The Blizzard “Nemo” of February 8-9, 2013 was one for the record books. The North End / Waterfront was slammed with several feet of snow. The narrow streets create a problem of where to put the snow and the waterfront area saw huge drifts. Yet, folks seemed to take it all in stride, slowed down for a day and enjoyed the beauty of the scene. And of course, the kids thought it was super fun. It was also great to see neighbors catching up while digging out. Enjoy!
Thanks to everyone that sent in photos. Together, we made an awesome neighborhood gallery! Click an image to start a full screen slideshow.
Custom House Tower and Market District (Photo by Joanne Hayes-Rines)
Boston Fire Ready in the Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Having fun on Hanover Street in the Blizzard
Snowy Fleet Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Trellis (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Wind blown snow on Commercial Street Buildings (Photo by Matt Conti)
The sun comes out over the Greenway on Saturday afternoon (Photo by Joe Mendola)
Prince Street Needs a Plow (Photo by Matt Conti)
Something you never see – closed businesses on Salem Street – Photo by a Neighbor
Marco and Ralph Clearing Out in Front of My Cousin’s Place and Local Roots (Photo by Matt Conti)
Ida’s (Photo by Matt Conti)
Mariner Entrance (Photo by Matt Conti)
Fulton Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
CCP (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Sledding down Clark Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Trellis and skyline at Christopher Columbus Park (Photo by Matt Conti)
Cross Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Commercial Street toward the Marriott (Photo by Matt Conti)
Early morning cross country skier on Salem St. (Photo by Sen Jennings)
Michael and his toy truck (Photo by Matt Conti)
Shoveling on Lathrop Place (Photo by Matt Conti)
Paul Revere Statue with Old North Church Spire from Prado (Photo by Matt Conti)
A big job on Prince Street (Photo by Joe Mendola)
Alley off Hanover Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Charter Street Before the Plow (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snow alley (Photo by Matt Conti)
Hanover Street to the Coast Guard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snow fun for dogs and humans (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snow up to the waist (Photo by Matt Conti)
Half Snowy Christopher Columbus (Photo by Matt Conti)
Chris in the Snow (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snowy Alley (Photo by Matt Conti)
Harris Street on Saturday morning (Photo by Matt Conti)
Walking down Richmond Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Empty Hanover Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Sargent’s Wharf Plow (Photo by Matt Conti)
Couple on Hanover Street in Winter Chill (Photo by Matt Conti)
Commercial Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
View looking up North Street (Photo by Frankie Boyer)
Defining “snow covered” (Photo by Joe Mendola)
Clearing Atlantic Ave (Photo by Matt Conti)
Hanover Street on Friday Night of Nemo (Photo by Matt Conti)
CNN reporting from Christopher Columbus Park (Photo by Matt Conti)
Digging out Morton St. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Commercial St (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Hanover Street, late on Friday night (Photo by Allison Seavey)
Saturday morning – Photo by David
Nico and Lucia on Hanover Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Parmenter Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Helping Dad dig out (Photo by Joe Mendola)
Blizzard on Hanover Street – Photo by Alyssa
Paul Revere Statue and Old North Spire on Prado after Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Blazing a path on Salutation Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Marco and Ralph Clearing Out in Front of My Cousin’s Place and Local Roots (Photo by Matt Conti)
Plowing Commercial St (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snow plow on Hanover Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Come on into Bova’s!
Clearing the Harborwalk (Photo by Matt Conti)
Boston Fire on Hanover and Charter Streets (Photo by Matt Conti)
The Mariner in the Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Commercial Wharf (Photo by Matt Conti)
St. Leonard’s Peace Garden (Photo by Matt Conti)
North End Chamber of Commerce Plowing Hanover St. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Bikes – Photo by Joe Mendola
Restaurants on Hanover Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Will it make it? (Photo by Joe Mendola)
St. Valentine’s Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Sargent’s Wharf Harborwalk Flooded (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Boston Sailing Center (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Snow beauty at Christopher Columbus Park (Photo by Matt Conti)
Tiny Shovelers (Photo by Andrea Southworth)
Car shoveled! (Photo by David Wenrich)
Getting into the Connah Store (Photo by Matt Conti)
Sledding at Christopher Columbus Park (Photo by Matt Conti)
North End Chamber of Commerce Plowing Hanover St. (Photo by Matt Conti)
One foot by land! 2 feet near the sea! (Photo by Ben Greenberg)
Union Wharf Parking Lot to Harbor (Photo by Matt Conti)
Sail Loft Snowed In (Photo by Matt Conti)
Carless Cross Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Disco Ball on Greenway (Photo by Matt Conti)
Dog at the ready (Photo by Matt Conti)
Lewis Wharf (Photo by Matt Conti)
Prado (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Christopher Columbus Park (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Salem Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Mike’s Pastry during the blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Shoveling out North St. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Dog tag garden (Photo by Keri)
Lincoln Wharf Blower (Photo by Matt Conti)
Sail Loft Drift (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Dressed for the weather? (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snow Mountain Fun at Union Wharf (Photo by Matt Conti)
Walking down old Commercial Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Commercial Street Wharf Buildings (Photo by Matt Conti)
Cross Country Skiing on Commercial St. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Blazing a path on Salutation Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Shoveling out Battery St. (Photo by Matt Conti)ÏÏ
Bartlett Place Looking Pretty (Photo by Matt Conti)
Hanover Street across the Greenway to Haymarket (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snow Trees at Christopher Columbus Park (Photo by Matt Conti)3
Cleaning up Hanover St. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Plowing Cross Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Tony DeMarco Statue – Photo by Joe Mendola
Burroughs Wharf Harborwalk (Photo by Matt Conti)
Burroughs and Battery Wharves (Photo by Matt Conti)
Flooding at Long Wharf (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Fleet Street Buildings (Photo by Joe Mendola)
Cross Country Skiing on Commercial St. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Looking up Salem Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
North End Branch Library (Photo by Matt Conti)
Shoveling out Fleet Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Paul Revere Statue and Old North Spire on Prado after Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Battery Street in Blizzard 2013 (Photo by Matt Conti)
View from Commercial Street of North End with Downtown (Photo by Matt Conti)
North Square after the Blizzard
Burroughs Wharf to Harbor (Photo by Matt Conti)
Snowy Paul Revere Statue on Prado – Friday Night (Photo by Matt Conti)
Friday – Nemo begins on Margaret – From Michelle L. of Eat and Sip in the City
Polcari’s on Salem and Parmenter Streets (Photo by Matt Conti)
Harris Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Paul Revere Mall on Saturday morning (Photo by Allison Seavey)
Early morning cross country skier on Salem St. (Photo by Sen Jennings)
Car High Snow (Photo by Matt Conti)
Plow on Hanover Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Couple walking in night snow (Photo by David Wenrich)
This is Worcester, the polar bear on the Prado, by Matt and Griffin Black.
Tony DeMarco Statue (Photo by Matt Conti)
Vito’s Sign (Photo by Matt Conti)
Prado at 7pm during the blizzard on Friday, February 8th (Photo by Keri)
Snow today Sat Feb 9 2013 (Photo by Joanne Spitz)
From Harbor Towers on Saturday morning (Photo by Joanne Hayes-Rines)
Car Buried (Photo by David Wenrich)
Lincoln Wharf from the inside with snow up to half the window! (Photo by Bob Skole)
Shoveling out on Salem Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Union Wharf Harborwalk (Photo by Matt Conti)
Fulton St. (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Up Margaret Street Saturday – From Michelle L. of Eat and Sip in the City
Jogging in the Snow (Photo by Matt Conti)
David on Battery Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
No storm closure for Frankie Mendoza (Photo by Joe Mendola)
Union Wharf Parking Lot (Photo by Matt Conti)
Doggies Love Snow (Photo by Matt Conti)
Hanover St. (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Baby’s First Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Fleet St (Photo by Audrey Tortolani)
Empty Commercial Street on Friday Night (Photo by Matt Conti)
North Square Blizzard
Snow looking into North Square (Photo by Matt Conti)
Hanover Street during the Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Matt’s Place at Union Wharf
Residents walking down the center of Hanover Street on Saturday morning after the blizzard. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Ernesto’s and Shake the Tree on Salem Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Photo by Joe Mendola
No cars on Hanover Street on Friday Night (Photo by Matt Conti)
Neighbors meet in the snow on Commercial Street (Photo by Matt Conti)
Running in the park (Photo by Matt Conti)
St. Valentine’s Blizzard (Photo by Matt Conti)
Not a car in site on Atlantic Ave. (Photo by Joanne Hayes-Rines)
Window – inside looking out – Margaret Street – From Michelle L. of Eat and Sip in the City
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8 Replies to “North End / Waterfront Photos of the February 2013 Blizzard [Updated]”
An amazing collection of photos. Now I know what the whole neighborhood looks like and I didn’t even need to go outside! This certainly was the worst blizzard since ’78! Thank you!
Matt,
What a beautiful documentation of our neighborhood! Without you, this wouldn’t exist. There are so many fabulous photos! Thanks for providing the place where local photographers can have their photos posted! It’s great to see what exists beyond the area I traveled.
Can’t tell you how much we are enjoying these photos…from Florida
Matt,
Thanks for the fabulous photos. I am in Florida and I counted on you to record the storm and you did an A+ job. Looks like it was a beautiful site.
I’ve been dumping pics from around the neighborhood onto Facebook. I’ve opened up my album to the public for people to share.
Matt,
Great job. I echo the comments already here: I saw the neighborhood even though I don’t live in the neighborhood. You are an amazing newsman.
Matt,
Great views of the city through the lens of a real pro…
I really enjoy your work. I want to use them for a screen saver pic but having trouble choosing one there all so nice.
An amazing collection of photos. Now I know what the whole neighborhood looks like and I didn’t even need to go outside! This certainly was the worst blizzard since ’78! Thank you!
Matt,
What a beautiful documentation of our neighborhood! Without you, this wouldn’t exist. There are so many fabulous photos! Thanks for providing the place where local photographers can have their photos posted! It’s great to see what exists beyond the area I traveled.
Can’t tell you how much we are enjoying these photos…from Florida
Matt,
Thanks for the fabulous photos. I am in Florida and I counted on you to record the storm and you did an A+ job. Looks like it was a beautiful site.
I’ve been dumping pics from around the neighborhood onto Facebook. I’ve opened up my album to the public for people to share.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200732322414906.2205625.1367329327&type=1&l=c5e4abe24a
Just beautiful, Matt. Thank you.
Matt,
Great job. I echo the comments already here: I saw the neighborhood even though I don’t live in the neighborhood. You are an amazing newsman.
Matt,
Great views of the city through the lens of a real pro…
I really enjoy your work. I want to use them for a screen saver pic but having trouble choosing one there all so nice.
Thank you
Marshall