Kenmore Square

If "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" resonates with you, then no other Boston neighborhood has more baseball tradition than the baseball tradition found in Kenmore Square. The Red Sox waited several decades to win a professional baseball championship, but residents of Kenmore Square win every day by living in meticulously maintained turn of the century structures that exude historic charm in a neighborhood that adjoins the Charles River. Homeowners that call Kenmore Square home benefit from real estate values that soar above the real estate values of most other Boston neighborhoods. In fact, only downtown Boston neighborhoods and a couple of Cambridge neighborhoods provide more home value for residents than the home values enjoyed by Kenmore Square residents.

Kenmore Square runs less a mile from north to south, but it stretches several miles moving from east to west. Several major Boston roads and highways cross Kenmore Square, including Interstate 90 and the green line, which makes multiple stops in the neighborhood. Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue take commuters to and from downtown Boston. The neighborhood includes Boston University, which attracts young professionals that attend school at night, while working to pay for apartments and condominiums during the day. Outside of the commercial center of Kenmore Square that abuts Fenway Park, residents live in stylish single and multi-family homes reminiscent of pre-Victorian era architecture.

Lansdowne Street represents one of the most popular Boston nightlife destinations. Kenmore Square residents and visitors from outside the neighborhood treat themselves to exquisite culinary delights at one of the myriad independent restaurants that operate near the iconic Citgo sign repeatedly seen during Boston Red Sox broadcasts. Lansdowne Street is also home to bustling fashion and furniture boutiques that provide the tax base foundation for one of the most stable neighborhoods within Boston metro. Historic Route 20, which stretches farther than any other road in the United States, reaches its eastern destination in Kenmore Square.