The City announced that it will be creating and distributing 12 new transferable all-alcohol licenses last year. Since then, nine North End restaurants have sought support from the Neighborhood Council to upgrade their licenses from Beer, Wine, & Cordials to All-Alcohol. The Council has unanimously supported all of the requests.
Richard and Adriana Travaglione, owner/operators of Riccardo's in North Square and Giacomo's on Hanover Street, recently received approval to open a third restaurant: North End Lobster Company after getting unanimous support from the Neighborhood Council back in March. In 2021, they received approval to expand Giacomo's into the second floor of the existing space to add an additional 20 seats.
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The RMR Group of Newton has submitted a Project Notification Form (PNF) for redeveloping the southwest corner of Causeway and North Washington streets which includes a 447 foot tower. The window for public comment on the proposal closes on Monday, October 28th.
The entire collection can be found on Digital Commonwealth. Here are a few that caught my eye. Thanks to the Friends of the North End Library for passing them along.
Most slides are from 1975, but some date back to the 1950s
The Eliot K8 Innovation school outperformed the State and City MCAS averages by a wide margin again in 2024. In fact, more students at the Eliot school meet or exceed expectations in Math and Reading than almost any other K8 school in the state.
Further, while scores at most districts in the state and schools in Boston lag far behind the benchmarks set in 2019, the Eliot school's tests show that students have largely made up for pandemic setbacks - or were never setback in the first place.
Eight years ago today, the Herald Published an article about neighborhood opposition to the proposed redevelopment of 60-70 Cross Street by Charter Realty. The president of the Neighborhood Council at the time explained that some residents didn't believe the design matched the historical nature of the neighborhood.
The last paragraph of the article gives a hint at the turmoil that came later - which ultimately saw the project cancelled .
These photographs (ten of them) were taken from the chimney atop Lincoln Wharf Substation in 1900. They are available online through the BPL and Digital Commonwealth.
