Topic: Business
Businesses, corporations, executives, those commonly identified with a business
Trains to Planes: How the Boston & Maine Became Pan Am The Boston & Maine Rail Road was a major institution in the West End as it transported people and goods around New England. Yet as the rail industry evolved and faced new challenges the B&M struggled financially. Eventually, bankruptcies and acquisitions led to trains…
This conclusion to the story of Jewish businesses in the West End explains how small business interacted with the diverse immigrant neighborhood.
A Restaurant Tour of the Modern West End The West End of Boston might be smaller than other neighborhoods, but its food culture still packs a punch. Across the present-day and historic areas of the neighborhood, foodies can find fine dining, quick bites, family owned-restaurants, and relics of the old days of the West End.…
123 Causeway Street and the Waldorf Cafeteria Craze On the odd-numbered side of Causeway Street, between the Santander Bank and Halftime King of Pizza, sits a building that looks out of place. Its street level is adorned with an unmarked door flanked by McDonald’s ads. The second story is dominated by a large, uniquely framed…
The Thriving Jewish Marketplace of Boston’s Old West End Part Three: Yiddish Books to Fashionable Looks This article is the fourth part of a series exploring Jewish life in the Old West End. This third part in our business series describes the Jewish shops, services, and professionals in the West End. Pharmacies, antique dealers, doctors,…
Mickey Redstone Mickey Redstone was the father of Sumner Redstone and a media conglomerate. He started his career in entertainment owning nightclubs before rising to prominence as the head of a national theatre exhibition company. Redstone was raised in the West End by immigrant parents and his early Boston experiences helped fuel the canny business…
The Thriving Jewish Marketplace of Boston’s Old West End Part Two: Deli Meats to Kosher Eats This article is the third part of a series exploring Jewish life in the Old West End. This second part in our business series describes the many options for West Enders to purchase Jewish foods. Bakeries, delis, kosher butchers,…
The West End News: Headlines in the Summer of 1926One Summer in the West End, Part Two Over the course of four months in the summer of 1926, Lou Coffee and Francis R. Whelton published a newspaper by West Enders for West Enders. These papers gave a glimpse into the diverse immigrant neighborhood facing the…
