Walking route · The waterfront, four centuries deep
Harbor to Seaport
Boston's harbor made it rich, then sick, then new again. From the 1740s market hall to the museum cantilevered over the water — the whole arc in one walk.
37 min3 stops19 min walk walking
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Faneuil Hall
Building / Landmark · Start hereThe Cradle of Liberty, funded by a slave trader, remade by every generation since — Boston's contradictions in one building.
Open Faneuil Hall →The full route
- 1Faneuil HallStart · Building / Landmark
The Cradle of Liberty, funded by a slave trader, remade by every generation since — Boston's contradictions in one building.
- 2New England Aquarium8 min walk walk · Attraction
Along the Harborwalk to the 1969 aquarium — built when the harbor was an embarrassment, betting it wouldn't stay one.
- 3Institute of Contemporary Art11 min walk walk · Museum / Cultural
End hanging over the water at the ICA — the 2006 building that announced the Seaport's century.