North End Stories hosted a ‘pop-up’ Italian-American Cultural Museum at the gateway to the North End, on Cross Street between Hanover and Salem Streets, on Saturday, June 22, 2013. Earlier in the day, the group hosted a similar event in Uphams Corner on Dudley Street and Columbia Road. There were multi-media ‘exhibits’ to learn about Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S684o4htshk] North End Stories features this video with native North Ender, Frank Imbergamo. Frank points out some old time sights and shares stories about neighborhood staples from the 1950s like Giro’s and Blue Front Restaurants, and Boston Sausage. North End Stories is a digital narrative documenting the history of the neighborhood through its people. Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApA9F-5_GEQ] North End Stories completes its interview with Charlie Coppola and Sam Viscione in this third part of a series. In this video, the native North Enders talk about the connectedness of the neighborhood in the 1950s. North End Stories is a digital narrative documenting the history of the neighborhood through its people. See Read More…
In the second of a series, North End Stories interviews Charlie Coppola and Sam Viscione about growing up in the North End during the 1950s on Sheafe Street. The street was known as being one of the most dense places to live in the country. North End Stories is a digital narrative documenting the history Read More…
North End Stories continues its digital narrative talking to Sam Viscione who shares how he and his friends would walk from the North End to Fenway Park each weekend to play baseball and watch the Red Sox play. See all the interviews at NorthEndStories.com.
North End Stories is back recording and documenting the lives of long time North Enders, including the first in a series of interviews with Charlie Coppola and Sam Viscione about growing up in Boston’s North End. In this video, Charlie and Sam discuss their first jobs and the money saving ways of their mother’s. See Read More…
Need a hug? Wonder Women of Boston has partnered with a local non-profit clothing company, The D.O.N. Clothing, to spread 10,000 hugs across Boston to raise money for several youth programs. The North End Hug Station will be on Salem Street across from North End Fish Market from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, this Saturday Read More…
The digital narrative known as North End Stories adds its latest chapter with a video interview of Tracy Morgan from her apartment on Endicott Street. Tracy reminisces about including visiting her Italian grandparents, the food and the community of the North End. See more at NorthEndStories.com.
The latest addition to the neighborhood people digital narrative, North End Stories, features Dave Rothman who originally owned the Salem Street True Value store, now in the hands of Ken Rothman. In this video, he talks about the North End in the years after World War II. View more from the North End Stories project.
Updated Video: Film Preview for Boston’s North End: America’s Italian Neighborhood; Produced by the North End Historical Society Following a successful preview event, the North End Historical Society provided an updated film trailer with additional footage from the in-progress film documentary, Boston’s North End: America’s Italian Neighborhood. The film is being created from stories of Read More…
Video: Film Trailer for Boston’s North End: America’s Italian Neighborhood; Produced by the North End Historical Society The North End Historical Society held a preview event of the in-progress film documentary, Boston’s North End: America’s Italian Neighborhood. The film is being created from stories of the Italian-American community that has called the North End home Read More…
North End Stories adds to its growing digital narrative with an interview of Ken Rothman, owner of Salem Street True-Value Hardware reflecting on 40 years in business in Boston’s North End. See more North End Stories.