The decade-long effort to protect Long Wharf‘s open space by a group of current and former North End residents (dba, the North End Ten) received another win this week with a Superior Court judgement against the Mass. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA, now known as the Boston Planning & Development Agency). [See Mahajan et al. Read More…
The halfway point! Your guide to Wednesday: Greenway lights, under your control? https://www.instagram.com/p/BR63ZwpAATM/?taken-by=kathrynrburton Notable news: Greenway eyes beer and wine garden Hoping to leverage as a “hip” moneymaker, the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy is looking to open a 5,000-square-foot “biergarten/wine bar” at the corner of Purchase and High streets. Boston Herald has more on the garden that will operate three to five nights Read More…
Boston Barber Co. participated in this weekend’s Boston Tattoo Convention sharing these photos of the action. Among the notable sightings, artist Lauchie Macdonald tattooed Patrick Chung from the Patriots on Sunday. Boston Barber & Tattoo Co. on Salem St. (North End) and Bowdoin St. (Beacon Hill) is owned and operated by North End resident, Robert Dello Russo. Read More…
Please join us for Holy Week at Easter at the Old North Church, 193 Salem Street. 617-523-6676. Palm Sunday, April 9, Services at 9am and 11am Maundy Thursday, April 13, 6:30pm Agape Supper in the Parish House followed by solemn stripping of the altar Good Friday, April 14, 1pm Solemn Worship Family Easter Service and Read More…
I took this picture during the past storm. It’s so rare to see NOTHING or NO ONE on the street. Ayn Mazzeo
The Wharf District Council has rolled out a new website and logo. WDC President, Susanne Lavoie commented on the logo as part of a multiphased branding effort for 2017: “Our new logo represents all that we are: a harborside community of residents and businesses within the most energy-efficient city in the United States.” The three icons in Read More…
Things to know for Tuesday https://www.instagram.com/p/BR_rUgqg6xc/ Enjoy the following articles from alternate sources: Mike’s Pastry Worker Robbed Of Money Bag In North End Monday morning, a Mike’s Pastry employee was on her way to make a deposit at Citizens Bank when she was approached by a man on the sidewalk. Right on Hanover Street, the man grabbed her Read More…
If you live in downtown Boston, you probably know this place from your car only. This is where either you paid your first toll on the Mass Pike after you sailed past BU, or where you got on the pike via a long, winding ramp after driving out from downtown on Storrow Drive. Either way, Read More…
One of the longest, widest stretches of brick sidewalks in the North End / Waterfront neighborhood will disappear this Spring to make way for dedicated bike lanes, called cycle tracks. The area from Eastern Ave (Lewis Wharf) to Commercial Wharf will be replaced with concrete sidewalks, not brick, on the waterside of the street, according Read More…
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Preparing you for Monday Bobby Orr’s statue has a new location: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSEhGD6jCWU/?taken-at=254372545 [hr] Notable news found elsewhere: Dreams of a common on the waterfront The author has obviously never been to Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park when talks about bringing a “jaw-dropping” park along Boston Harbor. One of the state’s biggest parks organizations is scouting sites in Read More…
The bomb squad closed off Hull Street on Saturday to examine a reported suspicious package left along the Freedom Trail between the Old North Church and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. BrownBrindleDogOwner captured the action on video, answering the big question: is it a bomb or just shoes left by a forgetful tourist?