With the Red Sox's triumphant season, it would be easy to dismiss the area surrounding Fenway Park as a mere backdrop for that venerable baseball mecca. But art lovers know the Fenway is much more than sports bars and overpriced parking lots. The neighborhood has other shrines, from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts to the historic Fenway Studios.
The city's oldest artist cooperative marks its 99th anniversary next weekend during the annual Fenway Open Studios event with a look back at the building's rich, creative history.
Built in 1905, Fenway Studios was decades ahead of the recent trend to set aside space for artists as a way to lure well-heeled suburbanites back downtown. …
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