• The Westland Entrance is on the east side of the Back Bay Fens, with lawns lining a block of Westland Avenue between the Fenway and Hemenway Street.
  • Back Bay Fens. The Fens continues to be much loved and utilized. Established in 1879. As quickly as the Back Bay developed, another problem festered.
  • Significantly filled and altered during the 20th century, the Back Bay Fens now provides a variety of recreational opportunities, from gardening, to concerts, to sports.
  • The Back Bay Fens (often referred to as “The Fens”) is one of several parks in Boston’s Emerald Necklace, and is located in the Fenway neighborhood.
  • World War II Memorial, Back Bay Fens, Boston. ... Back Bay Fens is also a very popular spot for weddings and wedding photo-taking.
  • Back Bay Fens is connected to the Emerald Necklace by the Fenway and Park Drive parkways.
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    • The Back Bay Fens - by Nancy Seasholes
    • Landmaking in Boston - by Nancy Seasholes
    The Fens is a park and saltwater marshland in the Back Bay neighborhood in Boston.
  • While the Duck House itself is not a Boston Landmark, its rustic style and relationship to the park makes it an important contributing feature to the Back Bay Fens.
  • It took approximately six years for the filling operation and subsequent park portion of the original Back Bay Fens 130 acres to be completed.
  • The Back Bay Fens has maintained itself as a beautiful park we know it now, but has added some of the deep history of United StatesI.