Win four tickets to Boston’s Lighthouse Tour Earn 20 points in the Summer on the Waterfront scavenger hunt to be in the weekly drawing! No winner yet, be the first! Play the trek: www.summeronthewaterfront.org Canines and Cocktails July 18, 5:30pm to 7:30pm TAMO Terrace 1 Seaport Lane, Boston, MA http://tinyurl.com/6ls3lfx, (617) 385-4000 Fort Point Artists Community Read More…
The Society of San Rocco held their annual procession on Sunday through the streets of Boston’s North End. Joining the statue of Saint Rocco and his devotees were Portuguese dancers, Rancho Folclorico de Peabody accompanied by the Roma Band and Northeast Italian Band. Saint Rocco was born into an aristocratic French family. He turned away Read More…
At 3:00 am, early on Sunday morning, Boston Fire responded to 24 Fleet St. for a building fire at Prezza Restaurant. A fire broke out in the kitchen ducts of the 3 story building with 6 apartments. Flames were seen from Clark Street, as shown in these photos sent in by Michael Roitman. Boston Fire Read More…
Featuring the North End / Waterfront and downtown Boston in a pre-American Revolution simulation, a video walkthrough of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed III video game was released at this week’s Comic-Con 2012. Narrated by the game’s creative director, Alex Hutchinson, the preview starts out at the Old North Church and captures many of the colonial Read More…
“Pretty amazing what small digs North Enders can call home!,” says Sue Beneveniste who captures this robins nest amid cabling along a Snow Hill Street building. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. The North End’s fabled streets and the phenomenal views of the waterfront are literally “picture perfect.” To have your photo featured, Read More…
Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log for the North End / Waterfront are shown below, courtesy of District A-1. Breaking & Entering – Residential 07/06/12 8:35am – 4:15pm Moon St. resident reports an unknown person used a metal rod to break the front door locks and removed laptops, iPad, iPod, electronic accessories, Read More…
It just got easier to get from the North End to Cambridge, at least by foot or bike, through the new North Bank Pedestrian Bridge. Gov. Deval Patrick cut the ribbon at Friday’s grand opening for the bridge that connects Paul Revere Park in Charlestown to North Point Park in Cambridge. From the North End Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association, NEWRA, heard three zoning and licensing requests on Thursday; overwhelmingly supporting one, decidedly opposing another and taking a pass on the third. All three applications were previously supported by the Neighborhood Council, NEWNC. 7 Baldwin Place, Anthony Bova has filed an appeal for zoning relief to change the Read More…
Senior Dodgers The NEAA Senior Dodgers (19 and under) are at the halfway point of their 2012 Lou Tompkins All-Star baseball season. The Dodgers currently find themselves in 2nd place. The Dodgers are paced by an incredibly deep and talented pitching staff. Team ace Greg Bilikas and his 0.86 era is ably supported by a Read More…
Irish tenor, Ronan Tynan, has sold his North End / Waterfront condo at Lewis Wharf, according to Banker & Tradesman. The condo on the front side, near Atlantic Avenue, sold for $890,000. Tynan is one of the “Irish Tenors” and previously sang “God Bless America” during New York Yankees games. He later moved to Boston Read More…
We were wondering when political groups and the mass media would recognize that Mitt Romney’s offices at 585 Commercial Street are his National Headquarters, not just a local office. The MoveOn.org group may have caught on with a rally on Friday afternoon when about 25 demonstrators showed up to take advantage of the Bain news Read More…
Tent-gate has now been resolved (whew!), but it brought up the related, and far more serious, public safety concern of gas grills on roof decks. The North End / Waterfront is one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the country with abutting buildings and wooden interior construction. In response to these concerns and access Read More…