This week’s top posts on NorthEndWaterfront.com featured feasts, boats, climate change planning, community events and more! Read on below to see the most popular articles from this past week. Saint Anthony’s Feast 100th Anniversary Spectacle! A once in a generation celebration came to fruition for the 100th Anniversary of the Saint Anthony’s Feast as the gold-adorned statue emerged Read More…
Under a settlement agreement reached between Airbnb and the City of Boston this week, Airbnb will facilitate the City’s short-term rental registration system and remove listings for illegal short-term rentals from its website. The settlement affirms Boston’s ban on short-term rentals from non-owner occupied buildings, eliminating investor units and absentee Airbnb landlords. Owner-occupants may continue to Read More…
A team of first year students from Harvard University spent Thursday afternoon cleaning up Cutillo Park and Morton Street as part of Harvard’s First-Year Day of Service, organized with help from the City of Boston’s Love Your Block program and Friends of Cutillo Park. See photos from the clean-up below.
Everyone in Boston knows the familiar scene. Heaps of unwanted furniture on the sidewalks. Bags of miscellaneous oddities bursting at the seams. Cars squeezing past the moving trucks clogging up the small North End streets. It’s the chaotic September 1st moving day. With the North End’s small sidewalks and the end of feast season coinciding Read More…
A perfect late summer night brought large crowds to Boston’s waterfront for the 7th Annual Illuminate the Harbor fireworks show. Festivities kicked off at Columbus Park where Berklee’s Them Fantasies performed as families enjoyed lawn games. Boston Harbor Now also handed out special viewing glasses at Piers Park and Fan Pier to create an added fireworks effect. The dazzling displays Read More…
Today is Friday, August 30 and here’s a joke from local comedian Ben Alper: “The Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a tough winter ahead. In preparation, the North End’s Paul Revere statue has been fitted with an LL Bean down vest.” – Ben Alper. Here’s what else you need to know for this weekend… 6:30AM Summer Read More…
A topping off ceremony celebration for the final concrete pour in the vertical construction of the residential tower at Bulfinch Crossing occurred Thursday afternoon. The building is part of a larger 2.9-million-square-foot multi-phased development project of the Government Center Garage. The residential building, located at 100 Sudbury, will accommodate 423 residences, of which 55 will Read More…
Christopher Columbus Park has been selected by Suffolk University to be part of a marketing study this semester to better understand the public’s involvement with the Park. You can help by participating in this anonymous survey that Suffolk University has created. As a thank you for taking the survey, you can be entered into a Read More…
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The North End Athletic Association (NEAA) held its annual golf tournament at the Andover Country Club to raise money for the many programs it runs for the youth of the North End throughout the year. Over 100 golfers attended the tournament earlier this month. “The NEAA would like to thank all of the golfers and the Read More…
August in the North End conjures up images of feasts, children playing outside, and residents gathering in the parks; but there’s a darker memory associated with this time of year: On the 23rd of August in 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed via electrocution after being declared guilty of robbery and murder. The Read More…
Lorianna, Ava and Gabriella Luongo celebrated the 100th anniversary of Saint Anthony’s Feast with lemonade and lollipops! A perfect treat for a warm summer festival. The girls set up shop on Hull Street while spending the day together with family. Photo submitted by Matt Bamonte. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Send in your photos Read More…