Kenmore is home to the famous Fenway Park, which attracts thousands of tourists every year. Because of its proximity to Fenway, many locals simply refer to both neighborhoods as the Fenway-Kenmore area.
Kenmore was formed after its land was annexed by the neighboring town of Brookline in the 1870s, which the city developed as part of a landfill project to meet the housing needs of Boston’s growing population.
You’ll also find one of Boston’s top spots for nightlife in Kenmore: Lansdowne Street, which is lined with pubs, music venues, and sports bars. Today, many students reside in the Fenway-Kenmore area because of its proximity to several universities like Northeastern, Berklee, and the Boston Conservatory of Music.
Almost every residential building in Kenmore has been purchased by Boston University and turned into dorms, which means that most of the neighborhood’s population of 40,000 belongs to students and young professionals.
However, since the Fenway-Kenmore area originally belonged to a swampy, uninhabited part of the Charles River, many residential, commercial, and academic buildings are all too familiar with unwanted pests.