by Ellen Hume | Jan 12, 2019 | Boston North End, Nazzaro, News
We were thrilled to read in the Boston Globe that State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz supports saving the Nazzaro Center from demolition, and will help us work to keep some public services, such as senior programs, there even when a new community center is built....
by Ellen Hume | Jan 11, 2019 | Boston North End, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Nazzaro, News
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/01/11/this-building-once-washed-masses-north-end-should-saved/n51LylkwkBq8DVpDOPzWVK/story.html#comments
by Ellen Hume | Dec 28, 2018 | Boston North End, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Nazzaro
Boston Mayor Mary Walsh’s office has reacted to our widespread community outcry to save the Nazzaro building for public use, but not in the way we had hoped! We expected the Mayor to show he is listening to concerned voters by: removing the Nazzaro building from the...
by Ellen Hume | Dec 6, 2018 | News
When Michael Nazzaro Jr. returned to the North End sixty years ago to establish his vibrant insurance business here, this Italian-American neighborhood was in shock from what had just happened next door in the West End. Now all that is left of that West End...
by Ellen Hume | Nov 28, 2018 | Boston North End, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Nazzaro, Polcari Playground, Uncertain Future
Mayor Walsh is preparing to sell the Nazzaro Community Center for private condo development, with an uncertain future also for the public playground in front. Generations of Bostonians have used this iconic public building and playground, for over 100 years. We are...
by Ellen Hume | Nov 27, 2018 | Boston North End, Nazzaro, Significance
Architectural Significance [UPDATED PDF] The North End Bath House and Gymnasium (Nazzaro Community Center) (MACRIS Inventory No. BOS.5405) is the last public building remaining in the original North End Municipal Area on North Bennet St. (MACRIS Inventory No. BOS.ACN...
by Ellen Hume | Nov 14, 2018 | Boston North End, Nazzaro, 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 20th...
by Ellen Hume | Nov 12, 2018 | Boston North End, Nazzaro, Significance
Historical Significance [UPDATED PDF] The North End Public Bath and Gymnasium (now known as the Nazzaro Community Center) is a well-preserved artifact of America’s immigrant era in the early 20th century, when social reformers struggled to respond to the overwhelming...
by Ellen Hume | Nov 9, 2018 | Boston North End, Nazzaro, News
Guest Editorial, Post-Gazette, Nov. 9, 2018 www.BostonPostGazette.com What would the late State Rep. Michael Nazzaro think of the city of Boston’s plans sell the North End’s beloved Nazzaro Community Center that bears his name, in order for a private developer to...
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