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Video: “The Pride of Later Generations: North End History Remembered in The Prado” by Alex R. Goldfeld, President and Historian, North End Historical Society On Thursday, May 17, 2012, the Old North Church hosted a three part public lecture, “The Paul Revere Mall: History, Art and Community.” Following a talk about the Prado park and the [...]
Video: “Arrested Motion: Cyrus Dallin’s Statue of Paul Revere” by Rebecca Reynolds, American Art Curator On Thursday, May 17, 2012, the Old North Church hosted a three part public lecture, “The Paul Revere Mall: History, Art and Community.” Following an engaging talk about the Prado park by David Kubiak, the audience heard from featured speaker, [...]
On Thursday, May 17th at 7:00 PM, the Old North Church will host a lecture, The Paul Revere Mall: History, Art and Community. The event is open to the public and a suggested donation is $5 per person. The featured speaker on the 17th will be Rebecca Reynolds, formerly of the Museum of Fine Arts, [...]
THE PAUL REVERE MALL: HISTORY, ART AND COMMUNITY Historical Lectures and Discussion Thursday, May 17, 2012, 7:00 PM Old North Church Boston’s North End Representatives of cultural and community organizations will discuss the historical significance of the urban park (called “The Prado” by the North End community) and its monuments, including the Paul Revere Statue by [...]
The Paul Revere Mall in Boston’s North End was the sight of an inspiring community celebration on Sunday, April 29, 2012, commemorating the great American sculptor, Cyrus Dallin, his internationally known landmark Paul Revere statue and the Prado park, designed by famed landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff and architect Henry Shepley. The public event drew hundreds [...]
CYRUS DALLIN, HIS PAUL REVERE STATUE AND THE PRADO Community Celebration: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 12-4 PM Paul Revere Mall, Boston’s North End Public Lecture: Thursday, May 17th, 7:00 PM Old North Church Boston’s North End/Waterfront community will host a fair on Sunday afternoon, April 29, from Noon to 4 PM, at the Paul Revere [...]
CYRUS DALLIN, HIS PAUL REVERE STATUE AND THE PRADO Sunday, April 29, 2012, Paul Revere Mall (The Prado), Boston’s North End Boston’s North End/Waterfront community will host a historical fair on Sunday afternoon, April 29, 12-4 PM, at the Paul Revere Mall on Hanover Street in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of [...]
You may be familiar with Cyrus E. Dallin’s Boston monuments. Paul Revere, Anne Hutchinson and Appeal To The Great Spirit are just some of his spiritualistic memorial sculptures inspiring all of us. Dallin, the son of Thomas and Jane (Hamer) Dallin, was born in Springville, Utah, to a family then belonging to The Church of [...]
Update from the NEWRA Parks and Open Space Committee: The North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association’s Parks and Open Space Committee will meet this Tuesday, March 6, at 7:00 PM. Our usual meeting location, the Nazzaro Center, will be hosting the presidential primary that day, so we will instead meet in the ABCD Center, 1 Michelangelo Street (corner of Charter [...]
More memorials, monuments, statues and public art may be in store for the North End / Waterfront area. There are currently two major statues in the neighborhood including the equestrian sculpture of Paul Revere by Cyrus Dallin in the Prado and Christopher Columbus at the waterfront park. The Massachusetts Beirut Memorial is also located at [...]
The Parks & Open Spaces Committee is focusing its efforts on celebrating and refurbishing the Prado, also known as the Paul Revere Mall. The committee, part of of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA), held its monthly meeting this week at the Nazzaro Center. The committee is concerned about the crumbling brick in [...]