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If Streets Could Talk: Unity Street

UNITY ST (a link that runs parallel between Salem St. and Hanover St.) — feeding from the head of Garden Court, Unity Street is a narrow passageway that serves as a vessel for the surrounding streets- Hanover St, Charter St, Tileston St, Salem St.   Unity Street is also an old neighborhood watermark. Centuries ago, the Read More…

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Recalling the North End’s “Love Lane” on Valentine’s Day

Navigating through the North End can often make this neighborhood feel like the Prague of Boston — narrow streets laden in antiquity. Tracing the history of these streets can often reveal less-known stories that coincide with the advent of days like today. Valentine’s Day calls upon the opportunity to share the nomenclature of Love Lane, otherwise Read More…

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So Long, Tony Soprano

       It lasted eight years, six seasons, and eighty-six episodes. The Sopranos still gains fans even after production has stopped and cast members have passed away. The Sopranos mafia put the mafia before everything, including their own families– as seen through the conflict between “one’s family” (blood) and “one’s family” (business). Viewers migrate to this plot-line because its Read More…

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Palace on Parmenter

(On the Aesthetics of Architecture:  Venice and Islam: A Dialogue Between Two Cultures (Examining Venice’s Trade-links with the Eastern Mediterranean). Analyzing the Islamic Influence on Venetian Gothic Architecture of the Ducal Palace in Venice, Italy, through the works of 19th century British Architect, John Ruskin.) *With a special thanks to the Friends of the North End Read More…