All posts tagged "west end"
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7.1KbostonMary Antin, Poster Child for Letting Immigrants Into America
Mary Antin wrote a poem praising George Washington just a few years after she arrived in Boston a poor, 13-year-old Russian Jew...
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19.1K4Arts and LeisureHow the Jewish Immigrants Came to New England
It’s an oft-told story about the Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty on New York’s Lower East Side to prominence through hard...
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46.6K12Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a Boston Accent (Not for the Faint of Haht)
The Boston accent has brought many an actor to grief, especially these days as films about the city just keep coming. George...
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17.2K10Crime and ScandalKing Charles Solomon, Boston’s Answer to Al Capone, Gunned Down in Mob Shooting
King Charles Solomon ruled Boston’s underworld without challenge until a small-time gangster gunned him down in the men’s room of the Cotton...
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