The resegregation of Boston Public Schools is analyzed in the Sunday Boston Globe’s cover story. Highlighted is the return to neighborhood schooling, and the subsequent majority-white student population at the North End’s Eliot K-8 School. The majority-white schools are emerging in the same neighborhoods that had them prior to court-ordered desegregation. At the Perry K-8 in South Read More…
Setup for Disney+ film “Godmothered” (Frills was just a stand-in name) started at North Square earlier this week and continued with winter sets on Salem and Charter Streets on Wednesday. The North End seems to be the setting for holiday scenes in the movie, complete with lights, garland, and fake snow. Photos shared by Maryann. “Neighborhood Photo” is Read More…
January is a good time to visit the World Trade Center site in New York City. The crowds are smaller than in July. El Niño makes it warm enough for the water to cascade freely over the edges of the two square, black sunken fountains marking the locations of the destroyed towers. Calatrava’s soaring head-house Read More…
