Description
In the Back Bay neighborhood the avenue is primarily dominated by the Mother Church and headquarters of the Church of Christ, Scientist and the buildings of the Prudential Center shopping and office complex.
Also known as the Avenue of the Arts, the middle portion of Huntington Avenue is lined by many significant artistic venues and educational institutions in Boston, including Symphony Hall, Horticultural Hall, the New England Conservatory, Northeastern University, the Boston University Theatre (Huntington Theatre Company's mainstage), the Museum of Fine Arts, Wentworth Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts College of Art. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is also only about a block from Huntington Avenue.
Near the Longwood Medical Area the street touches upon a number of medical research institutions and hospital complexes, including the Harvard Medical School.
At the point at which the street reaches the overpass of the Jamaicaway and the border of the town of Brookline, South Huntington Avenue runs towards Jamaica Plain Center and Route 9 continues west into Brookline as Boylston Street.
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