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Life on the Corner: The West End, Part 2

Posted on Author Nicholas Dello Russo

This is the second of a two-part series on the destruction of the old West End in the name of urban renewal. Catch up with Part 1 here. For over thirty years Felicia Solimine was a North End institution. In 1958 she opened Felicia’s on Richmond St. and it immediately became one of the North Read More…

Boston’s 1st Urban Renewal – New York Streets at West End Museum

Posted on Author West End Museum

Prior to the demolition of Boston’s old West End, another vibrant, multi-ethnic neighborhood of tenement houses and mom-and-pop shops fell victim to so-called ‘urban renewal.’ From February 21 through Fall 2017, The West End Museum hosts The New York Streets: Boston’s First Urban Renewal Project, a new exhibit that tells the story of this lost Read More…
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Vicar Tells All: Sarah Palin’s History Flub, and How It Happened

Posted on Author Matt Conti

Originally published in the Old North Church parish e-newsletter and posted here with permission. Vicar tells all: Sarah Palin’s history flub, and how it happened By Stephen T. Ayers Here is the inside scoop on the Boston history massacre. I had carefully set aside last Thursday to work on the sermon to be delivered at Read More…