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52-616: Fenway is named after the Fenway , the main thoroughfare laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted . Fenway–Kenmore's population was 40,898 as of the 2010 Boston Redevelopment Authority Census, while its land area was defined to be 1.24 square miles (3.2 km). On the east, Fenway–Kenmore is separated from the Back Bay neighborhood by Charlesgate West, the Massachusetts Turnpike, Dalton Avenue and Belvidere Street. The South End

104-509: A Violence Recovery Program. Fenway is also home to the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center. The Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexual and gender minority (LGBTQIA+) people. The Education Center

156-695: A broader audience than its traditional LGBT+ clients. In 1978, the center became fully licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health . Fenway became involved in treating HIV/AIDS patients in the early 1980s. In 1981, Fenway made the first diagnosis of AIDS in New England. Fenway's involvement with advocacy and HIV/AIDS research led to its 1994 selection by the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases as one of eight sites recruiting participants for

208-634: A celebration of women of color and their supporters whose lives have been affected by cancer. In 2001, Fenway launched The Fenway Institute, a national interdisciplinary center dedicated to ensuring cultural competence in health care for the LGBT community through research and evaluation, training and education, and policy and advocacy. Fenway launched the Transgender Health Program in 2004 to help provide health care to this often underserved population. Seeing over 4,400 patients today,

260-536: A convenience". Additionally they wished for the names to be "derived from some topographical or historical local circumstance". For example, "instead of [a parkway] being called the Riverdale Road [it should] be called Riverway". In an 1879 report outlining the plan for the parks and roadways, the area through which the Fenway would travel was described as a " fenny meadow". The park commission subsequently chose

312-519: A household in the neighborhood was $ 25,356. 37.3% of the population was below the poverty line , while the unemployment rate was 11.4%. East Fenway has a large student population due to its proximity to area colleges and universities, while West Fenway, formerly known as a student haven, has seen rising interest from young professionals and families. The Kenmore Square area is mainly commercial with many residential units now owned by Boston University and used as on-campus housing for students. According to

364-567: A number of MBTA buses connecting it to the city proper and the surrounding neighborhoods and communities. As for roadways, Fenway and Park Drive circulate around the Fens. Boylston Street is a major east–west route, as are Beacon Street ( MA 2 ) and Commonwealth Avenue ( U.S. 20 ), which intersect at Kenmore Square . Brookline Avenue begins in Kenmore Square at this intersection and proceeds southwest. Huntington Avenue ( MA 9 )

416-630: A one-way two-lane road which passes the Museum of Fine Arts and parts of Northeastern University . A short spur connects the parkway to Westland Avenue and from there it continues as a two-way road with two lanes in each direction past Berklee College of Music and the Boston Conservatory , ending at Boylston Street . At the Boylston Street intersection stands a monument of journalist, novelist and poet John Boyle O'Reilly which

468-472: A prominent doctor who allegedly sexually harassed and bullied staff members of the health clinic. Boswell reportedly ignored a recommendation by an independent law firm to fire the doctor with numerous complaints of harassment. The center's board appointed M. Jane Powers, Fenway's director of behavioral health, as interim CEO. In 2017, Jennifer Potter, MD, was named co-chair of The Fenway Institute, alongside Kenneth Mayer, MD. In early 2020, Ellen LaPointe

520-477: A second building. West Fenway features streets named after Scottish cities and towns present in Robert Burns' literary works; Peterborough, Kilmarnock, Queensberry. This was a result of influence by the (Robert) Burns Memorial Association of Boston influencing the city of Boston when a decision was made to simplify the original neighborhood plan by Frederick Law Olmsted's office. As originally planned in 1894,

572-465: A seemingly natural salt marsh to absorb and clean the flowing waters. He then built a series of parks stretching from the Fens near the existing Commonwealth Avenue greenway to Franklin Park some miles away. The parks were connected to each other by scenic parkways , one of which is the Fenway around the eastern and southern sides of the Fens. When planned, it was thought that the buildings built upon

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624-666: Is a mostly one-way , one- to three-lane parkway that runs along the southern and eastern edges of the Back Bay Fens in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston , in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts . As part of the Emerald Necklace park system mainly designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 19th century, the Fenway, along with the Back Bay Fens and Park Drive , connects

676-603: Is across Huntington Avenue near The First Church of Christ, Scientist headquarters, a major tourist attraction. East Fenway (generally south of the Massachusetts Turnpike) is separated from West Fenway by the Muddy River, which flows through the Back Bay Fens and into the Charles River north of Kenmore. The Longwood Medical Area is sometimes included as a part of Fenway, and is located across

728-460: Is an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) health care, research and advocacy organization founded by Northeastern University students and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts . In 1971, Northeastern University students David Scondras and Linda Beane opened a drop-in center in the basement of a senior center operated by The First Church of Christ, Scientist . They named the center

780-647: Is located immediately south of the Turnpike from Kenmore Square. Parts of Boston University , Northeastern University , the Berklee College of Music , and the Boston Conservatory of Music are located in Fenway–Kenmore, and many students reside in the neighborhood. Over the last 20 years almost every residential building in Kenmore has been purchased by Boston University and turned into dorms, especially in

832-656: Is on the southern border, while Massachusetts Avenue forms the eastern border, and is a major north–south route. Storrow Drive is the only freeway directly serving the neighborhood, and its Charlesgate exit complex provides access to the entire neighborhood, with ramps connecting to Kenmore Square, Boylston Street, and Park Drive. Although the Massachusetts Turnpike cuts through the neighborhood, there are no access points to it except westbound only at Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street. Fenway (parkway) Fenway , commonly referred to as The Fenway ,

884-637: Is the largest LGBT health and research facility in the United States. In 2013, Fenway Health added two organizations to the Fenway family: the LGBT Aging Project and the AIDS Action Committee . In 2015, Fenway's National LGBT Health Education Center held a first-of-its-kind medical conference focused on transgender health. In December 2017, Fenway's CEO, Steven Boswell, resigned due to his handling of complaints about

936-453: The Back Bay Fens , Fenway and Park Drive , are named after various parks which are part of the Emerald Necklace park system. Other streets in Fenway are named after institutions or civic minded patrons within the neighborhood: Palace Road (formerly Worthington Street), Forsyth Way (formerly Rogers Avenue), Evans Way, Forsyth Street, Hemenway Street (formerly Parker Avenue), Agassiz Road (named after Ida Agassiz), Higginson Circle (named after

988-660: The Bowker Overpass (Charlesgate) before joining the Charles. Park Drive, which is located on the other side of the Back Bay Fens, allows for continuous travel in the opposite direction of the Fenway. It begins near where the Fenway ends at Boylston Street and enters the same intersection at Brookline Avenue where the Fenway begins. In 1875, the voters of the City of Boston and the Massachusetts legislature approved

1040-750: The Commonwealth Avenue Mall to the Riverway . For its entire length, the parkway travels along the Muddy River and is part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston . Like others in the park system, it is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation . The first parkway of the Emerald Necklace to be constructed, the Fenway's name was coined from an early description of

1092-724: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . The neighborhood is ringed by the MBTA Orange Line Ruggles subway station and the following MBTA Green Line light rail stops: Lansdowne station on the Framingham/Worcester Line of the MBTA Commuter Rail is located near Fenway Park and Kenmore Square and is served by all trains on the line. Fenway–Kenmore is also served by

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1144-459: The "Back Bay Fens" as the name for the park and "Fenway" as the name for the parkway because it traveled through it. The Fenway was the first of the Olmsted parkways to be built and work began on it in the 1880s, while work on the others began in the 1890s. Work started at the Boylston Street connection and much of the curbstone and gutters in the area had been laid by 1885. By 1888, the roadway

1196-553: The 2012–2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, the largest ancestry groups in ZIP Codes 02115 and 02215 are: It is the home of Fenway Park , the famous Boston Citgo sign , Kenmore Square , The Art Institute of Boston , The Forsyth Institute , Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences , Northeastern University , the New England Conservatory , portions of Boston University (including

1248-538: The Audubon Circle area between Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue. The Fenway–Kenmore area was formed by land annexed from neighboring Brookline in the 1870s as part of the Brookline-Boston annexation debate of 1873 as well as from land filled in conjunction with the creation of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted parks in the 1890s. When planned, it was thought that the buildings built upon

1300-587: The Back Bay Fens from the West Fenway area. To the south of the neighborhood is the Mission Hill area, which is sometimes considered to be part of Roxbury , which continues as the border extends along Ward, Parker, and Ruggles Streets, and the Southwest Corridor . The Kenmore neighborhood is located north and west of Fenway, roughly separated by the Massachusetts Turnpike . Kenmore includes

1352-610: The Fenway Community Health Center and staffed it with volunteer nursing students. By 1973, demand had grown to the point where Fenway incorporated as a freestanding health center and sought a larger space at 16 Haviland Street. Today, this space serves as Fenway: Sixteen, the home of Fenway's HIV Counseling, Testing & Referrals Program, Health Navigation Services, Helplines, and gay and bisexual men's health programs. The 16 Haviland Street location has since been closed as Fenway continues its attempts at reaching

1404-572: The Fenway is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), rather than the City of Boston. In 1887, the stretch of parkways from Boylston Street to Jamaica Pond were originally referred to as a single group called "the Parkway" by the Boston Park Commissioner, with the current names Fenway, Jamaicaway, and Riverway being authorized by the park commission later that year. Provisional names for

1456-448: The Fenway parkway would house high-wealth residents and that the whole area would be a high-class neighborhood. As property values rose, however, it was educational institutions that sprung up along the Fenway's route. By 1907, there were twenty-two educationally focused organizations, including nine college and universities which had made their homes on the Fenway. Residential buildings that were built needed their frontages to be approved by

1508-410: The Fenway suggested in 1885 included Rumford, Longview, and Riverdale, although the park commission deemed that naming should pass the following criteria. For the entire parkway system, each roadway name had to end in a consistent manner, "naturally aid[ing] in making the idea of continuity and unity familiar to the public, and, if such termination were short, simple and common, it would be in various ways

1560-442: The Fenway would house high-wealth residents and that the whole area would be a high-class neighborhood. As property values rose, however, it was educational institutions that sprung up along the Fenway's route. By 1907, there were twenty-two educationally focused organizations, including nine college and universities which had made their homes on the Fenway. Residential buildings that were built needed their frontages to be approved by

1612-667: The Mass Pike alongside the Beacon Street Bridge, comprising 525 units in one 17 floor tower and one 20 floor tower. Concerning infrastructure, in 2007 the MBTA renovated the Fenway Green Line stop and in 2014 renovated the nearby Yawkey commuter rail station . Finally, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston recently completed a $ 425 million expansion, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum completed construction of

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1664-570: The Myles Standish Residence Hall), portions of the Harvard Medical School , Harvard School of Dental Medicine , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health , Berklee College of Music , The Boston Conservatory , Massachusetts College of Art , Wentworth Institute of Technology , Simmons College , Wheelock College , Emmanuel College , New England School of Photography , Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral,

1716-552: The Park Board so that a "poor looking building [did not] depreciate the value of the whole neighborhood". Additionally, the Board had discretion on whether it felt a proposed building was suitable for frontage along the park and parkway. The hope of these building restrictions was that there would be an improvement in the look of the Fenway compared to neighboring streets. As part of the Metropolitan Park System of Greater Boston ,

1768-518: The Park Board so that a "poor looking building [did not] depreciate the value of the whole neighborhood". Additionally, the Board had discretion on whether it felt a proposed building was suitable for frontage along the park and parkway. The hope of these building restrictions was that there would be an improvement in the look of the Fenway compared to neighboring streets. In the last few years, development in Fenway has picked up, particularly from developer Samuels and Associates. Recent developments include

1820-520: The creation of a park commission in order to promote the creation of public parks in the city. Frederick Law Olmsted , the landscape architect of New York City 's Central Park , began to spend an increasing amount of time in the area and was asked by the park commission in the mid-to-late 1870s to be the judge of a 23-entry design competition to build a new park. Olmsted felt that all of the submitted plans were subpar and either did not take into account flood control or focused too much on it and neglected

1872-426: The first clinical trials of an HIV vaccine . Fenway's Alternative Insemination program, one of the first in the nation to offer AI services to lesbians, saw its first baby born in 1985. Fenway held its first annual Dinner Party in 1992, a fundraiser for Fenway Women's Health that will become one of the largest LGBTQIA+ events in the nation. In 1999, Fenway held the first annual Audre Lorde Cancer Awareness Brunch,

1924-727: The founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), Evans Way (named after the donor of the Evans Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts), Tetlow Street (named after the headmaster of Girls Latin School at its former location), Symphony Road (formerly Batavia Road), St. Stephens Street (St. Stephen's Church became St. Ann's, which is now known as Northeastern University's Fenway Center), Opera Place (the Boston Opera House

1976-449: The left and right lanes become turn-only and the middle lane continues straight. Traffic in the left-turn-only lane changes direction and joins the paralleling Park Drive along with the oncoming traffic traveling northeast on the Fenway. After the turn-lane drops, the road becomes two-way with one lane in each direction past Simmons College and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum . It then turns northeast at Louis Prang Street and becomes

2028-493: The new home of Fenway Health . Planned developments include a 24-story mixed use development at the confluence of Boylston Street and Brookline Avenue, likely including retail, dining, and luxury hotel/apartments. Other plans include the renovation of the Howard Johnson motel on Boylston Street, to be rehabbed as an upscale hotel. Additionally, developer John Rosenthal is planning to build a complex named One Kenmore over

2080-536: The park that it runs alongside. It was first thought that it would promote a high-class neighborhood, but a majority of its early structures were for educational institutions. Current organizations on the parkway's route include the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum , the Museum of Fine Arts , and many colleges and universities. The Fenway begins at the intersection of Brookline Avenue and the Riverway , heading southeast with three one-way lanes past Emmanuel College to an intersection with Avenue Louis Pasteur. From there,

2132-1055: The part of Boston University campus east of the Boston University Bridge , where it meets the Allston neighborhood, although due to the size of the university, it is sometimes considered to be its own neighborhood. Southwest of the Boston University campus and west of the Longwood Medical Area is the town of Brookline . Throughout the neighborhood are brownstone townhouses, brick walk-ups, and five- to six-story apartment buildings, typically constructed between 1880 and 1930. Small, independently-owned shops are scattered throughout. Major commercial developments are in Kenmore Square and along Brookline Avenue, Beacon Street, Boylston Street, and Huntington Avenue. The baseball stadium Fenway Park

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2184-548: The program continues to expand to comprehensively address the needs of our transgender and gender non-conforming community. In 2007, the American College of Physicians published The Fenway Guide to LGBT Health , edited by Dr. Harvey Makadon, Dr. Kenneth Mayer and Hilary Goldhammer of the Fenway Institute at Fenway Health, and Dr. Jennifer Potter of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center . "We realized this

2236-499: The public park aspect. The Muddy River and Stony Brook flowed through the Back Bay Fens (the Fens) which were at the time subject to tidal flow, storm flooding, and sewage discharge. The disappointed park commission then asked Olmsted to be its professional adviser and main landscape architect. Under his direction, what is now called the Emerald Necklace took shape. He directed the Fens to be dredged, graded, planted, and turned into

2288-522: The renovation of the Landmark Center ; the 2003 addition of Hotel Commonwealth on the site of the Rathskeller bar; and the 576-unit, 17-floor Trilogy apartment building on Brookline Avenue and Boylston Street. 1330 Boylston, a second high-rise apartment building, was completed in 2008 and contains 210 apartments, 85,000 square feet (7,900 m) of office space contained within 10 floors and

2340-498: The street naming system was to continue the system originating in the Back Bay of naming streets in alphabetical order. Where the Back Bay proper ends at Hereford Street, the Fenway was to continue Ipswich, Jersey, Kenyon (Kilmarnock), Lansdowne, Mornington, Nottingham, Onslow, Peterborough, Queensberry, Roseberry, Salisbury, Thurlow, Uxbridge, Vivian, Westmeath (Wellesley), (with X omitted), York, and Zetland. The parkways surrounding

2392-523: Was 1.69 people, while the average family size was 2.61 and non-family 1.51. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 71% White , 7% Black or African American , 14% Asian , 4% from other races , and 3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8% of the population. 21.3% of the population was foreign born. The neighborhood population consisted of 4% under the age of 18, 63% from 18 to 24, 23% from 25 to 44, 6% from 45 to 64, and 5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median income for

2444-448: Was acquired and the roadway was complete up to the intersection of Parker and Huntington Avenue (today Forsyth Way at the Museum of Fine Arts) by 1890. Construction of the parkway concluded in early 1893 and the completed length of the Fenway opened shortly after. The entire route is in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston , Suffolk County . Fenway Health Fenway Health (formally Fenway Community Health Center, Inc. )

2496-609: Was an important area that wasn't being covered," Dr. Steven Weinberger, senior vice president for medical education and publishing of the American College of Physicians, said in an interview at the time. "It has not been taught in medical school...it sort of falls through the cracks in terms of the standard curriculum." Fenway's current Ansin Building home at 1340 Boylston Street in Boston opened its doors in 2009. At ten stories and 100,000 square feet (9,300 m ), it

2548-468: Was complete from Boylston Street to Westland Avenue, but was prevented from continuing further south because of a delay in securing more fill. The Boston City Engineer's report cited a hold up in acquiring property from there to the Brookline Avenue terminus, as the problem since the fill was the dredged material from the new path of the Muddy River. Work continued after the remainder of the land

2600-428: Was constructed in 1897. The Fenway runs alongside the Muddy River for its entire length and the river continues in a stone-paved channel surrounded by a narrow strip of parklands, toward its connection with the Charles River . In a series of stone bridges and tunnels, it passes under Boylston Street, the Massachusetts Turnpike , Commonwealth Avenue , Storrow Drive , and a series of elevated connecting ramps known as

2652-672: Was demolished in 1958), and Speare Place (formerly a continuation of St. Stephens Street which itself was formerly Falmouth Street). According to the census of 2000 and the City of Boston, there were 36,191 people, 12,872 households, and 5,428 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 29,186.3 people per square mile (11,268.9/km²). Of the neighborhood's housing structures, 1% were single-family dwellings while 15% had 3–9 units, 16% had 10–19 units, 41% had 20–49 units, and 27% had 50 or more units; there were 13,229 units in total. 91% percent of units were occupied by tenants while 9% were owner-occupied. The average household size

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2704-577: Was named the new CEO of Fenway Health. With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting soon after, Fenway removed the majority of medical and behavioral health appointments to telehealth, established testing programs in Boston and Everett, and activated several research studies, including COVID-19 vaccine trials. Services at Fenway Health include medical and mental health, dental, eye care and pharmacy. Fenway also offers HIV prevention and health navigation services, and

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