News and Updates

Last week I posted the first in a long series of letters written by members of the Everett family.  See the first letter, written on August 19, 1851. These letters were written between 1851 and 1859 and contain the correspondence Read More …

Years ago, Richard Card, the founding SEHS president, was told of the existence of a bunch of old letters stored in a shoebox in an attic of a South End house that was being renovated.  He purchased the letters, which Read More …

Last weekend I went to the book launch of The Boston Jazz Chronicles by Richard Vacca.  The launch was held in the most appropriate place possible: Wally’s Cafe.  Wally’s Cafe is the last remaining South End jazz club from the Read More …

You might have heard that the little one-story building at the corner of Tremont and Dwight Streets, seen at left, is slated for demolition.  A new building with condos upstairs and commercial space on the ground floor will take its Read More …

The South End Historical Society has several great lectures and walking tours coming up.  Check them out below.  If you would like to attend, please call 617-536-4445 or email admin@southendhistoricalsociety.org to sign up.  Reservations are required.

The Washington Street Elevated, 1929. Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection Back in February, local South End historian and South End News contributor Alison Barnet wrote a great column about the old Elevated train on Washington Street.  Read More …

continued from South End History, Part II: Boston’s Melting Pot… Daily Boston Globe headline, October 1955, afterthe demolition of the New York Streets neighborhood In the 1950s, the city of Boston started to investigate the possibility of redeveloping certain neighborhoods Read More …

There are several upcoming history related events in the Boston area.  Below are just a few that crossed my desk in the last couple of weeks.  I’ll be attending some of them and you should too.  Support your local historical Read More …

…continued from South End History, Part I: The “New” South End Image courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection. Most of the rowhouses in the South End did not remain single-family homes for long.  A few major events occurred Read More …