Description: Evolution of the North End through the eyes of long-time neighbors and merchants. John Polcari on changing his restaurant to cater to younger clientele. Photos of elderly residents.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/16/1985
Description: North End Italian Band and leader Guy Giarraffa parade through patron saint festival. Interview with Giarraffa on the history of the band, which was previously called the Roma Band. Interviews with North End residents on the band. Photographs of Girraffa from his childhood.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/19/1988
Description: Whittier Place sign and high-rise buildings of Charles River Park. Brick buildings in North End. Laundry hangs from clothesline out window. Drago's Italian Bakery storefront and pizza sign. Prince building near waterfront. Environs near Commercial Street. Lobsters sign. All-day parking $2.25. Victorian houses on Ashmont Hill. Complex roof with eyebrow window, turret, balustrade on widow's walk. Mansards. Decrepit facades in Codman Square. Liquor store on Washington Street. “We Can” Neighborhood Improvement Association. Blackstone Park in South End. Housing project. Elevated orange line structure (no trains) runs down middle of street. Attached brick townhouses on Union Park. Rehabilitation in progress; building permit displayed in window. Ornate dormer, white iron balcony. St. Germain street sign. Gentrification, condominium development.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/14/1979
Description: Master Italian winemaker demonstrates the selection of suitable grapes at Chelsea produce market, but makes wine no longer because of his advanced age.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/26/1987
Description: Steeple of Old North Church on Salem Street in North End. Paul Revere plaque inside bell tower (belfry). Big bell moved into place on rollers. Bell lifted off truck bed with ropes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1983
Description: PEOPLE, STREET SCENES AROUND NORTH END AND FANEUIL HALL. PEDESTRIANS. TODDLER IN SNOWSUIT TAKING STEPS INDEPENDENT OF MOTHER.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/19/1984