Anthony Gaita, owner of “Anthony’s Café on the Waterfront,” is this month’s winner of the September 2010 Good Neighbor Recognition Award, awarded by the Clean Streets Committee of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association. The monthly award is researched and voted on by committee members and awarded to local businesses and property owners that consistently keep Read More…
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation Invites you to the 2nd meeting of the: Parcel 7 and Parcel 9 RFP Advisory Committee Wednesday, September 29th – 6:00pm Mariner’s House –11 North Street, Boston The purpose of the advisory committee is to advise MassDot in their preparation for Request for Proposals for the development and use of Read More…
Selected incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront neighborhood: Robbery 09/20/10 1:20am Male suspect struck the victim with an umbrella on Prince St. and stole his hand held computer. Breaking & Entering (commercial) 09/19/10 10:30am- 4:45pm Lewis Wharf office suite was entered through a rear kitchen window and Read More…
Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 7:00 PM The Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Avenue Zoning and Licensing Applications 7:00 PM – 7:20 PM 133 Salem Street, David Crocini – Change the legal occupancy of the building that was formerly Sheldon’s Discount Store from retail to retail (first floor) and four Read More…
Sarah Mupo at the Boston Globe is reporting that Equal Exchange will be using coffee trikes to bring its coffee to various city spots. One of the most likely locations will be Christopher Columbus Park on the waterfront. Equal Exchange has a regular location in the Strada Building on Causeway Street. Equal Exchange is giving Read More…
Editor note: This meeting is at 6:30 pm, not 7:00, as originally distributed. NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING for North End Pilot Program YEAR-ROUND STREET CLEANING Monday, October 4, 2010 6:30 pm – Nazarro Center The City of Boston Public Works Department will be implementing year-round expansion of the Posted Street Sweeping Program in the North End. This Read More…
Friday, October 29th, 2-8pm is when the playground outside the Nazzaro Center turns into the ROC Halloween Haunted House and Carnival. In addition to the haunted house, there will be a pumpkin patch, pony rides, moon walk, super slide, candy, pizza and face painting. The flyer below has all of ROC Teen Saturday’s Haunted October Read More…
North End artist, Nathan Swain, is one of those people that walks through the city and looks for ways to spruce up its drab infrastructure. To the amazement of many, he has already completed several projects. First, he painted large-scale murals for the “windows” of the Salem Street powerhouse building. More recently, he beautified the concrete wall in Read More…
Boston Parks Department hosted a community meeting last night to discuss design alternatives for wall improvements along Snow Hill Street, DeFilippo Playground, located at 135 Prince Street in the North End. This was the first community meeting in a continuing public process with the community and the project design team. This meeting was primarily about Read More…
The following meeting notice is courtesy of the Greenway Conservancy. See the Community Calendar for all neighborhood meetings and events. What: Greenway Carousel Study Community Meeting When: Wednesday, September 29, 6-8PM Where: The New England Aquarium Harborside Learning Lab The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy is planning a series of public meetings to explore a Read More…
As only he can, developer Don Chiofaro stirred the press into a fury today as he presented a modestly scaled down version of “Aquarium Place” on the Harbor Garage site. The two angular towers have been cut by about 20% from the height of the original proposal and now stand at 615 and 471 feet. Read More…