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Filene's Basement Frommer's Highly Recommended

497 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02108

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Location At Clarendon St,
Transportation T: Green Line to Arlington or Copley
Phone 617/424-5520
Web site www.filenesbasement.com

Review of Filene's Basement

New England's most famous discount retailer opened at Downtown Crossing in 1908. As of this writing, that location -- the only one where the celebrated automatic-markdown pricing policy applies -- was closed for construction. The Back Bay store is many things the original wasn't (well lit and scrubbed clean, just to name two), but I find the merchandise roughly equivalent to the stock at other branches. Still, in this neighborhood, any store that acknowledges the concept of discounts is definitely worth a look.

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