Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police journal log for the North End / Waterfront: Larceny 08/01/11 8:50pm Commercial St. parking lot attendant reports an unknown person operating a 2010 Mazda 3 threatened him then drove off without paying for parking. Vandalism 08/04/11 1:30am -3:00am Salem St. restaurant reports an unknown person broke the front Read More…
The City of Boston, Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, Freedom Trail® Foundation, and partner representatives joined forces to open the new waterfront Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Visitor Information Center and launch the Foundation’s Pirates & Patriots Tour, including (back, left to right) Mike Cantalupa, Boston Properties; Tim Kirwan, InterContinental Hotel; Pat Read More…
Richard Wells, 4, of the North End decorates a coffee canister at Christopher Columbus Park as part of the Artists in Residence Craft Workshops. The workshops, sponsored by Comcast, are presented by Boston Parks Department’s ParkARTS program, sponsored by Bank of America.
Photos from Opening Night at the Saint Agrippina Feast on Hanover Street on the evening of August 5, 2011. Photos by Matt Conti.
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqgGCUt9txo] If you were around the North End / Waterfront or anywhere in downtown Boston between 9pm-11pm on Wednesday night, you undoubtedly heard the low flying helicopters flying overhead. This was part of the previously announced military training exercises involving Navy Seals who were also repelling off 75 State Street earlier in the day. Read More…
Teenagers from Chinatown, the North End and Charlestown will mix it up with District A-1 Police Officers to play basketball for the Challenge Cup prize. It will be a fun night for the community and officers to get together and shoot some hoops.
Video: Music and dance from Chinese groups that performed on the Paul Revere Mall, Prado, on July 27, 2011. (Ed: My favorite is the version of “Edelweiss” toward the end of the video.) Chinese performers came to the North End as part of the Historic Unity Celebration, sponsored by the Saint Joseph Society. The event Read More…
A leaking gasoline tanker caused a hazmat incident this afternoon in downtown Boston. Police spotted a small, but significant, amount of gasoline leaking from a tanker on Surface Road along the Greenway between the Financial District and Harbor Towers. Police called the Fire Department who brought in the HazMat Response Team to assess the dangerous Read More…
Wrapping up a successful 2-day forum on the future of Boston Harbor, Kairos Shen, reflects on the city planning aspects of the waterfront. Shen is Boston’s Chief Planner at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Vivien Li, President of The Boston Harbor Association, provides the introduction as part of a forum titled “A Clean Boston Harbor, What Read More…
News from Simpson Housing LLLP regarding the start of construction this month of a new apartment building on the Greenway at Causeway & Beverly Streets in the Bulfinch Triangle, next to the Archstone Avenir building. Simpson Housing LLLP has announced plans for the development of a 365,000-square foot, luxury rental apartment property to be developed Read More…
Lulu’s Sweet Shoppe on Salem Street in the North End received $2,000 in a microloan from Jim Koch, founder of Boston Beer Co., according to a Boston Herald article. Lulu’s will invest in new machinery for snow cones and to quicken chocolate tempering for cakes. The Boston Beer Company made an initial $250,000 commitment to Read More…
Real Estate Sales in North End / Waterfront for July 2011: 13 sales for a total sales volume of $9.744M in July. 243 North St. #3: 1 bed, 1 bath with 561 sq/ft sold for $290k36 Hull St. #2: 2 bed, 1 bath with 730 sq/ft sold for $380k99-105 Broad St. #8D: 1 bed, 1 bath Read More…