Lecture at Atheneum Explores Evolution of West End Over Past Nearly 400 Years
The Boston Sun
For his sold-out lecture on Friday, Dec. 1, at the Boston Athenaeum, Bob Potenza, the curatorial manager for the West End Museum, will discuss how that neighborhood has changed and evolved over the course of the last nearly 400 years.
In 1625, William Blaxton (surname alternately spelled ‘Blackstone’) first settled where the West End is located today. He was soon joined by Puritan settlers during their great migration to Boston, which took place roughly between 1630 and 1640, said Potenza ahead of his ‘The West End: 400 Years of Urban Development’ lecture.