The North End Eating Meetup group met at Artu for a well-attended lunch event. About 22 people attended hailing from both the neighborhood and other areas around town. Resident Jim S. organized the event though the NEEM Meetup site. “NEEM is an opportunity for me to show off my neighborhood, Boston’s North End.” Go to Read More…
Breaking & Entering – Residential 01/12/10 8:00pm-9:45pm Victim reports an unknown person entered the apartment on Fulton St. and removed a TV, 2 laptops and a Playstation machine. No sign of forced entry. Larceny in a Building 01/13/10 9:50pm Victim reports she left her cell phone on the counter of a Hanover St. store, while Read More…
E. Kevin Schopfer is way ahead of other Boston urban designers and developers. As seen on Yanko Design (via UniversalHub.com and ArchBoston.org), he thinks Boston really needs a “Boa” which stands for Boston Arcology Urban Housing. It’s a floating city that sits in Boston Harbor, shown below at the edge of Long Wharf. Some of Read More…
Today is the anniversary of the North End’s Molasses Flood on January 15, 1919. Katherine blogs about it on Emerson’s Graduate Student journalism site (via Universal Hub), referencing some books on the disaster including Stephen Puleo’s Dark Tide. Related posts: Was the North End’s Molasses Flood the Worst Food Disaster? North End’s Molassacre Ranks #5 Read More…
Former NYC Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, campaigned for Scott Brown today with a rally and walk through the North End. Several hundred folks showed up at the Prado (Paul Revere Mall) for the rally and the group was also seen walking down Hanover Street. (View the Herald and Globe reports on the event.) The special election Read More…
House Bill 3588, known as the Green Ticket Bill, passed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on Thursday by a vote of 143-1. The bill now goes to the State Senate, where it appears to also have broad support. The Green Ticket Bill adds some teeth to tickets issued by Code Enforcement for violations of Read More…
Owners of the Government Center Garage have replaced Ted Raymond as the developer of the property and have decided to keep the garage and upper floor offices in place, at least in the short-term. Raymond had proposed a multi-tower office plan for the property up to 600 feet in height which ran into fierce opposition Read More…
Here are some Boston links relating to the earthquake disaster that occured in Haiti. Joe Porcelli of Neighbors for Neighbors blogs with the takeaways from tonight’s Haitian-American Community Meeting held in Boston. Read more The Boston Haitian Reporter is live-blogging reactions with a related live-Twitter feed. Read more The Big Picture has a collection of Read More…
This is the third in a series of articles from an interview with District 1 City Councilor Salvatore LaMattina following his recent inauguration. Councilor LaMattina is beginning his second full term representing the North End/Waterfront neighborhood as well as East Boston, Charlestown and parts of Beacon Hill & Downtown. Click here to read Part I Read More…
North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010 Time: 7:00 PM Location: Nazzaro Center 30 North Bennet Street January Meeting Agenda Reports 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM • President’s Report • Reports from City Hall: – Nicole Leo, Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services – Kathy Carangelo-McIsaac, Councilor Sal LaMattina’s Office • Membership Committee • Read More…
The North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) supported the zoning variance application of Ed Gates at 93 Charter Street for a proposed renovation with the provision that an abutter provide written consent. Ed Gates purchased 93 Charter St in June 2009 and plans to live in the upper floors after renovating the unoccupied property. The property Read More…