Sam Allis opines in the Globe: “Senior playgrounds apparently are popular in Europe and Asia, but not here. The closest thing to a senior sandbox in Boston are the boccie courts in the North End. They’re fine as far as they go, and they’re located near good cannoli, but boccie’s a guy thing. The city Read More…
The folks at Bostonography are using the concept of crowdsourcing to define neighborhood boundaries. For the North End, there is not much dispute until you get to the areas south of Christopher Columbus Park and west toward the Bulfinch Triangle. In the map below, the darker area represents greater consensus about what is the “North Read More…
It was a holiday-shortened week, full of Memorial Day events. The North End’s VFW Post 144 held a ceremony in the neighborhood while the solemn flag garden returned to Boston Common. The Prince Hall Freemasons continued their century-old tradition of a service at Copp’s Hill. This week, we also feature the latest “Life on the Read More…
