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"Boston||s Back Bay, renowned today for its exceptional architecture, exciting shops, fine art galleries, centers for higher learning, and expanses of greenery, didn||t even exist when Boston was originally founded! It was actually ""created"" by filling in the marshy ""back bay"" by cutting down six of Boston||s seven hills. When it was decided that there was not enough fill in Boston proper, the Back Bay landfill project was completed by hauling in gravel by train from Needham, MA, some nine miles away. "
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