Encompassing 8000 square feet, New England’s largest design showroom has opened right here on Boston’s North End waterfront. Owner and principal designer Mariette Barsoum recently moved her Divine Design Center to Battery Wharf from the Seaport’s design center. A one-stop destination for interior design and remodeling, Divine Design Center features Europe’s top brands in its Modern Kitchen & Living Read More…
Battery Wharf Hotel continues to work through license issues as a result of its ownership change from the Fairmont to Westmont Hospitality Group. A representative appeared this week before the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) that decided to defer voting until Westwood’s attorney could be present to clarify the application. Westmont is looking to change its Read More…
North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council Website: www.NEWNCBoston.org Email: info@newncboston.org NEWNC AGENDA Monday, July 11, 2016, 7:00PM Nazzaro Center, 30 North Bennet Street 1. Welcome: NEWNC President 2. Call to Order & Roll Call: NEWNC President 3. Meeting Protocol: NEWNC Vice President 4. President’s Report: NEWNC President 5. Committee Reports: a. Resident Parking/Traffic Committee, Danielle D’Ambrosio b. Public Safety Committee, Sean Read More…
Zoning, Licensing & Construction (ZLC) Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday, February 3, 2014 7:00 p.m. Mariner’s House, 11 North Square Zoning and Licensing Applications 3 Battery Wharf. Sweet Basil, Inc. d/b/a The Cactus Club has applied to the Licensing Board to transfer its Common Victualler 7-Day All Alcohol License with 2:00am closing to Boston Beverage Services, Inc. Read More…
The hotel property currently operating as the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel on the North End waterfront has been sold and will be losing the Fairmont brand, according to a statement. The current owner of the property is PNC Realty Investors, associated with an AFL-CIO pension fund investor. Fairmont will cease operations at the property as of October 27, 2014. Read More…
<<Full Schedule of Events and Programming (pdf)>> Flash Forward Festival Boston, May 16-19 2013 World-class Festival of International and New England Photography Returns to Fairmont Battery Wharf with an Extraordinary Line-Up of FREE Industry Programming, Exhibitions and Outdoor Public Art Mark your calendars for The Magenta Foundation’s highly anticipated Flash Forward Festival Boston, returning to Read More…
Patricia Cornwell, celebrity crime writer and Battery Wharf resident in the North End / Waterfront, came out on the winning side of her own personal adventure. On Tuesday, she was awarded $50.9 million by a federal court jury against her former financial manager, Evan Snapper and his company, Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP. (Read the Read More…
This scanned 1979 photo shows the power stacks still in place at Lincoln Wharf before the conversion to residential use. In front, the townhouses of Union Wharf, built into the harbor just a few years before. On the distant right, is the old Battery Wharf. Not built yet either is Burroughs Wharf. Origial photo by Read More…
Reported incidents from this week’s Boston Police Journal Log are shown below, courtesy of BPD District A-1. Larceny from Motor Vehicle 12/09 – 12/10/12 2:45pm – 9:30am Victim reports US currency was taken from the locked glove box of her 2004 Volvo Cross Country 70 while it was parked at the Battery Wharf hotel garage. Read More…
Natalie Jacobson, the longtime news anchor at TV5, recently purchased a condo at Battery Wharf in Boston’s North End / Waterfront, according to a Banker & Tradesman report. The purchase price was $1.7 million at the condominium development associated with the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. According to the report, Jacobson previously owned condos on Huntington Read More…
The 2012 Flash Forward Festival is quickly approaching and I took a walk around the Battery Wharf Harborwalk to check out this year’s outdoor exhibitions — fun stuff! Fan favorites are sure to be the Fenway Park photos in honor of its 100th anniversary, presented by the Griffin Museum of Photography. Also on the Harborwalk, Read More…
Fairmont Battery Wharf, 377-395 Commercial St., presented to the North End / Waterfront Residents Association (NEWRA) its application to extend the closing hour on its 86-seat outdoor terrace (food and all-alcohol) from 10:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., 7 days a week. The NEWRA meeting was held on June 9, 2011 at the Nazzaro Center. Presenting Read More…