The Rederij Clipper Stad Amsterdam arrived in Boston and is berthed at Fan Pier Marina until Tuesday, April 23. The Stad Amsterdam is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Shipyard. The ship was designed by Gerard Dijkstra who modelled her after the mid-19th century frigate Amsterdam, but Read More…
Braving this week’s snow storm, the Mexican Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc arrived in Boston Harbor. Docked at Fan Pier, the arrival is the first in a series of introductory visits leading up to Sail Boston 2017. The training ship Cuauhtémoc is nearly three hundred-foot-long with a three-masted barque. Built in the shipyards of Bilbao, Spain in 1982, she has Read More…
It is a weekend of Tall Ships in Boston Harbor with the Portuguese Navy’s Sagres and France’s Hermione docked at Fan Pier and Rowes Wharf, respectively, for public tours. Arriving at Fan Pier in the Seaport, the Portuguese Navy’s Tall Ship Sagres arrived as part of Sail Boston 2015. The Sagres is one of the world’s most iconic Read More…
italianissimo! Serata di Gala, is a fundraising event toward the promotion of Italian culture, including the long-term goal of creating a center for such a purpose. The celebration is presented by the Consulate General of Italy in Boston on Friday, June 1, 2012, 7-10pm at Louis on Fan Pier on the occasion of the Italian Read More…
The first concrete pour that began this week at the Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ site at Boston’s Fan Pier. The pour consists of 2500 cubic yards of concrete dumped into a 42-feet below grade foundation site and marks the first of five concrete placements necessary to support what will eventually hold two 18-story buildings totaling 1.1 Read More…
Video: Scenes from the Extreme Sailing Series held on Boston Harbor over July 4th weekend. I apologize for the shaky video since some of it was taken on a boat after filming a piece on the debris cleanup of Boston Harbor. (Video music is “Smooth Sailing” by Colie Brice from Mevio’s Music Alley.) In the Read More…
Building on the success of Strega Ristorante in the North End, Nick Varano opened Strega Waterfront on Fan Pier in the Seaport District. Here is a round-up from the opening of Strega Waterfront. On the left, the Herald’s Matt Stone captures ESPN’s Steven Levy, Chazz Palminteri, Strega’s Nick Varano and Tony Sirico Jr. (Pauly Walnuts) from Read More…