Skip to content
Boston’s Back Bay skyline from Cambridge
Where It Was · new city

Boston

75 photographed places and the films and series recorded here, with sources, access notes and what you can still visit.

Tony Webster from Portland, Oregon · CC BY 2.0 · Boston’s Back Bay skyline from Cambridge · Taken on 5 December 2014, 13:51. City context, not a production still. Resized from an official Commons derivative.
The city through culture

On screen in Boston.

The most-documented productions in this city's shared records. Music connections for this city are still being researched.

Movies

  • The Departed2 sourced claims
  • Shutter Island1 sourced claim
  • Blown Away1 sourced claim
  • The Town1 sourced claim
  • Mystic River1 sourced claim
  • Gone Baby Gone1 sourced claim

Television

  • Julia1 sourced claim
Look again at a familiar street

Places with stories.

75 reviewed photographs of exact sites. A photograph shows the place today; it is not a production still or a filming position.

  • View of Peddocks Island — filming area unresolved
    Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Peddocks Island — filming area unresolved · photographed 2008-05-18 08:38. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Peddocks Island — filming area unresolved
  • View of Berklee Performance Center — former Fenway Theatre
    John Phelan · CC BY 3.0 · Berklee Performance Center — former Fenway Theatre · photographed 2011-12-11. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Berklee Performance Center — former Fenway Theatre
  • View of 1140 Boylston Street — Berklee performance venues
    ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0 · 1140 Boylston Street — Berklee performance venues · photographed 2025-11-06 10:52. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    1140 Boylston Street — Berklee performance venues
  • View of Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street
    Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street · photographed 2017-08-13. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street
  • Historic exterior of Union Oyster House, circa 1930
    Boston Transit Commission / City of Boston Archives · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Union Oyster House, 41 Union Street · photographed circa 1930. Historic location photograph, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Union Oyster House, 41 Union Street
  • View of Marshall Street
    Domenico Convertini · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Marshall Street · photographed Taken on 19 September 2019, 18:58:24. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Marshall Street
  • View of Batten Hall — former WGBH Studio A
    Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Batten Hall — former WGBH Studio A · photographed 2025-10-18 10:52:59. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Batten Hall — former WGBH Studio A
  • View of Symphony Hall
    Digfarenough · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Symphony Hall · photographed 2007-05-08. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Symphony Hall
  • View of Wally’s Café — current premises
    DovC123 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wally’s Café — current premises · photographed 2023-04-13. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Wally’s Café — current premises
  • View of Strand Theatre
    John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Strand Theatre · photographed 2012-03-11. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Strand Theatre
  • View of Neptune Oyster
    Tim Sackton from Somerville, MA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Neptune Oyster · photographed 2009-08-09 13:21. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Neptune Oyster
  • View of Suffolk University Law School
    Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Suffolk University Law School · photographed 2017-08-17. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Suffolk University Law School
  • View of Flagship Wharf
    Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Flagship Wharf · photographed Taken on 16 August 2017, 16:19:42 (according to Exif data). Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Flagship Wharf
  • View of Chart House, Long Wharf
    Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chart House, Long Wharf · photographed 2017-08-11. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Chart House, Long Wharf
  • View of Second Harrison Gray Otis House
    Daderot · CC0 · Second Harrison Gray Otis House · photographed 2013-01-01 11:49:24. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Second Harrison Gray Otis House
  • View of Fairmont Copley Plaza
    Ingfbruno · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fairmont Copley Plaza · photographed 2013-04-25 18:22:20. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.
    Fairmont Copley Plaza
Get your bearings

Map & full archive.

Every Place and Moment record, including sites not yet ready for a pin. A marker is a site reference, not a filming position or a route; access and city-boundary status stay as researched.

Existing geography to build from

5 inherited World connections · 17 Place records. These records retain their original research status.

17 matching inherited Place records · 9 remaining source leads

Choose a named place below the map. Pins come from existing subject evidence; they are not a route or a new access certification.

Complete inherited record access

Includes restricted and unmapped-in-this-view records. Map eligibility never removes a record from this list.

Cheers Beacon Hill (the Bull & Finch) · public access

Cheers Beacon Hill (the Bull & Finch)

84 Beacon Street, opposite the Public Garden

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: Opens daily at 11am (closed Christmas Day). No reservations. Children until 10pm, then 21 and over. Reconfirm before visiting.

The stone lower storey of 84 Beacon Street in late sun, cream awnings over the pub windows and a queue along the railings
Cheers Beacon Hill at 84 Beacon Street, November 2025. · ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0

Founded in 1969 as the Bull & Finch Pub, it became the original inspiration for the setting of Cheers.

The producers went to Boston looking for the ideal American bar; after visiting other bars they came back to the Bull & Finch and declared, “This is the place.”

The owner, Tom Kershaw, agreed for just $1 to let them use the pub for establishing shots. It has since been renamed Cheers Beacon Hill and receives hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.

In 1982, the year the show began, Boston Magazine named the Bull & Finch the city’s best neighbourhood bar.

The pub is on the lower level of the building, with two oak bars and booth seating.

Police, fire and service patches cover the walls; the first, from two Coast Guard visitors, was stapled to a liquor cabinet. A plaque for the collection was unveiled on 25 September 2002.

It opens daily at 11am except Christmas Day, takes no reservations, and admits children until 10pm.

Evidence and coordinate precision

building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: changed.

Open Cheers ↗

The Hampshire House · restricted access

The Hampshire House

84 Beacon Street, the floors above the pub

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: A private events house: weddings, parties and dinners by arrangement. The pub downstairs is open to everyone. Reconfirm before visiting.

A five-storey red-brick and stone mansion with flags over a row of cream awnings
The Hampshire House, 84 Beacon Street, May 2024. · Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Hampshire House is a Bostonian mansion on Beacon Hill used for weddings and private events.

Thomas A. Kershaw has owned the Hampshire House Corporation since it began in 1969.

On the night of the last episode, 20 May 1993, NBC held its party upstairs at the Hampshire House; most of the cast came.

Bleachers for 500 invited guests were put up on Beacon Street outside for a live broadcast of Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, and the pub became the show’s green room.

Evidence and coordinate precision

building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Cheers ↗

The Public Garden · public access

The Public Garden

Across Beacon Street from the bar; 4 Charles Street

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: Free and open every day. Cross Beacon Street from the bar’s steps. Reconfirm before visiting.

Willows and autumn trees round the lagoon in the Boston Public Garden
The Public Garden in autumn, across Beacon Street from the bar. · Selina · CC BY 2.0

Cheers sits across the road from the Public Garden.

The Public Garden dates from 1837 and was the first public botanical garden in America.

The Paget family has run the Swan Boats here for more than 100 years.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Cheers ↗

Faneuil Hall Marketplace · public access

Faneuil Hall Marketplace

Quincy Market, by Faneuil Hall

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: Monday–Saturday 10am–9pm, Sunday 11am–7pm. The Cheers replica bar is closed. Reconfirm before visiting.

The columned granite front of Quincy Market under a blue sky, the Custom House tower behind
Quincy Market, July 2020. · Brian-R-Phillips · CC BY-SA 4.0

For 20 years the marketplace had a second Cheers: a recreation of the bar on the television set, at 1 South Market Street.

It closed for good on 30 August 2020. The owner blamed the pandemic and a lack of help from the landlord; the Beacon Street pub stayed open.

The marketplace is open Monday to Saturday 10am–9pm and Sunday 11am–7pm, with more than 25 places to eat in Quincy Market.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: changed.

Open Cheers ↗

Fenway Park · public access

Fenway Park

4 Jersey Street, Fenway–Kenmore

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: Hour-long guided tours run daily; on game days they stop three hours before the first pitch. Book with the Red Sox. Reconfirm before visiting.

The red-brick front of Fenway Park with green doors and flags
Fenway Park on Jersey Street, June 2025. · Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sam Malone, a Medford native, pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1974 to 1978 before he tended bar.

On the set, the photograph above the bar was of the Boston pitcher Jim Lonborg, not of Sam.

Fenway Park opened in 1912 and is the oldest major league ballpark in the country; hour-long tours run daily.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Cheers ↗

Boston City Hall · public access

Boston City Hall

1 City Hall Square, Government Center

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: The City Council meets in public every Wednesday at 12 noon. Reconfirm before visiting.

The concrete block of Boston City Hall above its brick plaza
Boston City Hall, August 2017. · Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0

Woody, the farm boy from Indiana, is elected to the Boston City Council and still tends bar.

Boston’s 13 councillors pass the city’s laws and approve its budget; the council meets every Wednesday at noon.

Evidence and coordinate precision

building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Cheers ↗

The Boston Tea Party · public access

The Boston Tea Party

53 Berkeley Street, Boston

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: See the Parker Memorial building from Berkeley Street in the South End. Reconfirm before visiting.

Four band members in black and white, one in dark glasses in front, gesturing at an LP sleeve
Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Moe Tucker in a Verve publicity photograph from about 1968. · Photographer unknown; Verve Records · Public domain

The Boston Tea Party opened on 20 January 1967 in the Parker Memorial building at 53 Berkeley Street.

The Velvets first played there on 26 May 1967, and headlined dozens of shows there until mid-1970.

Warhol filmed one 1967 show on 16mm colour film: the only known colour footage of the original line-up playing live.

At a show in December 1968 Reed told the crowd it was the band’s favourite place to play in the whole country.

Evidence and coordinate precision

building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: unknown.

Open The Velvet Underground ↗

The Boston Garden site, Causeway Street · public access

The Boston Garden site, Causeway Street

Causeway Street, West End, Boston

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: The Garden is gone. Take the Orange or Green Line to North Station; TD Garden stands behind the old site. Reconfirm before visiting.

The front of the Boston Garden, with its name in yellow letters under a large billboard
The Boston Garden from Causeway Street, 1994. · Steve Lipofsky Basketballphoto.com · CC BY 3.0

On 5 April 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, he played the Boston Garden.

Councillor Thomas Atkins persuaded Mayor Kevin White to let the show go ahead, and WGBH broadcast it live.

About 2,000 people were in the hall; many more watched on television.

In WGBH’s footage, Atkins and Brown bring on the mayor, who asks the crowd to honour King.

The Garden opened in 1928, closed in 1995 and was demolished in 1998.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: lost.

Open James Brown ↗

L Street Tavern · public access

L Street Tavern

658 East Eighth Street, at L Street, South Boston

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: Still a neighbourhood bar. Go in for a drink, and ask to see the table from the film. Reconfirm before visiting.

Black-and-white photograph of the brick L Street Bathhouse in snow
The L Street Bathhouse, a few blocks down L Street from the tavern, in an undated city photograph. · Boston Redevelopment Authority · CC BY 2.0

The South Boston bar where Will drinks with Chuckie Sullivan and their friends is the L Street Tavern, 658 East Eighth Street, at L Street.

The tavern keeps Good Will Hunting things on show, among them a table from the film and a photograph of Robin Williams with Matt Damon.

Jack and Susan Woods ran it for nearly three decades and sold it in 2024. The new owners said it would stay open and keep its neighbourhood traditions.

Evidence and coordinate precision

building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Good Will Hunting ↗

Bunker Hill Community College · public access

Bunker Hill Community College

Rutherford Avenue, Charlestown

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: A working college on Rutherford Avenue. Walk round the outside; the campus is for students. Reconfirm before visiting.

The tan main building of Bunker Hill Community College under a summer sky
Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, August 2025. · Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0

Bunker Hill Community College, on Rutherford Avenue in Charlestown, is the college where Sean Maguire teaches.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Good Will Hunting ↗

The bench in the Public Garden · public access

The bench in the Public Garden

The Lagoon, Boston Public Garden, off Arlington Street

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: A public park. Start at the western end of the Lagoon Bridge and walk north along the water. Reconfirm before visiting.

The suspension footbridge over the Public Garden lagoon, with willows and blue sky reflected in the water
The Lagoon Bridge in the Boston Public Garden, April 2026. · Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sean takes Will to the Boston Public Garden for a talk on a bench by the lagoon.

The bench is still there. Follow the lakeside path north from the western end of the bridge; it is the third bench you come to.

Meet Boston suggests visitors look for the bench where Robin Williams and Matt Damon play the scene.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Good Will Hunting ↗

MIT: the Maclaurin Buildings and Killian Court · public access

MIT: the Maclaurin Buildings and Killian Court

Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: An open campus. Pick up a map at the Welcome Center, 292 Main Street, and walk to Killian Court. Reconfirm before visiting.

A columned building with a great dome behind a lawn where visitors walk
MIT’s Maclaurin Buildings and the Great Dome over Killian Court, August 2017. · Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0

The outside of the college where Will mops floors is MIT’s McLaurin Building.

The Great Dome sits above Killian Court, the lawn where MIT holds Commencement.

The Infinite Corridor, MIT’s central hallway, runs past departments, classrooms and labs, its walls covered in posters.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Good Will Hunting ↗

The Green Building, MIT · public access

The Green Building, MIT

Ames Street, MIT, Cambridge

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: See it from the lawns on the east side of campus, a short walk from Killian Court. Reconfirm before visiting.

A tall concrete tower with a white dome on its roof
The Green Building, MIT, January 2016. · Daderot · CC0

On 24 March 1998 MIT students lit the windows of the 16-storey Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Building in the shape of an Oscar, about 185 feet tall.

It was a tribute to Good Will Hunting’s “third Oscar”, the night after it won two.

Evidence and coordinate precision

building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Good Will Hunting ↗

Dunster House, Harvard · restricted access

Dunster House, Harvard

Memorial Drive, Cambridge

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: A student house. Look at the tower from Memorial Drive or the riverbank; the courtyards are for residents. Reconfirm before visiting.

The white clock tower and red cupola of Dunster House at sunset
The tower of Dunster House, Harvard, January 2012. · Tim Sackton · CC BY-SA 2.0

Movie-Locations names Dunster House, over the Charles River, as Skylar’s Harvard college.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Good Will Hunting ↗

The Smith Campus Center (once Au Bon Pain) · public access

The Smith Campus Center (once Au Bon Pain)

1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Harvard Square

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: Open to the public. The plaza in front is where the chess tables were. Reconfirm before visiting.

A glass and concrete building on Massachusetts Avenue at Harvard Square
The Smith Campus Center, Harvard Square, November 2025. Au Bon Pain was on its ground floor. · ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0

Will tries to explain his gift to Skylar at the Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square.

That Au Bon Pain closed in spring 2016 after 32 years.

Its five chess tables, drilled into the plaza, were taken out for the rebuilding. Harvard planned five new ones outdoors and five more inside the Smith Campus Center.

Evidence and coordinate precision

building position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: changed.

Open Good Will Hunting ↗

Harvard Yard · public access

Harvard Yard

Harvard University, Cambridge

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: Free student-led history tours for up to 10 (book on Eventbrite), or the free Visit Harvard app. Reconfirm before visiting.

A lawn under tall trees with people on chairs and a pale classical building beyond
Harvard Yard in summer, August 2017. · Marco Almbauer · Public domain

In the 2023 revival Frasier moves back to Boston to be near his son Freddy and takes a teaching job at Harvard.

Harvard’s free Historical Tour is student-led, for up to 10 people, and booked through Eventbrite; the Visit Harvard app has a self-guided walk round the Yard.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Frasier ↗

The Zakim Bridge · public access

The Zakim Bridge

Over the Charles River, between Charlestown and the West End

Described in the place’s facts.

Inherited access advice: An interstate bridge, not a walk: see it from the Charlestown side of the river. Reconfirm before visiting.

The white cable-stayed towers of the Zakim Bridge in front of Boston towers
The Zakim Bridge and the Boston skyline from Charlestown, September 2025. · 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0

The revival’s first teaser turns the Seattle skyline of the original series into Boston’s, Zakim Bridge and all.

Evidence and coordinate precision

site position, inherited from its subject package. Current state: surviving.

Open Frasier ↗

New Place & Moment records

One record per explicitly reconciled site, with its separate cultural connections. The map starts with sites that have reviewed public visiting conditions. The research view also shows verified approximate site references with restricted or unconfirmed access; these records have no public subject destinations. Only individually reviewed, licensed imagery appears. Unresolved geography remains searchable.

17 of 17 draft site records · 44 of 44 Moments

0 mapped site references · Reviewed public visiting conditions. Private sites and unresolved coordinates are excluded.

Peddocks Island — filming area unresolved

View of Peddocks Island — filming area unresolved
Doc Searls from Santa Barbara, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Peddocks Island — filming area unresolved · photographed 2008-05-18 08:38. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Shutter Island

    Island filming association. Seasonal transport and permitted areas need current operator verification.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

NPS describes Peddocks as a Boston Harbor island. The island-wide association is not an exact Shutter Island building identification.

Supporting source

PROBABLE · Limited source-review note; does not certify a location pin, current admission or reproduction rights.

NPS lists seasonal island visits and notes paved eastern paths, wooded trails and potentially steep gangways at low tide. Check current ferries and closures; no interior access to filming buildings is established.

Supporting source

PROBABLE · Limited source-review note; does not certify a location pin, current admission or reproduction rights.

1325 Commonwealth Avenue

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Aerosmith

    The band’s own archive identifies its 1970–1972 apartment and the free outdoor concert on 5 November 2012. The 2019 article credits Mary Ouellette’s photographs; no reproduction licence is supplied. Historic residence does not imply interior access.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Lindemann Center, Staniford Street

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • The Departed

    Special Investigation Unit headquarters exterior. The tourism source explicitly excludes interior visits.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Joy and Beacon Street junction

Red-brick buildings at Joy and Beacon Streets, Boston, in 2010
M2545 · Public domain · Joy and Beacon Streets in 2010. Modern street-corner context; not a film still or an asserted camera position.

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Blown Away

    Crash-sequence location; exact filming footprint unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Monument Square, Charlestown

Pleasant Street descending from Monument Square in Charlestown, September 2013
Thaidragon27 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Looking down Pleasant Street from Monument Square in September 2013. Neighbourhood streetscape context, with the Zakim Bridge in the distance; this does not identify a particular filmed home, camera position or private-property access.

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • The Town

    Square appearing in the film. An area association, not an inferred exact camera point.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Berklee Performance Center — former Fenway Theatre

View of Berklee Performance Center — former Fenway Theatre
John Phelan · CC BY 3.0 · Berklee Performance Center — former Fenway Theatre · photographed 2011-12-11. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.

Geometry unresolved · Public visiting — check conditions

  • Count Basie

    Berklee documents a performance here; date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • The Temptations

    Berklee documents a performance here; date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Weather Report

    Berklee documents a performance here; date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Talking Heads

    Berklee documents a performance here; date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Whitney Houston

    Berklee documents a performance here; date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Céline Dion

    Berklee documents a performance here; date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Natalie Cole

    Joined student performers in a commencement concert.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Phil Collins

    Joined student performers in a commencement concert.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • David Foster

    Joined student performers in a commencement concert.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Steven Tyler

    Joined student performers in a commencement concert.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Dianne Reeves

    Joined student performers in a commencement concert.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Paula Cole

    Performed here as a student.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • David Rawlings

    Performed here as a student.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Susan Tedeschi

    Returned in 2003 after earlier student Singers Showcase performances.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Aerosmith

    Rehearsed in the former theater before Berklee’s purchase.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • The B-52s

    Recorded a live album here; session date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Paco de Lucía

    Recorded a live album here; session date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Makoto Ozone

    Recorded a live album here; session date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

The former Fenway Theatre was modernised and reopened as the Berklee Performance Center in April 1976. It remains an operating concert venue, distinct from the neighbouring former hotel.

Attend only through the current performance programme and ticket/admission conditions. The venue is at 136 Massachusetts Avenue. Rehearsal rooms, backstage areas and the relocated autographed stage door are not included in ordinary audience admission.

Supporting source

PROBABLE · Current operator information supports this limited state/access record, not a filming footprint, coordinate or image licence.

1140 Boylston Street — Berklee performance venues

View of 1140 Boylston Street — Berklee performance venues
ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0 · 1140 Boylston Street — Berklee performance venues · photographed 2025-11-06 10:52. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.

Geometry unresolved · Access restricted

  • Gary Burton

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Branford Marsalis

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Susan Tedeschi

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Paula Cole

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Terri Lyne Carrington

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • John Mayer

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Esperanza Spalding

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Julian Lage

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Steve Vai

    Named among student performers at the 1140 venues; individual hall and date unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Berklee identifies two ground-floor performance venues at 1140 Boylston Street. Its artist list applies to the venues collectively and does not assign an artist to one particular hall.

Follow the institution’s current event or booked campus-visit arrangements. Student performance history does not grant unrestricted building or rehearsal access. No building entrance or individual hall coordinate is inferred.

Supporting source

PROBABLE · Current operator information supports this limited state/access record, not a filming footprint, coordinate or image licence.

12 Farnsworth Street

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • The Departed

    Listed filming address; building identity and scene remain unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

3484 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain

Doyle’s Cafe brick corner building, with 3484 Washington Street number visible in 2011
John Phelan · CC BY 3.0 · Doyle’s Cafe · photographed 8 May 2011. Historic exterior, not a current visitor-access claim.

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Mystic River

    Listed filming address; exact scene and current premises remain unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

837 Summer Street

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Listed filming address; exact scene and current premises remain unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Aquitaine, 569 Tremont Street

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • The Social Network

    Named filming venue; current operation and filmed interior remain unverified.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street

View of Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street
Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street · photographed 2017-08-13. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.

Geometry unresolved · Public visiting — check conditions

  • Spotlight

    Named filming location; exact room remains unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Operating Central Library at 700 Boylston Street. The complex includes different buildings; the Spotlight filming room is not established by this visitor listing.

Consult current library and department hours, holiday closures and tour arrangements. Public library entry does not grant access to every room or an active production.

Supporting source

PROBABLE · Current operator information supports this limited state/access record, not a filming footprint, coordinate or image licence.

Union Oyster House, 41 Union Street

Historic exterior of Union Oyster House, circa 1930
Boston Transit Commission / City of Boston Archives · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Union Oyster House, 41 Union Street · photographed circa 1930. Historic location photograph, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Julia

    Named series location. Source year is retained as listed, pending production/release-date reconciliation.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Marshall Street

View of Marshall Street
Domenico Convertini · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Marshall Street · photographed Taken on 19 September 2019, 18:58:24. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Spirited

    Named filming street; individual premises and filming extent remain unresolved.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Kaze Shabu Shabu, 1 Harrison Avenue

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Original Club 47 site, Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Joan Baez

    History Cambridge records her early Tuesday appearances at Club 47. The original Mount Auburn site remains separate from the later Palmer Street venue.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

Historical continuity and current state are still under review. See the individual source notes; no surviving-building claim is inferred.

Current visitor permission and entrance details are not certified. Source notes may distinguish private property, past exhibitions or regional sites.

Originally 47 Mount Auburn Street; History Cambridge identifies the former site as renumbered 45½. The institutional history does not establish a current entrance, operator or exact stage footprint.

Supporting source

PROBABLE · Limited source-review note; does not certify a location pin, current admission or reproduction rights.

Club Passim, Palmer Street, Cambridge

View of Club Passim, Palmer Street
Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Club Passim, Palmer Street · photographed 2022-07-09 17:37:01. Location context, not a production still. Resized from the official Commons derivative.

Geometry unresolved · Access under review

  • Suzanne Vega

    The Music Museum of New England identifies appearances during Passim’s late-1980s singer-songwriter revival. No individual performance date is established.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Shawn Colvin

    The Music Museum of New England identifies appearances during Passim’s late-1980s singer-songwriter revival. No individual performance date is established.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

  • Nanci Griffith

    The Music Museum of New England identifies appearances during Passim’s late-1980s singer-songwriter revival. No individual performance date is established.

    Association evidence

    PROBABLE · The cited source supports this association. Independent historical verification, exact footprint and canonical subject relationships remain open.

Site identity, access and open questions

The operator identifies Club Passim in the basement at 47 Palmer Street, Cambridge. Its separate office and school are at 26 Church Street; these are not extra concert sites.

Consult the operator’s event and ticketing information for admission. No particular filmed or historic performance position, step-free entrance or current ticket availability is certified.

Supporting source

PROBABLE · Current operator information supports this limited state/access record, not a filming footprint, coordinate or image licence.

New location research

Source-reviewed leads, held off the map until identity, coordinates and current access are reviewed. No source photographs are reproduced. The search and category controls above also filter this section.

MIT Building 54, Cambridge

Good Will Hunting · MIT students used the building’s windows for a giant illuminated Oscar on24March1998 after the film’s Academy Award wins. This is a documented local response to the film, not a claim that the building was a filming location. Cambridge remains distinct from Boston municipality.

Research status and source

institutional evidence; commemorative association, not filming. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

MIT News — MIT awards its own Oscar to Good Will Hunting

MIT News Office · Published 1998-04-01 · Checked 2026-10-09

Public Garden bench

Good Will Hunting · Will and Sean’s conversation. Exact bench identity requires a separate check.

Research status and source

tourism-source association; identity, geometry and current access review pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

Meet Boston — Explore Iconic Filming Locations in Boston

Place identity

Boston Public Garden is the municipal park at 4 Charles Street. Its identity is confirmed; the film bench’s exact position is still unresolved. Do not substitute the park address for a bench coordinate.

Visitor context

The city presents the garden as a visitor park. Park access does not certify availability of a particular bench or organised film experience.

Meet Boston · Checked 2026-10-09

Fenway Park

Fever Pitch · Ballpark filming association; no ticket or field access implied.

Research status and source

tourism-source association; identity, geometry and current access review pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

Meet Boston — Explore Iconic Filming Locations in Boston

Place identity

Operator currently gives 4 Jersey Street. The state film inventory uses the historical Yawkey Way address; preserve both source trails without creating a second ballpark. Exact scene footprints remain unresolved.

Meet Boston · Checked 2026-10-09

Fenway Park

Ted · Ballpark filming association. Keep the individual scene evidence separate from Fever Pitch.

Research status and source

tourism-source association; identity, geometry and current access review pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

Meet Boston — Explore Iconic Filming Locations in Boston

Place identity

Operator currently gives 4 Jersey Street. The state film inventory uses the historical Yawkey Way address; preserve both source trails without creating a second ballpark. Exact scene footprints remain unresolved.

Meet Boston · Checked 2026-10-09

Bull & Finch / Cheers Beacon Hill

Cheers · Real pub inspiration; do not represent its interior as the television studio set.

Research status and source

tourism-source association; identity, geometry and current access review pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

Meet Boston — Explore Iconic Filming Locations in Boston

Place identity

Operator confirms Cheers Beacon Hill, formerly Bull & Finch Pub, at 84 Beacon Street. Its claim is inspiration for the sitcom; this does not establish studio-interior identity.

Visitor context

The operator invites visitors to the pub. Consult its own hours and admission information; no filming-area or cast access is promised.

Meet Boston · Checked 2026-10-09

Fenway Park

Field of Dreams · The state tourism map identifies the ballpark. Its historical Yawkey Way address needs current-address reconciliation.

Research status and source

state tourism inventory association; scene, identity and geometry review pending. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism — Film Locations Map

Place identity

Operator currently gives 4 Jersey Street. The state film inventory uses the historical Yawkey Way address; preserve both source trails without creating a second ballpark. Exact scene footprints remain unresolved.

Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism · Checked 2026-10-10

L Street Tavern

Good Will Hunting · The Film Office identifies 658 East 8th Street. This supports the existing tavern identity, without certifying a current interior or filming footprint.

Research status and source

film-office named site; geometry and current access unresolved. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

Massachusetts Film Office — 2005–2016 production inventory, Famous Locations, PDF page 9

Massachusetts Film Office · Checked 2026-10-10

Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Love Story · The Film Office names Harvard Yard. Cambridge remains distinct from Boston municipality; no specific building, scene or access is inferred.

Research status and source

film-office named site; geometry and current access unresolved. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

Massachusetts Film Office — 2005–2016 production inventory, Famous Locations, PDF page 9

Massachusetts Film Office · Checked 2026-10-10

Club 47 — address for Dylan appearance unresolved

Bob Dylan · History Cambridge records guest appearances and between-set playing, rather than a headline engagement. The account does not establish which physical Club 47 address hosted each appearance.

Research status and source

historical association; exact geometry and image rights remain open. Coordinates unresolved; no complete access clearance; image rights not secured.

History Cambridge — Club 47 and the folk revival

Jennifer Hance / History Cambridge · Checked 2026-10-10

The nine-World launch slate

Research candidates, not approved callouts. Launch requires 100 verified locations, 20 reviewed Worlds and three evidence-reviewed, implemented callouts per category.

Movies

  1. Good Will Hunting
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA
  2. The Departed
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA
  3. The Town
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA

TV

  1. Cheers
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA
  2. Ally McBeal
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA
  3. Boston Legal
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA

Music

  1. Aerosmith
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA
  2. Pixies
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA
  3. New Kids on the Block
    Research and implementation gates
    • Specific city connection and canonical World identity
    • Place / Moment evidence
    • Coordinate and historical-state review
    • Image rights and visitor access
    • Subject implementation and QA

Research boundaries

Boston and Cambridge are distinguished; other Massachusetts sites remain regional.

No transport routes, stays, events or new image permissions are inferred. Existing imagery is reproduced only where the subject package records cleared rights.

Destination research source ↗

Destination research starting point; not evidence for every proposed World.

About this city

Boston is a new city on Where It Was and is still growing. Photographs show each place today, not production stills; map markers are site references, not filming positions, and access is as researched, so check before you visit.

Music location collection

Music, in place.

Music videos, cover images and recording history. Each connection links to its source. 2 named locations have supported map pins; locations awaiting coordinates remain below.

Explore the Music location map ↗

Explore Boston on the map.

Open full map ↗

2 locations · 2 connections · showing 2

Orpheum Theatre, 1 Hamilton Place

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

1 music connection and sources

An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set

The Allman Brothers Band · Album / sleeve photography · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

7A West Studios

Supported named-site pin. Confirm present access before visiting.

1 music connection and sources

Cold Fever

Ergin Özler Quintet · Recording history · Sourced

Map-position source ↗

Privacy