> Victory! Newbury Street got its name from the 1643 Battle of Newbury, when the Puritans defeated the Crown during the English Civil War.
> 10,000 square feet and 2 stories — Size of Newbury Street Chanel store, the brand’s fourth largest in the country
> 1863— Year 234 Berkeley Street was built at the corner of Newbury; originally the New England Museum of Natural History (now called the Museum of Science), it later housed luxury clothing retailer Louis Boston and now a Restoration Hardware store
> 1927 — Year the Ritz-Carlton (now the Taj Boston) opened on Newbury, beginning the district’s transformation into a luxury shopping area; Brooks Brothers, Newbury Street’s oldest surviving retail store, also opened that year
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> 1978 — Year the first Newbury Comics store opened on Newbury Street
> $70 — Starting price for a custom cut and styling at Salon Marc Harris, 115 Newbury
> 360 — Number of addresses on Newbury Street, with 2 to 3 businesses at each
> $90 — Price of a deluxe French pedicure at G20 Spa and Salon, 278 Newbury; if you chip it, repairs cost $5 per nail
> $220 — Price of a “power facial,” including microdermabrasion and a vitamin oxygen blast, at Bluemercury spa, 160 Newbury
> “When I get [the ‘mean reds’], the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany’s. Calms me down right away.” — Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Sources: Back Bay Architectural Commission; City of Boston; US Interior Department; Urbdezine Boston; wsdevelopment; Newbury Street League; Architectural Digest; Masslive.com; Newbury Comics; Taj hotels; retailers’ websites