Neighborhood Photo of the Day: I’ve been enjoying the very active Facebook page, Dirty Old Boston, showing the Boston area before the gentrification era. In a blast from the 1980s, this photo is from Chris Zappala where the entrance to a tunnel under I-93 connected the North End to Haymarket. Did you take a great Read More…
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BU Summer Course Offering – A Social History of Boston’s North End
A Social History of Boston’s North End Special Topics MET SO 501 This course surveys changes in the North End from the colonial period to the present within the wider context of regional and international developments. Topics include the early African presence in the North End, Cotton Mather and witchcraft, Hannah Mather Crocker and early Read More…
Post-Gazette: “Working with What We Have”
Working with What We Have In the North End by Pamela Donnaruma There is much discussion lately on the revamping of Hanover Street in Boston’s North End. As editor of the Post-Gazette, which is located in the North End since 1896, I spend a lot of time here. The North End has always been a Read More…