Francine Lachance woke up early one morning to move her car and took this beautiful sunrise over the harbor. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a sentence (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood photo posts.
The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) unanimously supported the zoning relief application by the Puopolo Family at 4 Cleveland Place. The building would change from a three story, single family dwelling to a four story plus mezzanine, three family dwelling. The building will have a private roof deck and fire escape in front. The height of the building Read More…
John C. Picardi shares this special remembrance of the late Arthur and Pat Puopolo. Arthur Puopolo was truly a wonderfully passionate man with a generous heart. A good friend of my Uncle Angelo, Arthur rented me his first floor apartment in 1984 in the North End of Boston. I was 22 and my rent was $300 Read More…
Last chance to pickup at the Nazzaro Center: The 2016 calendars are just about gone! The desk calendar includes all original photographs of Boston’s North End by yours truly, including the classic landmarks and some lesser-known views of our fabled streets and waterfront. The desk calendar includes a built-in stand. The calendar can be picked up at the Read More…
A representative of Extenet Systems presented this week to the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) regarding their plans to install a Wireless Distributed Antenna System Network in Boston’s North End and throughout downtown using city-owned street light poles and traffic signal posts. Verizon and other wireless carriers would buy service from Extenet to enhance their Read More…
Several outside news outlets kept busy over the past week with the following several articles, all involving the North End / Waterfront! Boston’s first treadmill running studio opens The North End is home to Boston’s first running studio, “MyStryde,” which opened on Hanover Street this past week. Providing a treadmill workout that is “actually motivating” by offering different classes Read More…
Millennium will soon finish its tower, and new people will move in. Avalon Bay’s residential tower adjacent to the Tip O’Neil building has topped off. A hotel and residential building is rising on Dalton Street in the Back Bay. 888 Boylston is going up too. Eight million square feet of construction is slated for the Read More…
Bob Somerville submits this night photo of the Christopher Columbus Park trellis and Boston skyline. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a sentence (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood photo posts.
Several North End restaurants presented their applications for one of the new all-alcohol licenses coming available in Boston this year. In 2014, the State legislature raised the city’s 970 limit by adding 75 new licenses. Sixty of the new licenses are being designated for underserved neighborhoods (Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Mission Hill, and Read More…
It was a very active year in North End / Waterfront real estate. Here is how the year 2015 looked at various properties in the neighborhood. Property Number of Sales Average Price Per Foot Highest Sale Mariner 8 $1,047 $2,300,000 Commercial Wharf 5 $896 $1,400,016 Lincoln Wharf 10 $638 $887,000 Union Wharf 7 $913 Read More…
To help plan your schedule, we make the following list from scheduled events on our community calendar. Monday, January 11 6:00pm Abutters Meeting at 57 Fleet Street Petitioner seeks to add a rooftop mechanical unit approximately 4’ by 4’ and is not visible from the street. 7:00pm NEWNC Monthly Meeting – Nazzaro Center, 30 N. Bennet Street View the agenda Read More…
The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) will hold its monthly membership meeting on Thursday, January 14, 2016, 7:00 p.m. at the Nazzaro Community Center. NEWRA encourages all North End/Waterfront residents to become active members and participate in neighborhood meetings. Meetings are open, and all are welcome! For more information, contact info@newra.org. The full agenda Read More…