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Video: Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) President, Joanne Hayes-Rines, presents to the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) on January 10, 2013 to give the neighborhood an update on FOCCP and the proposed Crossroads Circle Project. The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park recently shared the news they have been awarded a $10,000 grant [...]
Polls are not scientific. Related article: Greenway “Winter Lights” Turns to Plight Do you have an idea for a neighborhood poll? Let us know.
At a time of year when nearly every park and public place is bursting with decorative cheer, only a scrooge’s spirit would be lifted with the desolate bareness of the Greenway parks. In the North End, the “Winter Lights” program sponsored by the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy (RFKGC) has seemingly been abandoned. A last-minute [...]
This was the scene at midnight on New Year’s Eve as crowds gathered along the North End waterfront to ring in 2013. (Photos by Matt Conti. Click on images to start slideshow.)
What did you think of the Freyr snow storm? Maybe a bit overrated, in my view. Still, there was enough snow to make some interesting scenes such as this one on the Prado of the tree and snow-dusted Paul Revere statue. It’s a jigsaw picture puzzle. You know what to do. [Your web browser does [...]
There are some new developments in the Long Wharf legal case as the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) considers its decision over the next few months (See Case Docket). Oral arguments were heard last month in the environmental-protection and constitutional case of Sanjoy Mahajan et al. (i.e., aka “North End Ten“) vs. the Boston Redevelopment [...]
The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park would like everyone to mark their 2013 calendars for the following events and meetings to be presented by FOCCP during 2013. –> 4th of July Celebration … Saturday, June 29 at the park –> Columbus Day Celebration … Monday, October 14 at the park –> Annual Fundraiser, Casino Night [...]
It is but one opinion, that of René Loth’s mid-summer Boston Globe article, “Public space, public cash” (Opinion Page, Globe, Saturday, August 4, 2012), regarding the topical state of the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Some blooms did appear back then; but Loth must have been smitten with a whiff of some obscure fragrance, notwithstanding the Greenway’s [...]
The following news release is from the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy announcing the resignation of Executive Director, Nancy Brennan. COO Jesse Brackenbury will take charge of daily operations until a replacement is named. The attached pdf shows the press release and includes a list of accomplishments. Nancy Brennan, Executive Director, accepts new West Coast position [...]
This year a portion of the proceeds will help trim the trees in the Prado so that thousands of visitors can have an unobstructed view of the magnificent architecture. The NEWRA Parks and Open Spaces Committee added, “We are excited and grateful to hear that some of the proceeds from the event will be used [...]
At this week’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association, President Jim Salini introduced NEWRA’s nominee to the Greenway Conservancy Board of Trustees, Robyn Reed. “NEWRA’s Executive Committee believes that she will be a superb representative of NEWRA and the North End/Waterfront neighborhood,” said Salini. Robyn is a NEWRA member and lives on [...]
News from the Office of City Councilor, Sal LaMattina, on fencing restoration at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground: City Councilor Salvatore LaMattina, Chairman of the Committee on City and Neighborhood Services held a hearing on Thursday, December 13, 2012 to have a $73,000 grant accepted and expended for the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. The grant [...]
The City of Boston’s 2012 Trolley Tour and Tree Lighting visited the North End’s Paul Revere Mall (aka Prado) on Sunday afternoon. Mayor Thomas Menino is still recuperating so City Councilor Sal LaMattina and First Lady of Boston Angela Menino led the holiday celebration including caroling, a visit with Santa and the lighting of the [...]
We’ve got an old bridge over the Fort Point Channel. It’s going to be decorated for the next few years with flowers in boxes. Why is this important? Let’s place it first. It is the Northern Avenue Bridge connecting Northern Avenue where it passes between the Moakley Courthouse and the Barking Crab in the Seaport [...]
At the December 3, 2012 board meeting of the Greenway Conservancy, a summary presentation was given by the Linda Jonash, Director of Planning and Design, regarding two extensive and complex planning projects around the Greenway and in downtown Boston. At 00:00 in video: South Station Expansion Project by Mass. Department of Transportation, MassDOT – 3 [...]
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The Friends of The North End Parks collaborated with The Nazzaro Center Program Director Laurie D’Elia and elementary students in The Nazzaro Center After School Program to plant hundreds of crocus and daffodils. The children learned about the bulbs from FOTNEP President Nate Swain and member Diane Valle, as the children dug in the earth. [...]
Nancy Brennan, Executive Director, gives a brief update at the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors Meeting, held on December 3, 2012 at 290 Congress St., Atlantic Wharf, Boston. Subjects covered include: New membership program Food trucks and related programming Survey Winter Lights Volunteers Public Art A separate video post includes the prior [...]
Video: Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy Board of Directors Meeting, December 3, 2012 at 290 Congress St., Atlantic Wharf, Boston Meeting Agenda and Video Timeline 00:00 Welcome – Georgia Murray, Chair 01:15 Vote to Approve October 2, 2012 Meeting Minutes 02:20 Review and Vote of FY12 990 and Form PC – Chris Manfredi, Audit Committee [...]
Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) will join the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in planting the remaining spring bulbs purchased by FOTNEP, including 800 daffodils and 500 crocus, within Parcels 5 and 6S, located adjacent to the Central Artery ramps at Haymarket Square. Join with us and staff members of the Conservancy on [...]
After 10 years, it’s officially a tradition! In a fitting tribute with the largest crowd ever, North End / Waterfront neighbors and friends celebrated on Monday night at the 2012 10th Holiday Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park. Parks Commissioner Toni Pollak and Boston’s Chief of Public Property, Michael Galvin, joined with the Friends of [...]
The following news release announces a $50,000 grant from the Boston Committee of the Garden Club of America to The Boston Harbor Association for a new horticultural display along the Old Northern Avenue Bridge. The award was made at this week’s annual meeting of the Boston Committee, the 1100 member, 14 club consortium. Also announced [...]
The first “Casino Night Fundraiser” brought out hundreds of supporters from the community to the Marriott Long Wharf Harbor View Ballroom to benefit the all-volunteer Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP). It was a night of chance for a good cause with charity roulette, blackjack and craps along with a silent auction, DJ and photo [...]
It’s been great Fall weather to take walks unless you are trying to go on the Harborwalk section near the U.S. Coast Guard station. Adam (@ConciergeBoston) tweets this photo and wonders why this part of the Harborwalk randomly closes.
I was honored when the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park asked for some of my park photos to use at their annual fundraiser. So much so, that I put the photos in this little music slideshow. Turn the settings to HD (gear button) if you have the bandwidth and enjoy! Tickets are still available for [...]
The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park, FOCCP, are shuffling it up this year. Instead of the annual gala, the group is rolling the dice on a Casino Night! The event is scheduled for Friday, November 16, 2012, 7-11pm at the Marriott Long Wharf Harbor View Ballroom. This is the newly renovated ballroom upstairs overlooking the [...]
On Monday, November 19, 2012, the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park invite the public to a free outdoor celebration featuring the annual holiday lighting of the iconic blue lights on the park trellis. FOCCP funds the light installation on the trellis throughout the winter months. The trellis lighting event is in conjunction with Boston Parks [...]
So I’m sitting in front of the fireplace on a rainy day listening on my husband’s iPad to Paul McCartney singing “Yesterday.” I’m reading Michael Ondaatje’s “The Cat’s Table.” I’m thinking that “Yesterday” might be one of the world’s finest songs. I’m thinking Paul McCartney is a prodigious talent in a great big field of [...]
The daffodil bulbs are planted, approximately 10,000 in total! Whew, I feel tired just writing that. So, imagine how tired all the volunteers are that put in the hard work to create an amazing display come Spring 2013. It was truly a group effort with the Friends of the North End Parks and the Rose F. [...]
This coming Monday, you are warmly invited to hear the fate of Long Wharf Park argued in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts — in the enviromental-protection and constitutional case of Sanjoy Mahajan et al. v. DEP and BRA, now over four years in the making. When: Monday, November 5, for a half hour sometime [...]
Volunteer Gardeners* Needed!! *No experience necessary Join your neighbors in beautifying the North End Parks along the Greenway. Friends of the North End Parks and the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy need your help planting daffodil and crocus bulbs for a splendor of color next spring. Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov 3 9:00 AM [...]
Wine Tasting Fundraiser to Save Long Wharf Park Host: Sue Benveniste Thursday, November 1 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Ma. 0211 Donation @ the door: $25 per person We are happy to have Dos Familias Wine Imports on hand to sample some of their amazing wines, as well as Cabot Cheese who [...]
Boston will bloom, this next early Spring along its Greenway resplendent in Daffodils and Crocuses, later a cornucopia of perennials and their colors thanks to the efforts of Mayor Thomas Menino, his “Boston Blooms” program and hundreds of volunteers and funding from the North End “Friends of North End Parks” (FOTNEP). City Parks throughout Boston [...]
The drum of amicus briefs to the Supreme Judicial Court continues to beat in favor of the case put forth by ten North End residents to preserve the end of Long Wharf as an open park, under the protection of Article 97 in the Massachusetts Constitution. The case revolves around efforts since 2008 by the [...]
The Conservation Law Foundation has intervened in the Long Wharf legal battle to keep the open space as a park instead of a private restaurant under State law. On behalf of four environmental groups, CLF filed an amicus brief in support of the “North End Ten” versus the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Department of Environmental [...]
It’s a New York versus Boston throwdown! Well, it’s just for food trucks. Seven from each city are meeting this weekend on the Greenway at Dewey Square. A NECN video report is shown below.
Nothing on the Greenway is easy. Just ask the Friends of the North End Parks (FOTNEP) as they push for a new horticultural plan on the Greenway parks in the North End. FOTNEP says it is ready to get going right now, while the Conservancy wants more time to consider the impacts of the new [...]