opened in 1921 but closed a few years later.

    3.1 km · first mosque built in the United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church

    The St. Theresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church is a church located at 8666 Quincy Street in Detroit, Michigan.

    2.7 km · church building in Detroit, United States of America · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church

    The Our Lady of the Rosary Church is a Roman Catholic church located at 5930 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It was originally built as St.

    3 km · church building in Detroit, United States of America · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. Florian Church

    St. Florian Church is a Roman Catholic Church at 2626 Poland Street in Hamtramck, Michigan.

    3.3 km · church in Hamtramck, Michigan · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Cathedral Church of St. Paul

    The Cathedral Church of St. Paul is the cathedral church of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan.

    3.9 km · historic church in Detroit, Michigan, USA · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Boston–Edison Historic District

Airports
Windsor (YQG), 17 km · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW), 28 km · Cleveland Hopkins (CLE), 149 km
  • Hamilton → Boston–Edison Historic District
    14284 km · quickest by air, 32h 19m · NZ$3,260–5,000
  • Toronto → Boston–Edison Historic District
    583 km · quickest by air, 9h 16m · C$400–590
  • Ottawa → Boston–Edison Historic District
    512 km · quickest by road, 11h · C$85–110
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Boston–Edison Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    850 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,169 km
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    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,683 km
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    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    2,779 km
  5. 05
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,903 km

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Around it

Next door to Boston–Edison Historic District

Boston–Edison Historic District is 7 km from Detroit, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.