Stitching together the North End and Waterfront neighborhood in the late 1970’s, a large group of North End women created this phenomenal 12′ x 12′ wall hanging, recently on display at the North Bennet Street School and previously at Boston City Hall. Featuring historic and contemporary images from the community, the quilt-like artwork highlights our shared history Read More…
A few weeks ago while attending a meeting in the Time Warner building in New York City, I decided to skip out of a boring afternoon lecture and visit the Tenement Museum on the Lower East Side. This was one of the things I always wanted to do because the Lower East Side was a Read More…
On January 17, 1950, the Great Brink’s Robbery took place in Boston’s North End at the corner of Commercial and Prince Streets. Still known today as the “Brink’s Garage,” the property marks where $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks, money orders, and other securities were taken in the “crime of the century” and the Read More…
