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In the heart of downtown Boston bounded by Beacon, Park, Tremont, Boylston and Charles Streets, the Boston Common is the oldest public park in the United States and one of the most historically significant public spaces in the nation. The 50-acre rectangular park was established in 1634, just four years after the founding of Boston itself, when the Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony purchased the land from the original settler William Blaxton and dedicated it to common use as a ca...