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North End Stories: Cappola and Viscione Talk About the North End in the 1950s

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North End Stories completes its interview with Charlie Coppola and Sam Viscione in this third part of a series. In this video, the native North Enders talk about the connectedness of the neighborhood in the 1950s.

North End Stories is a digital narrative documenting the history of the neighborhood through its people. See more at NorthEndStories.com.

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Life on the Corner: A Copp’s Hill Mystery

Posted on Author Nicholas Dello Russo

The photo I’m sharing today comes from a postcard dated 1908 and depicts the Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. I assume the date is accurate because there is a date written on the card and the New York company that printed the card was in business from 1904-1911. The picture appears to have been taken from Read More…
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Historical North End Picture: Hotel Rome in North Square

Posted on Author Nicholas Dello Russo

by Nicholas Dello Russo This picture of Hotel Rome in North Square is from around 1900 and calls to mind some interesting local history. In the lower left hand corner you can see the Stabile Bank which was a prominent Italian American bank with branches in the North End and Mulberry St. New York. The Read More…
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Mystery of Boston’s Missing History

Posted on Author Robert Skole

What happened to the Greenway’s tablet of the first years of Boston’s North End history? As seen in the photo, the first tablet of the brief histories of Boston, along the Greenway on south side of Hanover St., is missing. Has it been stolen, even though securely attached? Was it removed to be updated with Read More…