The coverings are off the windows and the tables are in place for “Trade,” Jody Adams’ new restaurant at the Atlantic Wharf complex. Also, just opened around the corner, Smith & Wolensky. As luck would have it, Trade’s dining patrons will have a front row seat of Occupy Boston.
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gulHaCFjA_A] This video captures the family-friendly Columbus Day celebrations at Christopher Columbus Park, organized by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP.org) on Sunday, October 9, 2011. Several neighborhood groups joined in with tables and events for neighborhood families to enjoy. NEMPAC ran their famous face-painting table, the Friends of the North End Branch Read More…
North End residents showed up at the October Public Safety Meeting to complain about loud parties and street noise. Boston Police Captain Bernard O’Rourke and Sgt. Tom Lema said they recorded 20 noise complaints from calls to 911 and the party line (617-343-5500) so far this semester and 6 in the past month. The Read More…
Nancy Brennan, Executive Director of the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, reviewed the past fiscal year and 2012 outlook at the Greenway Conservancy’s annual meeting held on October 4, 2011.
Resulting in scores of arrests but no injuries, Boston Police cleared the second Occupy Boston encampment on the Greenway last night. Blogger Garrett Quinn took the video above and describes the sequence of events: “As darkness fell and tension rose the protesters made their defensive preparations. All the tents were moved into a tight circle Read More…
The Occupy Boston movement brought protesters to multiple sides of the North End / Waterfront area today. Police made a stand at the base of the Charlestown Bridge at the intersection of N. Washington, Causeway and Commercial Streets. Protesters tried to march onto the Charlestown Bridge before rush hour on Monday, October 10th. With support Read More…
Barnum’s Elephant Feeding on Hanover St. – October 2010The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus elephant feeding in the North End on Hanover St. by the Prado is currently scheduled for Thursday, October 13 at 11 AM. The rain date is Friday. The walk of elephants through Boston’s streets to TD Garden is scheduled Read More…
It was a great day for a parade and the 2011 Columbus Day celebrations in the North End / Waterfront. The morning started with a lineup of family friendly activities put on by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park including puppets, theater, magic and face painting at the park. Mayor Thomas M. Menino led a Read More…
Two developers have filed project change notices, moving the process forward on building complexes planned for the West End’s Bulfinch Triangle area. First, the Merano building is proposed for the intersection of Beverly and Causeway Streets, adjacent to the North End at the end of the Greenway. Second, the Forecaster Building renovation is proposed on Read More…
Video courtesy of Bostoniano.info. Former welterweight champion Tony DeMarco spent the afternoon on Saturday, October 8, 2011, signing his book, “Nardo,” to at Tony DeMarco way on the corner of Hanover and Fleet Streets. More on the book at TKOTony.com.
The North End Columbus Day Parade Committee held its annual banquet at Filippo’s with a large crowd of supporters. The event was held in honor of the late Michael A. Nazzaro, Jr., former State Representative for the North End who passed away in March. Olivia Scimeca was also honored by the North End VFW Post Read More…
On Saturday, October 8, 2011, a Memorial Dedication to late North Ender and Patrolman Andrew B. Cuneo was held on the Prado, also known as the Paul Revere Mall, in Boston’s North End. The memorial plaque mounted on the brick wall is a tribute to Cuneo as the first Italian American Boston Police Officer killed Read More…