🌎 The director of Boston's renowned Institute of Contemporary Art shares her picks for the best ways to explore Boston's fastest-growing neighbourhood.
Boston, the birthplace of American independence, is often described in a historical light. But centuries after Paul Revere's midnight ride and the Boston Tea Party, "Beantown" has evolved into a dynamic destination that's as contemporary and cosmopolitan as the nation it inspired – and nowhere is this more evident than in its Seaport District.
Once dismissed as an urban wasteland, decades of redevelopment have seen this stretch of the South Boston waterfront reborn with sleek new restaurants and bars, hotels with rooftop pools and modern parks. One of the biggest drivers in the district's transformation was the relocation of the world-class Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) to the District in 2006.
"When we moved there, we were surrounded for as far as the eye could see almost entirely by above-ground rubbly parking lots. When we opened, there was just widespread amazement," said Jill Medvedow, who has been the ICA's director since 1998. "My involvement and understanding and experience with the Seaport really has been as a kind of central person, player and observer of wholesale transformation since then."
These days, perhaps no one knows the Seaport better than Medvedow. Here are her recommendations of what to do in the area.
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