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AllianceViews Fort Point Channel: Nicer for Noses, Better for Boats! Article Courtesy of: Boston Preservation Alliance - POSTED BY: SARAH KELLY Carole Charnow, President of the Boston Children’s Museum; Mayor Menino; Senator Jack Hart; Danielle Pillion, Executive Director of the Friends of Fort Point Channel; and Boston City Councilors Bill Linehan and Felix Arroyo sound off air [...]
Nearby Neighborhoods: Fort Point A guide to Boston’s transformed waterfront By Amy Laskowski share it! Photos by Vernon Doucette – Article Courtesy of: BU Today Few city neighborhoods have undergone the kind of recent transformation that Fort Point has. Comprising about 100 waterfront acres in the South End, the area has become Boston’s hottest—and hippest—district. [...]
Support Friends of the Fort Point Channel! Halloween on the Harbor! We now have 14 partners (Barking Crab is part of HOTH again – yay!) Each location is planning special prizes, treats and entertainment! Just found out Jerry Remy’s Seaport is having a costume contest with 3 prizes and a DJ starting at 930. Lots [...]
About Christine Vaillancourt Christine received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MA from the Rhode Island School of Design, with continuing education at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Kent State University. Christine Vaillancourt was the recipient of the Best in Show Award at the [...]
‘Golden Age of Travel’ on display at Boston gallery By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent Article Courtesy of: Boston.com It is called the “Golden Age of Travel,” those long-ago, pre-TSA days in the early 20th century when travel was largely done by the wealthy and was viewed as far more glamorous and romantic than it [...]
Twice each year the artists of Fort Point invite the public to visit our studios. Open Studios is an opportunity visit studios, meet artists, and see the work in the environment where it was created. Most of the artwork you see is available for purchase. Visitors to Open Studios pick up a map and directory [...]
South Boston Innovation District takes shape (in all sizes) Article Courtesy of the Boston Business Journal by Galen Moore In one fell swoop on Jan. 24, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: VRTX) took care of 1 million square feet of untenanted real estate in South Boston’s waterfront. But most of the companies moving to South [...]
$100 Works on Paper FPAC to Host $100 Works on Paper Fundraiser The Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC) is proud to present “Paper Chase 100″, a group exhibition to benefit FPAC. The exhibition will be comprised completely of unframed works on paper by FPAC Members, all priced at $100 each. This is the first exhibition [...]
Smith & Wollensky makes Boston its base Headquarters is near new Fort Point outlet August 23, 2011|By Casey Ross, Globe Staff Smith & Wollensky is establishing its corporate headquarters in Boston’s financial district, a few blocks from a restaurant the steakhouse chain is opening next month along Fort Point Channel. The decision has significantly increased [...]
Smooth Sailing for Fort Point Channel Public Docks & Programs The Fort Point Channel’s revitalization should be ’smooth sailing’ from this point forward! The Harbor Line Exemption legislation (originally filed by Senator Jack Hart of South Boston) was signed by Governor Deval Patrick on August 3, 2010 as part of the Watersheet Activation Plan, which was [...]
Institute of Contemporary Art Hosts First Ever Cliff Diving Event! AUG 20, 2011 at 3:00 PM Boston, Massachusetts, will host the penultimate stop in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011. It’s the competition’s first ever visit to mainland USA. Often called the “Cradle of American History,” Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1630 and [...]
Area’s glittering transformation takes a big step July 07, 2011|By Ben Wolford, Globe Correspondent ARTICLE COURTESY OF: BOSTON GLOBE Public and private officials celebrated a significant step in the revival of the Fort Point Channel yesterday with the opening of an information center along the waterfront. Mayor Thomas M. Menino and executives of nonprofits attended [...]
Brightcove joins move to Boston waterfront July 05, 2011|By Casey Ross, Globe Staff Article Courtesy of Boston Globe: CLICK HERE Brightcove Inc., a fast-growing purveyor of digital media products, is the latest company to relocate to a new tower on the Boston waterfront, bringing another marquee name to the up-and-coming neighborhood. The 280-employee firm has [...]
Join us for the Pirates & Patriots Tour Launch! Proposed Exhibits for the Boston Tea Part Ships & Museum The all-new Boston museum will be located in the middle of the Fort Point Channel and will include interactive exhibits; fascinating videos, living history programs, three dimensional displays and authentic memorabilia that will transport guests back [...]
Boston Pops & Fireworks on the Charles River is in Full Swing for the Fourth of July Celebration in Boston. Don’t miss this spectacular event! Fourth of July Boston Event Schedule Sunday, July 3rd Concert 4:00PM Oval opens 8:30PM Concert begins 9:30PM “1812 Overture” is played 10:00PM Concert ends NO FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON JULY 3RD [...]
Boston beaches: Clean at last June 23, 2011|By Bruce Berman ON DEC. 23, 1985, the late US District Court Judge A. David Mazzone issued his first order in the Boston Harbor case, writing that “the law secures to the people the right to a clean harbor.’’ In September 2000, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority ended [...]
Gazelle bounds into Boston’s Fort Point Channel; outsources logistics to Texas firm By Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist Gazelle chief executive Israel Ganot mentioned to me over the weekend that his company is planning a move this summer from Allston to Boston’s Fort Point Channel neighborhood. The company buys and sells used consumer electronics, from Blu-ray [...]
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