Christopher Romano a volunteer music instructor at the Nazzaro Center and student at the North End Music and Performing Arts Center’s Private Music Instruction program for many years was the opening act at the 22nd Annual Taste of the North End. Thanks to Donato Frattaroli, Chris and his friend Jake Fulkerson (on the drums) played Read More…
According to Zillow, Boston is the eighth best city to trick-or-treat (Seattle is #1). Within Boston, the best five neighborhoods, in order, are Beacon Hill, North End, Back Bay, Charlestown and the South End. Authentic Italian restaurants line Salem and Hanover streets, but the neighborhood’s high Walk Score and low crime rank are what puts Read More…
In 2010 in this column, I urged developers to create permeability at the ground level of big buildings. I especially wanted them to replicate the historic little lanes of downtown Boston—Spring Lane, Pi Alley, Winthrop Lane—or to create Boston versions of the Burlington or Prince’s Arcade in London and Paris’s passage couverts. These covered public Read More…
