Photos & Videos

Photo Gallery: Restoring the Iron Fence for Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

Posted on Author Matt ContiComments Off on Photo Gallery: Restoring the Iron Fence for Copp’s Hill Burying Ground

The restoration of the iron work fence at Copp’s Hill Burying Ground continues this Fall with the woven steel and distinctive pieces now at Adamark Coatings in East Boston for blasting and refinishing. Mark Kochanski is one of the folks working on the project and he shares these close up photos of the iron fence restoration in progress.

Related Articles
Arts & Culture

North End Celebrates George Washington Every Day with the Bostonian Christian Gullager’s Carara Bust

Posted on Author Joe Gallo

The first Made-in-America sculpture is housed in the Old North Church. Boston not Philadelphia, nor New York, nor Washington D.C. can say it has the first American-made Carrara bust of George Washington, Father of our Country. Had the American Revolution not intervened, more London-made memorials might have come to Boston to join the Scheemakers, Cheere, Read More…
Arts & Culture

Craigslist Stations of the Cross Relic Might Be From Former North End St. Mary’s Church

Posted on Author Matt Conti

A Stations of the Cross plaque is for sale on Craigslist said to be “from a church in the North End” by a seller named Rhonda in Newbury. The listed price is $145. The item piqued the interest of North Ender and accomplished historian, Jessica Dello Russo. Her father went to St. Mary’s and thinks Read More…
Arts & Culture Community Photos & Videos

“The Pride of Later Generations: North End History Remembered in The Prado” by Alex R. Goldfeld (Video)

Posted on Author Matt Conti

Video: “The Pride of Later Generations: North End History Remembered in The Prado” by Alex R. Goldfeld, President and Historian, North End Historical Society On Thursday, May 17, 2012, the Old North Church hosted a three part public lecture, “The Paul Revere Mall: History, Art and Community.” Following a talk about the Prado park and the Read More…