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…
The popular Flash Forward Festival returns to the Fairmont Battery Wharf on May 1-4, 2014. For the fourth year, Flash Forward Festival will transform the North End waterfront into a brilliant artscape and enliven the city with pop-up installations and photography exhibitions from some of Boston’s most beloved curators and the hottest new art stars Read More…
The North End Chamber of Commerce held their monthly meeting at St. Leonard’s Hall on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, with an agenda that covered a wide range of local issues and initiatives. Current Vice President of the Chamber, Toni Gilardi started off by making some announcements about position changes at the organization. Chris Young, the Read More…
The annual fundraiser for Friends of Christopher Columbus Park is always a huge success and this year was no exception with a sold-out Monte Carlo night at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. A highlight of the event was recognizing Antonia Pollak, Commissioner of Boston Parks and Recreation. “Our partnership with the City had made Christopher Read More…
The North End Columbus Day Celebration Committee hosted an evening of celebration and commemoration on Friday, October 11, 2013 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf. The reception featured music, prizes, refreshments and cocktails. This year’s honored guest was Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Mayor Menino is the 2013 recipient of the Committee’s 2013 Michael A. Nazzaro Community Read More…
Parents, faculty, staff and friends of the John Eliot K-8 Innovation School celebrated the school’s 300th anniversary at the annual Spring Fling Gala and Auction on Friday, June 7, 2013 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. In addition to the school community, a host of mayoral candidates attended the event. With the start of the 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…
Snow could not keep over 125 Friends of the North End Branch Library from coming out on Thursday night to support the neighborhood library. This was the 4th annual fundraiser by the Friends group held at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel on March 7, 2013. This year’s honoree at the fundraiser was Al Natale for Read More…
The Friends of the North End Branch Library invite you to their 4th Annual Fundraiser on Thursday, March 7, 2013 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel, 6:30pm-9:00 pm. It’s an evening of cocktails, appetizers and raffles to support your neighborhood library. Tickets are $45 each and can be purchased at FriendsNELibrary.org.
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…
On Monday, June 25, 2012, the North End Historical Society is screening a 15 minute version of the documentary Boston’s North End: America’s Italian Neighborhood. Check out the short clip at www.kendallproductions.com. Please come join in the screening! (invitation below) Bring your family, old photos, home movies and newspaper clips. If you like what you Read More…
The four-day Flash Forward Festival drew thousands to the free public exhibitions, lectures and parties at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel on the North End waterfront. The outdoor Harborwalk installations will be up all summer (See Flash Forward Festival Photography Exhibitions on Harborwalk.) Due to popular demand, the exhibitions at Two Battery Wharf will remain Read More…