Yeah, my great-grandfather, Charles Henry Jewell, was the bell ringer at the Old North Church....in fact, members of my family rang for 95 years. Daddy took me there, in the steeple, when I was 7 or 8.....put a rope in my hand, and damn it, I rang a bell....sordid stories about Red Coats in the celler of the church.....my daddy told me, because his grand-father told him......I'm 71.....will never forget.....
Beacon Hill and Charles Street are my old college stomping ground from the Emerson days. I love that neighborhood and make sure to visit it every time I'm back in Boston visiting family.
Am preparing a presentation comparing the Georgian houses of Greenwich in London, UK, to these houses in Beacon Hill. This video is my starting point. Could not have hoped for a better introduction. Thank you!
Yes, the North End of Boston was inhabited by the Irish......the lads built the railroads, and the English Industrial Architecture that Inlive in now, with brick arches, (4).....more exposed brick, it's everywhere, and granite walls....I live in the Granite State.....no, it's not for sale.....just gorgeous.... love at first sight.....Interior Designer, here.....
You keep missing key century time period from 18th weren't those houses built in that time period, you keep making it should you skip a century to a much later time like Beacon hill built around the mid-1700s, not in mid -1800s it like you keep screwing the time line all wrong am I wrong in to hear you right?
Great segment, Anthony (and Robert). The bit about the tower with the tar bucket. This was the best piece of information, contained within the video. Do we know exactly the present day whereabouts of where this "tar tower" stood within the neighborhood? Also, great photo submissions!
