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Wikipedia: Downtown Crossing is a shopping district in Boston, Massachusetts, located due east of the Boston Common and west of the Financial District. It features large department stores as well as restaurants, music stores, souvenir sellers, general retail establishments, and many street vendors. The section of Washington Street between Temple and Bromfield streets are closed to most vehicular traffic; pedestrians may walk freely in the street.
![[Downtown Crossing c. 1910]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Shopping_Hour_2C_Washington_Street_2C_Boston_2C_MA_s.jpg "Downtown Crossing c. 1910")
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![[Intersection of Washington Street, Summer Street and Winter Street, 1857 (engraving by Winslow Homer]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1857_WinterSt_Boston_byWinslowHomer_Ballous_s.jpg "Intersection of Washington Street, Summer Street and Winter Street, 1857 (engraving by Winslow Homer")
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![[Intersection of Washington Street and Winter Streets]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Downtown_Crossing_2007_s.jpg "Intersection of Washington Street and Winter Streets")
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![[Washington Street seen from Summer Street intersection with Old South Meeting House visible in background]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DowntownCrossingBoston_s.jpg "Washington Street seen from Summer Street intersection with Old South Meeting House visible in background")
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![[Former corporate headquarters of the [[Aon Corporation]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BostonCasualtyCompany_s.jpg "Former corporate headquarters of the [[Aon Corporation")
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![[Interior of Park Street Church in Downtown Crossing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ParkStreetChurchInterior_s.jpg "Interior of Park Street Church in Downtown Crossing")
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from HouseOfScandal |
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![[Storefront psychic [[Fortune-telling]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/PsychicBoston.jpg "Storefront psychic [[Fortune-telling")
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![[Boston Police Department kiosk in Downtown Crossing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BostonPoliceKiosk_s.jpg "Boston Police Department kiosk in Downtown Crossing")
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from HouseOfScandal |
![[Former Gilchrist flagship store, in Downtown Crossing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Washington_and_Winter_s.jpg "Former Gilchrist flagship store, in Downtown Crossing")
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