Making the most of Boston
We chose the Back Bay area of Boston to base ourselves. Hotel 140 turned out to be ideal, it was clean with very friendly and helpful staff, rooms were a little small but this is a historic building so this was expected. Everything's close by, whether you wanted to shop, Copley & Prudential Malls were less than 1.5 blocks away and Newbury Street is just a short walk, less expensive shops can be found in Clarendon Street itself and there's a wide choice of restaurants. All city tour buses picked up from around Copley Mall and there are choices of subway stations close by. 
We will definitely stay at this hotel when we next visit Boston.