Autumn was everyone’s favorite season in the North End. The feasts were over, the air was crisp and cool, the smell of burning leaves would drift in from the suburbs, the kids were back in school, and it was wine-making season. Old Italian men kept their traditions alive and made wine in many of the Read More…
The archeological dig is progressing at the Clough House adjacent to Old North Church. Several test pits have been excavated. The archeologists have discovered a number of pottery and bottle fragments dating to the 18th century. Below, city archeologist Joseph Bagley displays a couple of 18th century pottery fragments found behind the Clough House. For Read More…
The Boston Public Library’s Digital Services department recently uploaded a series of images of the historic North End from the 1860s to the 1970s to the Boston Public Library’s Flickr page. These images include photographs, prints, and drawings documenting Boston’s North End in the 19th and 20th centuries, with the bulk of the material covering Read More…
