The Friends of the Boston Harborwalk are creating informational and historical signs to be put up along the Harborwalk. One such sign will be placed at Langone Park and will tell the history of bocce in the North End. Vito Aluia from the Friends of the North End Bocce group passed on these photos, presumed Read More…
Join Friends of the Boston Harborwalk on Saturday, February 22 for a two-hour, narrated Boston Harbor tour on Boston Harbor Cruise’s Regency. The heated vessel will travel around the Inner Harbor and out past the Boston Harbor Islands. Speakers will discuss the history and evolution of Boston’s waterfront. The Regency will depart from and return to Long Read More…
Join us Saturday, January 11 from 10am – 12pm to learn about Boston’s land-making by examining historic maps. The Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at Boston Public Library (BPL) is partnering with Friends of the Boston Harborwalk. Garrett Dash Nelson, Curator of Maps and Director of Geographic Scholarship at the Leventhal Center, will give Read More…
The city’s diverse history of immigration will be highlighted in new signs along Boston’s 43-mile public Harborwalk featuring photographs of immigrants who first entered the United States through Boston by ship or plane, and settled in the city. The Friends of the Boston Harborwalk (FBHW) are welcoming the public’s help in this project by submitting Read More…
A two-hour ferry tour of the Boston Harbor will offer panoramic city views with insightful discussions of the harbor’s history and the many changes impacting its future. The public tour on Saturday, February 16, 2019 is sponsored by Friends of the Boston Harborwalk (FBHW) and Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands. The tour will depart Read More…