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Drawing of Emmanuel Church's Past Chapel in American Architecture and Building News from 1889. The drawing portrays the church's famous gothic architecture and stained glass collection.

A view of One Federal Street, a skyscraper in Boston's Financial District, from Norman B. Leventhal Park in Post Office Square. Streetlight in park visible in foreground.

Cafe patrons outside Norman B. Leventhal Park in Post Office Square, Boston. The cafe provides a public gathering space for workers from the surrounding Financial District.

An air vent in Norman B. Leventhal Park in Post Office Square that circulates air from the underground parking garage beneath. The vent is concealed from parkgoers with layers of foliage.

Parking spots in the Garage at Post Office Square underground parking facility, beneath Norman B. Leventhal Park.

A bird's-eye view of the Public Garden

People congregate at the pond, depicting the network of people in the Public Garden

The Charles Sumner Statue was installed in 1878, over 100 years before the ducklings entered the Public Garden

This a great close up of the alterpiece in Emmanuel Church back in 1904. The architect accredited to this particular alterpiece, which has changed much since then, is Francis R. Allen.

This map (left) shows the West End prior to Urban Renewal, alongside a map (right) that city planners hopes would be accurate of the West End after Urban Renewal was completed. The map on the right shows a far less congested space, whereas the left…