The time has come after twelve terrific years of community news to say goodbye to NorthEndWaterfront.com. I have put off this sad day many times driven by the enthusiasm of our passionate readership, but the time has finally come to close up shop here at NorthEndWaterfront.com. You can read more about the ‘why’ in my Read More…
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North End / Waterfront Real Estate Sales For December 2020
Check out the residential closings in the North End / Waterfront area during the month of December 2020. Selling Price Address Sq. Ft. Price/Sq.Ft. Beds Baths One Bedrooms: $527,000 480 Commercial Street #2B 542 $972 1 1 $570,000 440 Hanover Street #1D 672 $848 Read More…
Life on the Corner: Carlo (Charles) Ponzi in the North End
A few weeks ago, Anthony Riccio sent me this picture taken in the North End and asked if I could identify the men. Anthony is writing a book about the North End that will be published later this year. The book will consist of pictures and interviews collected by Anthony when he worked at the Read More…
Police Blotter: Motor Vehicles Vandalized; Wallet Stolen
The following are recent incidents reported by Boston Police District A-1 for the North End / Waterfront area. Larceny 12/23/201:30 – 3:00 p.m.Male suspect approached the female victim inside a Hanover Street pharmacy asking her questions. The suspect suddenly walked away and the victim noticed her wallet, which was on top of the shopping cart, Read More…
New Year’s Day Brief: Hello 2021, Ice Sculpture Stroll, New Red Line Train Makes its Way onto Tracks
Today is Friday, January 1 and did you know that the annual ball drop in Times Square used to happen daily in Boston and other U.S. coastal cities? The daily occurrence was to help mariners calibrate their shipboard clocks, vital to determining their location once at sea, read more on Universal Hub. Notable News: The Read More…
“On a Goodly Square”: Sacred Heart Italian Mission to Boston’s North End
By Jessica Dello Russo By the year 1870, a decade after Garibaldi’s conquest of the Two Sicilies and the year the young nation of Italy was at long last successful in the capture of Rome, several hundred families and individuals formally recognized by the United States as “Italian” could call Boston home. The city had Read More…
New Year’s Eve Ice Sculpture Stroll on Boston’s Waterfront
Boston Harbor Now has announced that, in partnership with more than a dozen waterfront organizations, it will once again host its annual free Ice Sculpture Stroll on New Year’s Eve. The Ice Sculpture Stroll will consist of more than twelve outdoor locations spread across four of Boston’s waterfront neighborhoods, including East Boston, the North End, Read More…
N. Washington St. Bridge Project Update: Old Bridge 100% Demolished; Vibratory Hammer Work Continues
Below is the construction look ahead for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project as provided by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) for the weeks of December 27, 2020 – January 9, 2021. Vibratory Hammer Noise Impacts A vibratory hammer is being used to install the five cofferdams which will be needed to build the piers Read More…
Copp’s Hill Moment: Christmastide and Pandemic
The hopes and fears of this past year by Thomas F. Schiavoni Christmas Eve will soon fall softly upon an ancient burying ground and the former tenements atop Copp’s Hill. There will be no movement, no sounds of traffic, nor the machinery of commerce at the epicenter of a major American city. There will only be empty Read More…
Police Blotter: Disturbing the Peace/Resisting Arrest on Hanover St.; Larceny from Boutique
The following are recent incidents reported by Boston Police District A-1 for the North End / Waterfront area. Disturbing the Peace12/15/20 8:36 p.m.Male suspect arrested for disturbing the peace, disorderly, assault & battery of a police officer, resisting arrest, and assault & battery after a confrontation in and outside of a Read More…
Officer Frederick “Teddy” Boyle to Retire
District A-1 Boston Police Department (BPD) Officer Frederick “Teddy” Boyle announced that he will be retiring in February 2021. Officer Boyle, a resident of the North End, has been with the BPD for over 34 years. As District A-1 liaison to the North End / Waterfront, Boyle provides the weekly police blotters and presents at the public safety Read More…
Neighborhood Council Supports All-Alcohol License Transfer to Nando Trattoria at 393 Hanover St.
The North End/ Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) heard from a petitioner seeking to transfer an all-alcohol license from Zuma Tex Mex, formerly located in Faneuil Hall, to a new restaurant located at 393 Hanover Street. Owned by Mira Giangregorio, the proposed restaurant, Nando Trattoria, would be located at the site of the former Green Cross Read More…