Remember back in December how the winter lights glowed during the season’s first snow? This weekend’s puzzle is only 35 pieces, but the shapes are smooth which will make putting them together a bit more difficult. How to play: Move and drag the pieces around just like a regular jigsaw puzzle. When two pieces are Read More…
The all-day Wednesday snow storm brought out kids of all ages to build snowmen. The whitening treatment also gave a frosty shimmer to the floating harbor ice. When it turned dark, the winter lights were all aglow. Photos by Matt Conti. High resolution gallery and prints.
As Christmas lights go, the North End / Waterfront truly puts on a world-class show. Here is a small selection of displays I found during the 2013 holiday season. See more Christmas photos and event posts. Photos by Matt Conti.
With 244 total votes, the Greenway Winter Lights poll results decisively show a preference for lighted trees and structures, as well as winter gardens and ice sculptures. Perhaps just as telling, the disco balls received the lowest number of votes, even less than leaving it empty. Read more in Greenway “Winter Lights” Turns to Plight. Read More…
Polls are not scientific. Related article: Greenway “Winter Lights” Turns to Plight Do you have an idea for a neighborhood poll? Let us know.
At a time of year when nearly every park and public place is bursting with decorative cheer, only a scrooge’s spirit would be lifted with the desolate bareness of the Greenway parks. In the North End, the “Winter Lights” program sponsored by the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy (RFKGC) has seemingly been abandoned. A last-minute Read More…
This is the second year that the North End Beautification Committee is decorating the North End streets for the holidays. New this year is a special tree lighting on Friday, December 7, 2012, 6:00 pm at the corner of Hanover and Cross Streets. The tree lighting is the same night as the Buon Natale Holiday Read More…
Walking through the North End one night this week, it had just stopped raining and all the holiday lights had that magical glow. I took out my camera and made this quick, but by no means complete, gallery of Christmas trees, decorated storefronts and holiday lights. (Photo by Matt Conti)
Video index: 00:00 Comments by Greenway Conservancy, Moskow Linn Architects and Payne Bouchier 10:00 Silk Road BBQ Interview 10:40 Live Music by 3 Part Invention 16:30 Concluding Remarks Perhaps in a bit of irony, one Greenway park was being evacuated at the same time another section of the park was being “occupied” by the Conservancy’s Read More…