Tremont Street

Tremont Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts. The name is a variation of one of the original appellations of the city, "Trimountaine," a reference to a hill that formerly had three peaks. Beacon Hill, with its single peak, is all that remains of the Trimountain. Much of the Trimountain was removed, and the earth used as fill to expand the Shawmut peninsula. The two smaller peaks, Cotton Hill (or Pemberton Hill) and Mt. Whoredom (or Mt. Vernon, formerly at the location of the modern-day Louisburg Square) no longer exist. The central peak, Sentry Hill, now called Beacon Hill, is smaller than the original peak, which reached approximately to the height of the top of the State House.

Tremont Street begins at Government Center in Boston's city center as a continuation of Cambridge Street, and forms the eastern edge of Boston Common. Continuing in a roughly southwesterly direction, it passes through Boston's Theatre District, crosses the Massachusetts Turnpike, and becomes a broad boulevard in the South End neighborhood. It then turns to the west, terminating at Brigham Circle, where it intersects Huntington Avenue.

The Tremont Street Subway runs underneath the street. Opening in 1897, it is the first subway tunnel in North America.

Landmarks

Sites of interest along Tremont Street, from northeast to southwest, include:

*Government Center
*King's Chapel
*Suffolk University Law School
*Granary Burying Ground
*Park Street Church
*Boston Common
*Boston Theatre District
*Wang Center for the Performing Arts
*Tremont Temple
*Boston Center for the Arts

Transportation

Transportation links along Tremont Street include:

*Government Center (MBTA station)
*Park Street (MBTA station)
*Boylston (MBTA station)

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