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Save the Nazzaro
What is happening
Success! Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed the Landmarks protection order for the historic Nazzaro building on Oct. 3, 2023.
Our Save the Nazzaro Coalition worked five years to get to this moment. We originally presented our two petitions at the Landmarks Commission hearing Feb. 12, 2019 with an estimated 1,500 signatures. A standing-room-only crowd spoke eloquently about protecting this iconic original bath house building and playground. After at Covid interruption, the Landmarks Commission this month approved its final study report advocating that the Nazzaro building be officially protected with landmark status, expanding on our original research. This new protection will preserve the building’s architecturally significant exterior, while still allowing interior redesign, upgrades and new public uses.
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Thank You
Mayor Wu, who has also pledged to keep the building in public use, particularly for seniors, as a modern community gym facility is built in a new location. We also owe huge thanks to Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and Sen. Lydia Edwards, who were instrumental in getting the landmark approved.
• Architecture inspired by the Villa Medici in Rome
• Welterweight World Champion Tony DeMarco trained here
• Sponsored by President John F. Kennedy’s grandfather, “Honey Fitz”
• Progressive Era bathhouse for 20th century European immigrants
• Popular public meeting place for after-school programs, seniors, community meetings, holiday parties and voting for over 100 years.
SAVE THE NAZZARO
SAVE THE NAZZARO
Read from our blog
Text from the Boston Landmark’s Commission Petition
Click image for pdf Historical Significance: The North End Public Bath and Gymnasium (now known as the Nazzaro Community Center), which is situated at one end of the North End Playground, is a well-preserved artifact of America’s immigrant era in the early...