As work continues on the Langone Park and Puopolo Field renovations, NorthEndWaterfront.com reader Paul Foster jokes that the old North End beach has returned! See photos of the beach that existed along this stretch of the North End waterfront nearly 100 years ago here. Photo submitted by Paul Foster. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on Read More…
Summer is officially upon us, and that means those in the neighborhood are starting to spending plenty of time at the Mirabella Pool – especially in this heat! This week’s photo is a great view of what this area looked like previously. Residents could actually walk down to the water and swim right in the Read More…
Now that summer is almost here the North End, the Mirabella pool is getting set to open for another season. What a great urban amenity this is for all North End children and families to enjoy. Before the swimming pool was built by the city back in the 1960’s we had a beach right where Read More…
Nick DiCarlo, a 94 year-old lifelong North Ender, looks back with North End Stories in this video about his about his first job in Quincy Market, meeting his wife, and the North End beach. North End Stories is a digital narrative project documenting neighborhood history through the images and videos of its people. See more Read More…
The latest installment from North End Stories is out! The digital narrative project interviews Antonetta “Antie” Bonaffine, lifelong resident born on Greenough Lane in the North End, 96 years ago. Antie talks about growing up in the neighborhood (60 years on Hull St.), family (7 brothers, 6 sisters), the feasts and swimming from the North Read More…
Resident researcher, Anne Pistorio, sorts through the old, dusty boxes at the Boston Public Library and sent us these two classic North End photos with the help of BPL’s Aaron Schmidt. The first is a panoramic photo by Frank B. Conlon of the old North End Beach, formerly on Commercial Street. If you are good Read More…
As part of the burgeoning historical photo gallery on NorthEndWaterfront.com, we recently acquired some fascinating 1927 pictures of the old North End Beach/Park where now exists the Mirabella Pool, Puopolo Ball Fields and Langone Park. Besides the stylish bathing suits and masses of North End kids, notice the overhead tracks on Commercial Street in the background. Thanks Read More…