Directions to Photonics

8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA

Participants Staying at the Holiday Inn

Hotel/Photonics Map

Public Transportation:

  • Board the Green line “C” train inbound at St. Paul and Beacon (across Beacon street from the hotel).
  • Get off the “C” train at Kenmore Square, (4 stops) and board the “B” train outbound (or westbound).
  • Exit the train at BU Central (3 stops after Kenmore Square).
  • Cross Commonwealth Avenue to St. Mary’s Street.
  • Walk up St. Mary’s Street one half block. The Photonics Center will be on your left.

Walking (about 3/4 mile):

  • Upon exiting the hotel on Beacon Street, head left on Beacon Street (towards downtown).
  • Turn Left at St. Mary’s.
  • Walk over the turnpike.
  • Photonics is on your right immediately after the bridge.

Local Participants

From the South or West

  • Take the Mass Turnpike (I-90) East to Exit 18, Allston/Cambridge. Note: left-hand exit.
  • Bear right following signs towards Cambridge.
  • Take an immediate right at the Doubletree Suites onto Storrow Drive (second set of lights, but both before crossing bridge).
  • Exit Storrow Drive at the Kenmore exit.
  • Follow Local Directions below.

From the Southeast

  • Take I-93/Route 3 (Southeast Expressway) North to Boston.
  • Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26).
  • Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore exit.
  • Then follow Local Directions below.

From the North

  • Take I-93 or Route 1 South to Boston. Exit onto Storrow Drive (Exit 26).
  • Continue on Storrow Drive to the Kenmore exit.
  • Follow Local Directions below.

Local Directions from the Kenmore Square exit from Storrow Drive

  • At the first set of traffic lights, turn right onto Beacon Street.
  • At this point, the road forks; the right fork is Bay State Road, the left fork will take you into Kenmore Square. Take the left fork.
  • In Kenmore Square, bear right onto Commonwealth Avenue.
  • At the fourth set of lights after Howard Johnson’s Hotel, take a left onto Saint Mary’s Street.
  • The Photonics Center is on your left, 8 Saint Mary’s Street.

From Warren Towers Parking Garage

  • Follow the local directions as directed above but make a U-turn at the third set of lights after Howard Johnson’s Hotel.
  • Take your first right and then turn right again into the Warren Towers garage.
  • Exit the parking garage onto Commonwealth Avenue and take a left.
  • Walk 2 blocks up (away from Kenmore Square).
  • Take a left onto Saint Mary’s Street.
  • The Photonics Center is on the left.

FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Subway: Take the Green line Westbound B train and exit at BU Central (beyond Kenmore Square stop). Walk up St. Mary’s street away from Marsh Plaza one half block. The Photonics Center will be on your left.
Bus: Exit bus #57 at St. Mary’s Street. It runs along Commonwealth Avenue from Kenmore square, Brighton Avenue through Union Square, and Cambridge Street through Brighton Center.

FROM LOGAN AIRPORT

Subway: Outside baggage claim, catch free shuttle bus to subway: #22 for terminals A and B, #33 for terminals C,D and E. Take Blue line ($2.00) to Government Center and change to Green line B (track is immediately atop the escalator/stairs). Follow From Public Transportation above.
Car: Follow signs to Sumner/Callahan tunnel. After tunnel, turn right onto I-93 N. Follow From Southeast above.