Boston Harbor Hotel is the result of an extremely astute developer, Norman Leventhal. He realised in the 1980s that putting a hotel into an office block right by the water – at Boston Harbor, naturally – would be win-win for all. The 232-room Boston Harbor Hotel opened in 1987 and it is now, after all these years, being brought even more up to date. Its front is right on Atlantic Avenue. Walk through its two floor-high arch to the rear promenade and there are boats, and a permanent cupola that is one of the site’s several popular wedding venues.