But the 2002 opening of the Hotel Commonwealth, backed by Boston University, sparked a renaissance, helping transform the square into a dining and nightlife destination. By the 1990s, even the Red Sox were threatening to leave. During the 1980s, Kenmore Square fell into disrepair. The 1970s ushered in a new era, when partiers from all over the region thronged to the infamous Rathskeller, a punk rock venue that helped launch the careers of the Ramones, R.E.M., and the Police, among others. Prior to the 1960s, it was part of Boston’s Auto Mile, famous for more than 100 automobile dealerships. Close behind is Fenway Park, the jewel box of a baseball field that has served as home to the Boston Red Sox since its opening in 1912.įor years, Kenmore Square was little more than a busy doorstep to Fenway Park. In July 2018, the sign went dark for two months so that the 9,000 feet of lights on the double-sided 60-by-60-foot sign could be replaced with the latest LED lighting and new computers installed to manage the sign’s famous animation. A beacon to visitors and residents on both sides of the Charles River since 1965, the sign’s original five miles of neon tubing was replaced in 2005 by 240,000 red, white, and blue LED lights. Not so much a square as a confusing convergence of Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline Avenue, and Beacon Street, Kenmore Square has several claims to fame-first may be the iconic Citgo sign.
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