Neighborhoods

Beacon Hill is one of Boston’s most historic neighborhoods and one of the prettiest, with its cobbled streets, brick sidewalks, and gas streetlights. It’s easy to look at one of Beacon Hill’s narrow streets, like the oft-photographed Acorn Street, and imagine life 100, or even 200 years ago. But Beacon Hill does change with the times, albeit in a thoughtful way, of course: The iconic gas streetlights will slowly be phased out in favor of LED versions, and a few of the famous Federal-style row houses have gone condo, including a historic rectory.