Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall Marketplace In the early eighteenth century Boston did not have a central area to participate in commerce and civic duty. Street vendors who roamed the city with their pushcarts sold food and other items. Boston was the center of trade at this point in time and the need for a central marketplace was profound. The city was growing at a rapid pace and was running out of land. Businessmen from the outskirts of …

…of Rouse and Thompson was their design of this public space. An area that was once barren and wasteful has been transformed back into what it once was in the mid-eighteenth century. Faneuil hall still serves a civic purpose as a public meeting area and forum for social interaction on a grande scale. The relationship between the buildings of faneuil hall and its more modern neighboring skyscrapers illustrate the historical significance and growth of Boston.