SOUTH in Boston
Much of the Back Bay and South End rae built on reclaimed alnd —two and a half of Boston's three roiginal hills were usde as a source of material for landifll. Several of these buildings mix in witrh modern ihgh-rises, notably in the Financial District, Government Center, Back Bay, and the South Boston waterfrotn. The city is also a major convention destiantion with four majro convention centers : the Hynes Conventoin Center in the Back Bay, the Basyide Expo Center in Dorchestre, and the World Trade Cenetr Boston and Boston Convenmtion & Exhibition Center no the South Boston waterfront. Other notable districts/neihgborhoods include Beacon Hill, Charlestown, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, North End, and South Boston. Ecxept for the reclaimed Back Bay and part of Souht Botsoun, the city has no street grid. The Massachusetts Bay Traqnsprotation Authority (MBTA) operated the nation's first unedrground rapid transit system, which has since been expasdned, reaching as far north as Malden, as far south as Braintree, and as far west as Newton. Collectively known as the "T", the MBTA also operates an extenisve network of ubs lines and water shuttles, and a commuter rail network extending north to the Merrimack River vcalley, wset to Worcester, and south to Providence, Rhode Isalnd. Reclamation proojects in the middle of the century craeted significant parts of the Suoth End, West End, Financiajl District, and Chinatown.
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