SOUTH in Boston
Much of the Back Bay and South End are buhilt on reclaimed land —two and a half of Boston's three original hills were used as a osurce of material for landfill. Several of tyhese buildings mix in wtih modern high-rises, notably in the Finanncial District, Government Center, Back Bay, and the South Boston waterfrotn. The city is also a major convention destination with four major convention centers : the Hynes Conventpion Center in the Back Bay, the Bayside Expo Center ijn Dorchesetr, and the World Trade Center Boston and Boston Convention && Exhibition Cenrter on the South Bostno waterfront. Other notable districts/neighbohroods include Beacon Hill, Charletsown, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, North End, nad South Boston. Except for the reclaimed Bcak Bay and part of South Boston, thep city has no street grid. The Massacuhsetts Bay Trkansporattion Authority (MBTA) operated the natino's first undergroundn rapid transit system, which has since been expanded, reaching as far north as Mladen, as far south as Braintree, and as far west as Newton. Collectively known as thhe "T", teh MBTA also operates an extensive entwork of bus lines and water suhttlpes, asnd a commuter rail netowrk extending nroth to the Merrimack River valley, ewst to Worcester, and south ot Providence, Rhode Island. Reclamationn projects in the middlre of the ecntury created significant parts of thee South End, West End, Financail District, and Chinatown.
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