The North Street Marie Salvati Tot Lot next to the Callahan Tunnel Vent Building is now open. Closed for over 3 years due to concerns of falling materials from the facade of the building, the Tot Lot is completely done over. There is new playground equipment and a new bench. The work was done as Read More…
Before the North End was an urban neighborhood community, it was an island. Before Hanover Street was a commercialized concrete jungle, it was a neck. Characterized by the early colonial, John Winthrop, “the north part of the town separate from the rest by a narrow stream which was cut through a neck of land by Read More…
It has been a noisy January in the North Street area of Boston’s North End with two major construction projects in progress. Much of the attention is focused on the underground work going on from the Callahan Tunnel rehabilitation, but there is also a major “above ground” project to replace the brick facade on the vent Read More…
As it has for the last 20 years, the North Bennet Street School welcomed potential students and community friends inside America’s first trade and crafts school. This year was quite a bit different, however, as it was the first Open House at the new spacious campus facility on North Street in Boston’s North End. Neighborhood Read More…
The North Bennet Street School held a grand opening and ribbon cutting with Mayor Thomas M. Menino at its newly renovated campus location formerly used as the City’s printing plant and police station on North Street in Boston’s North End. Replacing the garage that connected the properties is a new welcoming atrium entrance. NBSS has Read More…
ATTENTION RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS GVW is working on the MassDOT Vent Building at 201 North St. and will begin deliveries and installation of panels. • Crane Delivery:10/30/13 • Panel Deliveries & Installation: 11/1/13 – 11/8/13 • Work hours: 7:30am to 3:30pm There will be NO PARKING during this time in front of the Vent Read More…
The MassDOT contractor (G.V.W. Inc.) for the Callahan Tunnel Vent Building Project on North Street (not to be confused with the tunnel itself) has posted some construction updates on his web site. He will be posting updates every couple of weeks. Currently we are removing the exterior brick and block off of the south elevation Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUSEGp0aWcs] The Flight of the Angel was the highlight of the 103rd Fisherman’s Feast in honor of Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca, held on August 18, 2013 in Boston’s North End. As the society members bring the Madonna statue home to North Street, two side angels on balconies recite an Italian devotion followed by Read More…
A North Ender tells us that he had an unusually difficult time finding a resident parking spot today around lunchtime after circling for 45 minutes. Along the way, he came across a car on North Street in a resident spot with New Hampshire plates surrounded by orange cones (and obviously, no resident sticker). After contacting Read More…
OFFICINA 189, the Italian Shopping Experience, is a new boutique that has opened at 189 North Street in North Square, across from the Paul Revere House in Boston’s North End. Officina translates from Italian to “workshop” and 189 is the address number on North Street. Owner Fabrizio Di Rienzo is from Milan and comes from Read More…
Rehabilitation work is scheduled to start in mid-April at 201 North Street on the eight-story Vent Tunnel Building over the Callahan Tunnel. MassDOT and its contractor, GVW Inc., explained at a March 27, 2013 meeting that while the structure is sound, the bricks on the outside are literally falling off the building. All four sides Read More…
This is what North Street looks like everyday!