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The Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts , USA is located in the downtown area near Government Center and Chinatown . It is roughly bounded by Atlantic Avenue , State Street, and Devonshire Street. (The district has no official definition, but the T Subway Station at Atlantic Avenue and State Street is officially designated " Aquarium/Financial District ".)

This area includes Post Office Square , the Exchange Place and International Place complexes, and the landmark Custom House Tower (now a private condominium). It contains the headquarters of the mutual fund companies Fidelity Investments , Putnam Investments , and DWS Scudder Investments; the Boston Stock Exchange ; accounting firm RSM McGladrey ; the law firms of Goodwin Procter, Hale and Dorr, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, and Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo; the local headquarters of Bank Of America (formerly Fleet Bank ), State Street Bank , and Sovereign Bank ; the Langham Hotel and Hilton Hotel; and the local offices of Merrill Lynch and other brokerages.

Dewey Square, One Financial Center , and the plaza and towers housing the Federal Reserve Bank Of Boston are located near South Station , adjacent to and just south of the area defined above. Also part of the Financial District are 33 Arch Street , One Federal Street and the First National Bank Building building.

The Financial District is also very roughly defined by the USPS postal ZIP Code s 02108, 02109, 02110, and 02111.


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