Open Canal Street Sees Low Afternoon TurnoutNorth End Waterfront On Saturday, July 8th, 2017, The City of Boston closed vehicular traffic off to Canal Street from 10 AM to 8 PM. The whole length of the street was opened up for people to walk on. Thunderstorms and rain was forecasted, but the good weather held…
Museum pays tribute to the West End that wasBoston Globe THE WEST END MUSEUM on Staniford Street in Boston holds the history of a close-knit neighborhood that was destroyed in what would become known as the worst urban renewal project of the 20th century. On April 25, 1958, seven thousand residents of the West End received…
Photography Exhibit Reveals Property Owner’s Perspective On West End Urban RenewalNorth End Waterfront On display at The West End Museum from now until Fall 2017, are 60 year old photographs depicting the West End before the urban renewal that took place in the neighborhood. These photographs show the perspective of Eli Tarlin, a property owner in the…
June 2017 Newsletter Dear Friend of The West End Museum, We hope you had a wonderful albeit chilly Memorial Day full of fun and relaxation with family and friends, as well as the chance to reflect on and honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the U.S. military. Here…
Ira Tarlin: Recollections from the Son of a West End Landlord By Tim Larson For many years prior to the demolition of the West End, Ira Tarlin ran an extensive real estate business in the neighborhood. His story, and that of others who owned and managed properties in the community, is rarely told as part…
City Makes Available Original Property Records from Old West EndBy Matt Ellis According to City property records, the building at 13 Leverett St. in the old West End was owned by the Fisher family when the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) acquired it by eminent domain in 1959. Records now available for public review detail the…
Joe McDonald Named Museum PresidentBy Sue Minichiello Joe McDonald, a third-generation West End native and longtime community activist, has been named President of The West End Museum Board of Directors. McDonald served as a Board member for two years and as President of the West End Civic Association (WECA) in 2012. Now, as Museum President,…
Observations from the West End Jane’s WalkBy Nicholas DeBlasio On the afternoon of Saturday, May 6, a crowd of about 20 tourists, students and West End residents old and new filtered from the rain outside into The West End Museum. There, Duane Lucia greeted them. A seasoned neighborhood historian and current resident, Lucia served as…
Photography Exhibit Reveals Property Owners’s Perspecitve on West End Urban Renewal: Relates Unique & Rarely-Told Story Boston, MA—The West End Museum photography exhibit, Under the Wrecking Ball: A West End Landlord, depicts the buildings and architecture of the West End around just prior to demolition under urban renewal and conveys the perspective of a property…
For Brookline police officers, the past is present tenseBoston Globe “Look at this,” Brookline Police Chief Daniel O’Leary said, gesturing toward the gift shop at Boston’s Museum of African American History. A replica of a vintage sign dated April 24, 1851, advised “Colored people of Boston, one & all” to not converse with “watchmen,” as…