A Changing Canal StreetBy Kathleen Bondi As the weather in Boston begins to cool, the sports scene heats up. There’s the onset of Soxtober playoffs plus more Patriots’ action and — in the West End — the Bruins home season opener and the Celtics last preseason home game at the TD Garden. If you haven’t…
Share Your Story Project Preserves West End MemoriesBy Matt Ellis It’s been more than half a century since the buildings and streets of the old West End disappeared under urban renewal. Many families forced to move from “the greatest neighborhood this side of heaven” have scattered further, to their retirement in a southern state or…
Joe Greenberg: A Museum Volunteer’s West End MemoriesBy Nicholas DeBlasio The atmosphere inside The West End Museum is always brightened by the arrival of volunteer and former West Ender, Joe Greenberg. Often, when joined by other old residents and volunteers, the mood becomes more like that of a neighborhood clubhouse than a museum. That communal,…
October 2017 Newsletter Dear Friend of The West End Museum, We hope your summer brought fun in the sun with family and friends and — for those of you in New England — that you’re looking forward to the changing leaves, crisp air and farm stands teeming with apples and pumpkins. As we settle into…
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree NightPost-Gazette For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on Tuesday,…
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree NightWe the Italians For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on Tuesday,…
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree NightNorth End Waterfront For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on Tuesday,…
West End Museum Hosts 8th Annual Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night Boston, MA—For the eighth consecutive year, The West End Museum marks Italian Heritage Month by recognizing individuals of Italian descent for their contributions to preserving the culture of the West End and its rich immigrant history. Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night takes place on…
Caroline White-Nockleby, Share Your Story Volunteer Project CoordinatorBy Nicholas DeBlasio A Boston native, Caroline White-Nockleby White-Nockleby first discovered The West End Museum during her commute to the Museum of Science, where she was working to get high school students involved in science programs. As a former American Studies major with a strong interest in family…
Charles St Jail HistoryBeacon Hill Times For Tuesday’s third and final Twilight Talk presented by Historic New England and the Victorian Society in America/New England Chapter at the Harrison Gray Otis House, award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist Joseph McMaster recounted the history of the Charles Street Jail, from its origins as a state-of-the-art facility through…