The Market Report

And that's a wrap on Downtown Boston, the South End, and Chinatown! Most of the time we spent here was in Chinatown , but we also made stops in the South End and at Downtown Boston's only supermarket. Here's a look at all of those stores on a map! Coming Up Next As we continue our journey to the northern part of Boston, we are making stops in the neighborhoods just north of downtown, in the West End and North End. Both are dense, urban neighborhoods, but very historic and also generally affluent. The North End is particularly known for its Italian community ( and its great food! ), and the West End has some government and private office buildings along with Mass General Hospital's expansive complex. Just south of the West End is historic Beacon Hill , where we'll be seeing just one store (so for the purposes of this blog, I'm considering Beacon Hill and the West End as one). For what it's worth, I also have non-supermarket photographs of lots of these neig...

Roche Bros. Opened: April 2015 Owner:  Michael Bozzuto Previous Tenants:  Filene's Department Store Cooperative:  none Location:  8 Summer St, Boston, MA Photographed:  July 7, 2019 and July 20, 2019 If the Macy's at Herald Square is New York's most famous department store, and Marshall Field's was Chicago's, in Boston it was Filene's. The department store chain went through several acquisitions and rebrands, and its Downtown Crossing location in Boston -- the largest, original, and flagship store -- became Filene's Basement, the first discount clothing store chain in the US. It finally closed in 2011 . The discount store occupied the actual basement of the multi-story building, and while other parts of the department store are occupied by offices and a Primark, the basement today is a modern, upscale Roche Brothers. Actually, the 30,000 square foot supermarket technically takes up two floors of the Downtown Crossing building. The ground floor functions as...