The City of Boston hosted a Construction Update Meeting in the gym of the Nazzaro Center on June 15th. It was a rather low turnout so we are featuring each of the poster sessions in a series of updates here on NorthEndWaterfront.com with information from various city departments. View more construction posts. North Square Renovation Read More…
At the May 2017 North End / Waterfront Residents’ Meeting, the A+J Art+Design Team showed new renderings of the public art to be placed in North Square. The sculptures will be erected throughout the North Square renovations beginning this Summer. Before the public art was discussed, future renovations to the square were shown. The project manager on Read More…
Following the first of several community meetings for public art in North Square, the designated artists, A+J Art+Design Team have prepared the following information to communicate their early thinking on the project. North Square Stories: Four Intertwined Historical Threads THE CONCEPT North Square is a small square with a big place in history and a big Read More…
Mayor Walsh released his proposed FY18-FY22 Imagine Boston Capital Plan on Thursday afternoon. A rundown of infrastructure investments dedicated to the North End is shown here, courtesy of City Hall. The largest investments are for the Eliot K-8 School expansion into the North Bennet Street Building as well as redeveloping 585 Commercial Street. Park restorations are Read More…
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced A+J Art+Design has been selected to create a public art project in North Square following an open call for artists through a Request for Proposals. The artist team will work with the Public Works Department (PWD), the Boston Art Commission, and the North End community to further develop their Read More…
Things to know for Thursday! https://www.instagram.com/p/BRqk7-UhPeR/?tagged=northendboston Notable news found elsewhere: ‘West Roxberry,’ ‘Mission Hills,’ ‘Southy?’ Target T-shirts miss the mark A T-shirt being sold at Target left many Bostonians scratching their head. The T-shirt showed a map of Boston that failed to include neighborhoods like Chinatown, Allston, Bay Village, and the North End! The Boston Globe has more on the Read More…
The Paul Revere Memorial Association opened its new Education and Visitor Center at Lathrop Place on Saturday December 3, 2016. This marks the culmination of a transformational project and multi-year construction effort to make the Paul Revere House historic site fully handicapped accessible, provide modern amenities for all visitors, debut a new permanent exhibit on Paul Read More…
Wishing you the happiest of Thanksgivings this year from Matt and Conor at NorthEndWaterfront.com! We are most thankful for our passionate readers, our dedicated volunteer contributors and of course, our most loyal patrons and sponsors that help keep this site going. We’ll tease you that a new theme is coming in 2017 and some other changes … Read More…
North Square Public Art RFP The City of Boston has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a public art project for North Square, a public space located in the North End of Boston. Working closely with the Public Works Department and the Boston Art Commission, the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture invites artists to Read More…
In an effort to finish the majority of park reconstruction before Spring, Boston Parks & Recreation has commenced work in North Square at Rachel Revere Park. See renderings of the new park here. Video by Meghan Denenberg.
Earth moving equipment arrived on site this week for the upcoming reconstruction of Rachel Revere Square, the triangular park at the intersection of North Square and North Street in Boston’s North End. The final design is shown above based on the community meetings from last year. The design also happens to be the concept most favored in Read More…
Boston Water & Sewer Commission (BWSC) will be undertaking construction on systems in North Square, from North Street to Prince Street in the next few weeks. The following notice is being distributed to surrounding residents and businesses. More details on BWSC work in the North End can also be found in this presentation at a Read More…