Copley Place facts for kids
Interior view of Copley Place, which has since been renovated (2007)
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| Coordinates | 42°20′54.10″N 71°04′41.83″W / 42.3483611°N 71.0782861°W |
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| Address | 100 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Opening date | 1983 |
| Developer | Kenneth Himmel |
| Owner | Simon Property Group |
| Architect | Howard Elkus, The Architects' Collaborative Major renovations by Elkus Manfredi Architects |
| No. of stores and services | 80 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 2 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,255,797 sq ft (116,667.4 m2) |
| No. of floors | 3 |
| Public transit access | Back Bay:
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Copley Place is a large, fancy shopping mall in Boston, Massachusetts. It's part of a bigger area that includes four office buildings, two hotels, and an underground parking garage.
Today, you'll find big department stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue here. Another store, Barneys New York, used to be here but closed in 2019. Saks Fifth Avenue opened a men's store in its place in 2020.
In 2019, Copley Place was even ranked as one of the best shopping spots in Massachusetts!
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What is Copley Place Like?
Copley Place is an indoor mall with two main levels for shopping. It's known for its high-end fashion stores. You can find brands like Ralph Lauren, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci here.
The third level of the mall leads to lobbies for the office towers.
Connecting to Other Places
Copley Place is connected to the Shops at Prudential Center by a special bridge over Huntington Avenue. This makes it easy to walk between the two shopping areas.
Another bridge connects the mall to the Westin Copley Place hotel.
A Marriott hotel is at one end of Copley Place. The Neiman Marcus department store is at the other end.
You can also reach the mall from the Back Bay train station. There's a special underground tunnel that connects them.
The company that manages Copley Place is called Simon Property Group. They took over in 2002.
A Look Back: Copley Place History
Copley Place was a very big building project for Boston when it was built in 1983. It was designed by Howard Elkus.
It was built right on top of the Massachusetts Turnpike highway ramps. Before that, an old building called the South End Armory was there.
Changes Over Time
When Copley Place first opened, it had a huge, 60-foot tall fountain in the middle. This fountain was a work of art by Dimitri Hadzi. It had a waterfall and was made of granite and marble. Sadly, the fountain was removed a few years ago.
The mall has always been a place for luxury shopping. Over the years, some stores have changed. For example, a large bookstore used to be there but closed.
Copley Place also had a movie theater, the Loews Copley Place Cinemas. It closed in 2005. A Barneys New York men's clothing store took its place. That store closed in 2020, and now it's a Saks Fifth Avenue Men's Store.
Main Stores and Businesses
Copley Place is home to many different businesses.
Big Department Stores (Anchors)
These are the largest stores in the mall:
- Neiman Marcus: Opened in 1983.
- Saks Fifth Avenue Men's Store: Opened in 2020. It replaced Barneys New York.
Restaurants
You can find places to eat like:
Hotels Connected to the Mall
- Marriott Copley Place
- Westin Copley Place Boston
Offices in Copley Place Towers
Many companies and organizations have offices here:
- The US Census Bureau has an office.
- The online furniture company Wayfair has its main office here.
- The consulates (offices for foreign governments) of Canada and Germany are also located in the towers.
Images for kids
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Window Display announcing the opening of the Saks Mens Store.
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The four Copley Place office towers are the irregular shapes in the upper left of this aerial view
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Centerpiece sculptural fountain (Dimitri Hadzi, 1984). The waterfall had been shut off (2012), and the artwork was demolished a few years later.
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In this view centered on Copley Square, the Westin Copley Place hotel is the tower in the right foreground
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The Westin Copley Place hotel connects via skybridge to the mall at the far right
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Copley Place mall is located at the lower right of this view
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A Neiman Marcus store is the exterior visible anchor tenant at one end of the mall
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The Boston Marriott Copley Place hotel anchors the other end of the enclosed mall
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This skybridge connects Copley Place (at right) to the Shops at Prudential Center
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This glassblock-lined underground corridor connects Copley Place to Back Bay station
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