The annual move-in street trash piles started September 1st in their typical mountain style. The first trash pickup helped, but it took more cycles by Boston Public Works before things started looking up later in the day. By the end of the day Friday, most of the North End streets looked to be in decent Read More…
There’s been a trend with North End parking where the city hasn’t been posting “no parking” signs soon enough; and they have merely placed papers on the windshield wipers for display. See attached this paper. I had parked my vehicle on Monday 8/28 morning, and street cleaning wasn’t supposed to be posted until the first Read More…
Things to know for Tuesday! Tall Ships in Boston through June 22nd. This event is comprised of over 50 majestic ships from around the world. The parade kicked off five days of nautical festivities including re-enactments, musical performances, ceremonies and daily free public boarding of the ships. Visit SAIL BOSTON for more information. 11:00 a.m. Eliot School Renovation Groundbreaking at 585 Read More…
You’ve seen them on the highways, and now digital parking and traffic signs will be coming to the North End. As the first Boston neighborhood to receive digital signs, the effort will be funded with $500,000 from the city’s budget, according to the Boston Herald, with installation by the end of the summer. If things go Read More…
Last month, I posted a new interactive North End parking map highlighting parking lots and garages in the nearby area. Below is an additional resource – an interactive map of metered and visitor parking spots in the North End / Waterfront area. Click on the parking icons to find details about each marked location. Boston parking Read More…
Preparing you for Monday Bobby Orr’s statue has a new location: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSEhGD6jCWU/?taken-at=254372545 [hr] Notable news found elsewhere: Dreams of a common on the waterfront The author has obviously never been to Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park when talks about bringing a “jaw-dropping” park along Boston Harbor. One of the state’s biggest parks organizations is scouting sites in Read More…
Parking in the North End / Waterfront neighborhoods can be a nightmare, especially without a resident sticker (and, let’s be honest, it’s no walk in the park for residents either – pun intended). Visitor parking spots are few and far between, with different restrictions depending on the day, and rarely let you park for more Read More…
After losing many resident parking spaces to construction, cycle track and sewer work, the North End is gaining back some core spots around the neighborhood as the Boston Transportation Department rolls out new parking zones in early 2017. Hanover Street On Hanover Street, from Prince to Cross Street, approximately 20 new resident permit parking spaces will Read More…
At this week’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC), General Manager of ZipCar Boston, Jeremy Pomp, discussed the company’s involvement in the City of Boston’s 3-month old pilot “Drive Boston” car share program recently implemented in the North End. ZipCar is using two on-street spots on Cross Street, former residential parking Read More…
Enterprise car rental and ZipCar companies have installed at least four “Drive Boston” car share spaces this week in what were formally North End resident parking spots. There are newly painted spaces with the companies corporate logo on Commercial Street near the Coast Guard station and on Cross Street near the Greenway. One resident reported the spaces Read More…
Joseph Pace, property owner at 42 Cross Street, is seeking a zoning change from commercial space to allow for parking on the property. Represented by Giovanni Demambro at the September 14, 2015 North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) meeting, it was explained that the building will be torn down and replaced with 12 parking spaces. The Read More…
When record snowfall buries Boston, the scarcity of residential parking spaces becomes more acute. Some use space savers, others literally don’t move their car and those who do sometimes get territorial. These photos are from Endicott Street where someone threw trash and other things on top of the car (that had a residential sticker). Read More…