Community Corner
How Tall is Charlestown Compared to Other Neighborhoods?
Did you know that the Bunker Hill Monument stands 22 stories tall?
We can argue whether or not the Prudential Tower is an attractive structure—it isn't, but you're allowed to disagree—but Back Bay's Hancock Place stands, unarguably, as the Boston's tallest building.
It also notches in as the 50th-tallest building in the country. The Prudential Tower stands as the country's 77th tallest.
But how does Charlestown's tallest structure fare when compared to other Boston neighborhoods' tallest structures?
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That 22-story gleaming white obelisk we all know so well lands Charlestown just below the middle of the pack, according to data we analyzed from Boston's most recent assessment.
Check the list below to see how high the other Boston neighborhoods reach.
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Neighborhood Zip Code Tallest Building (Floors) Back Bay 2116 62 Prudential Center 2199 52 Financial District 2110 46 Chinatown 2111 46 North End waterfront 2109 43 Beacon Hill 2108 41 Beacon Hill/West End 2114 35 Fort Point 2210 32 Jamaica Plain 2130 29 South End 2118 28 Longwood/Huntington 2115 25 Mission Hill 2120 24 Allston 2134 23 Charlestown 2129 22 South Boston 2127 21 Roxbury Crossing 2119 19 Brighton 2135 17 Fenway/Kenmore 2215 17 Roslindale 2131 16 East Boston 2128 12 Dorchester Center 2124 11 Roxbury/Franklin Park 2121 10 North End 2113 9 Dorchester (north) 2125 9 Dorchester (east) 2122 7 West Roxbury 2132 6 Hyde Park 2136 5
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