Readers of NorthEndWaterfront.com have been keeping up with the Lovejoy Wharf mixed-use development where Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, will make their new headquarters. Today, the City of Boston held a press event to make it official and provide some additional details. The redevelopment will include a $15 million investment by the developer for public Read More…
Boston City Councilor Mike Ross (D-Back Bay) talks to Fox News 25 about the proposed panhandling ordinance that would ban asking for money in an aggressive manner, especially those in traffic. Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston Around the North End / Waterfront, panhandlers that might be impacted would be the ones Read More…
What’s Happening In The North End / Waterfront: Friends of Christopher Columbus Park, FOCCP, is having their monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 8th, 6:30 pm at the Mariner’s House, 11 North Square. Plans for 2013 will be discussed, including the ambitious project to redesign, irrigate and enlarge the circle near the Marriott Long Wharf entrance Read More…
Ristorante Fiore has been awarded the Good Neighbor Recognition Award by the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) for December 2012. NEWRA’s Executive Committee has recently resumed the Good Neighbor Recognition Award, formerly part of its Clean Streets Committee. The monthly award is voted by the committee and given to local businesses and residents Read More…
Have you heard the news? In late November Governor Patrick signed off on a plan to make Massachusetts highways look like Times Square. He must have decided that trees, rolling meadows and a granite road cut or two just didn’t send the right message in the souped-up, electronic world we now live in. The Times Read More…
In his last official event as the group’s President, John Romano, hosted the North End Against Drugs Family Dinner / Family Talk on Monday night, January 7, 2013 at the Nazzaro Community Center. City Councilor Sal LaMattina presented a citation on behalf of the Boston City Council to recognize Romano’s 23 years of service with Read More…
North End Waterfront Health is hosting a Doc Chat for parents on Friday, January 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., at the Nazzaro Center, during the regularly scheduled indoor play group. Doc Chat is designed to provide parents with an opportunity to join in a conversation with one of NEW Health’s pediatricians in an Read More…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Knfe_aFWi4?rel=0] The end of the NHL lockout means it’s back to all things hockey and Boston Bruins. It also brought back some nostalgia for the excitement of 2011 with fresh views (close to 80,000 now) of our video of Andrew Ference’s Stanley Cup Flash Mob on Hanover Street. (Also, see Lord Stanley’s North End Read More…
One of the rules to occasionally break is the “rule of thirds.” Sometimes things just line-up as “Chris” does in this picture from Christopher Columbus Park where he is bathed in light. I took this photo in December 2012 shortly after a snow storm where the lights were glowing against the dark blue sky. Arrange Read More…
CityFeast 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013, 6:00 pm. The city-wide dinner event features 12 restaurants (8 in the North End) to benefit Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund. Tickets are $150 and $100 of the ticket price is tax-deductible. Long time organizer of event, Carla Agrippino Gomes, of Antico Forno and Terramia, was recently Read More…
This car had a rough time at the corner of Richmond and Hanover Streets. It was there Friday and Saturday. No idea what happened, but it looks like someone sideswiped the car and tore off the front bumper and lots of other stuff with it. They don’t make cars like they used to. Parking can Read More…
The North End community came together in a candlelight vigil on Saturday evening to remember the 26 Sandy Hook shooting victims that lost their lives in Newtown, CT on December 14, 2012. Coordinated by North End Against Drugs (NEAD), the vigil included many groups from the neighborhood and was held at the Nazzaro Read More…