This neighborhood drawing features Tenoch, a small Mexican restaurant in a sea of Italian ones! Located on Lewis Street, Tenoch serves up classic Mexican street food and is well-known for its tortas. The owners, brothers Alvaro and Andrés Sandoval, opened their first location in Medford in 2012 and the North End eatery in 2014. Drawing Read More…
This neighborhood drawing features the historic Paul Revere House located at 19 North Square in Boston’s North End. The home, built around 1680, was the Revere family residence from 1770 to 1800. After that it was a sailor’s boarding home, an immigrant tenement, and the ground floor housed various local shops over the years. It Read More…
This neighborhood drawing features Modern Pastry Shop on Hanover Street in Boston’s North End. Established in 1930, Modern Pastry was originally a small storefront at 261 Hanover Street. In 2014, the family-owned business expanded to also operate a larger shop just next door at 263 Hanover Street. Though the iconic neon sign is historic, the Read More…
This week’s Neighborhood Drawing is of North Square, looking up the hill from the point where N. Square and Moon St. intersect. Mamma Maria’s can be seen on the corner, and looking past the restaurant the scene continues down Garden Ct. St. on the left. In the foreground is one of the four art sculptures Read More…
This week’s neighborhood drawing features Polcari’s Coffee on the corner of Salem and Parmenter Streets. Polcari’s Coffee has been around since 1932. It was started by Anthony Polcari, who came to the United States from Italy when he was twenty years old. The shop is now run by Bobby Eustace, who took from Ralph Polcari, Read More…
This week’s neighborhood drawing features the Crosstown Foundation for the Arts studio in North Square, near the corner of Moon St. and Sun Court St. Founded in 1999, their mission has evolved from publishing the fine and applied arts via the Internet, to directing attention to small scale urban and natural habitats in need of Read More…
This week’s neighborhood drawing features The Connah Store at the corner of Hanover and Parmenter Streets. The shop, open until 2 a.m. every night, appeals to both locals and tourists with its stock of lottery tickets, tobacco, cold drinks, candy, and more. Prior to The Connah Store, which has been in this location for several Read More…
Maria Carella, the retired dressmaker in North Square, has been busy making masks for community members during the COVID-19 pandemic. Distribution just got even easier, with masks pinned to the Crosstown Foundation for the Arts studio door in North Square available to anyone who needs one. These are 100% recycled cotton and rubber band masks. Read More…
Maria Carella, the retired dressmaker in North Square, is finally caught up on her mask making. Masks are once again readily available by emailing Sandro at crosstownart@gmail.com. These are 100% recycled cotton and rubber band masks. They are contoured to the face and nose, from a pattern, and carefully hemmed at the perimeter. A suggested contribution Read More…
Earlier this month, Maria the Dressmaker put her skills to work making masks to help with the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, Maria has been busy filling orders! Mask orders ready to be picked up are displayed in the image below. Fulfilled orders begin with those placed on April 11 – 13. An envelope with your Read More…
In response to the coronavirus crisis and to keep my mom, Maria The Dressmaker, busy and engaged, I’ve asked her to put her skills to work to make these 100% cotton re-cycled cotton and rubber band masks. They are contoured to the face and nose, from a pattern, and carefully hemmed at the perimeter. I’m Read More…
Drawing workshop at the Boston Public Library Copley Square on 12 October of a famous author on drawing and architecture, Francis DK Ching. Free and open to public.