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Residents’ Assoc. Supports Endicott St. and Jerusalem Pl. Proposals; Hosts Fall Party

On Thursday, November 9, the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) hosted a brief meeting followed by a neighborhood party. During the meeting, NEWRA heard and supported the following residential projects: 180 Endicott Street Members unanimously voted in support of changing the occupancy of 180 Endicott from three residential units to four. The owner plans to Read More…

Health & Environment Transportation

Sewer Work Continues in the North End

Many have noticed widespread road closings and sidewalks being shut down in certain North End / Waterfront areas where extensive sewer work is being done.  This initiative  is expected to continue until November 2015 and almost every street in the North End will be impacted.  The system rehabilitation work began in November 2014 and is being done by Boston Water Read More…

Police & Fire

North End Address at Endicott & Thacher Streets Named in Rhode Island Mafia Indictment

Organized crime activity has been exposed by a federal crackdown at the corner of North End’s Endicott & Thacher Streets related to extortion at Rhode Island nightclubs. Although no one from Massachusetts was part of today’s indictment, federal authorities indicated that the New England La Cosa Nostra leadership has shifted from Providence to Boston. “… Read More…

Community Real Estate

NEWNC Tables Zoning Request at 162 Endicott Street

Glenn Taylor at 162 Endicott St. and his architect presented a request for zoning relief at this week’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC). The owner has applied to Boston’s zoning authority to legalize a first floor/basement unit that was created years ago under a different owner. After recent flooding, the Read More…

Community Food & Drink Real Estate

NEWNC Supports Two Zoning and One Alcohol License Requests at February Meeting

The Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) voted unanimously last night to support La Famiglia Giorgio’s all-alcohol license application and two zoning relief requests, one on Endicott Street and the other at Lincoln Wharf. All of the eleven voting council members were present, with the exception of Jorge Mendoza. Before hearing the applications, several announcements and committee reports Read More…

Studying the Artifacts of an Endicott Street Brothel

BU Today has posted an article regarding ongoing research into the residents of a 19th century brothel through artifacts uncovered during the Big Dig. Mary Beaudry, a professor of archaeology at Boston University, describes the artifacts found at the Mill Pond site in the video slideshow by Amy Laskowski. “A team of archaeology students from Read More…

Arts & Culture

Globe’s Cullen Talks About St. Mary’s Closing in Casa Maria

Kevin Cullen, a columnist for the Boston Globe, writes about the situation at St. Mary’s Chapel in Casa Maria Apartments on Endicott Street. This is the first Christmas since the chapel closed a few months ago. St. Mary’s has just one Mass a week, on Saturdays, and Christmas falls on a Saturday this year, and Read More…

Arts & Culture Business

Globe Reports on Archeological Survey for Endicott Street Brothel

The Boston Globe provides an update on the 1993 archeological survey from Endicott Street in the location of today’s I-93 access ramps. Housing records indicate a brothel existed between 1852 and 1883 at the address that was 27-29 Endicott Street. In those years, there were as many as 40 houses of prostitution in the North Read More…