History
This is the community activist who the greenway was named after.
Who is Mary Ellen Welch?
Three streets on Eagle Hill that are named after Birds.
What are Falcon, East Eagle, and Condor?
The name of the old movie theatre that used to be located on Meridian street.
What is The Seville?
This shipbuilder who lived in East Boston built some of the sleekest and fastest Clipperships of the time.
Who is Donald McKay?
This is a distinction of the East Boston Branch Library.
What was the first local branch of the BPL, established in 1870?
This was the first naval battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Chelsea Creek?
These are the four main squares in East Boston.
What are Maverick, Central, Day, and Orient Heights Squares?
This is the name of the Fredrick Law Olmsted-designed park that was razed in 1968 by MassPort to expand the airport.
What is Wood Island Park?
This person was most responsible for the development of East Boston.
Who is William Sumner?
This was what the Maverick Mother’s were protesting.
What is the truck traffic speeding down Maverick Street to Logan airport endangering the children?
What is 1631?
This was the location of the East Boston Immigration Center.
What is Marginal Street?
This was the original purpose of the Trinity Neighborhood House (At the corner of White and Meridian street)
What was a settlement house serving immigrant families?
The first official resident of East Boston
Who is Samuel Maverick?
This famous racehorse was discovered at East Boston‘s Suffolk Downs Racetrack.
Who is Seabiscuit?
This is what used to be where Belle Isle Marsh currently exists.
What is a Drive-in Movie Theatre?
East Boston high school is situated on what was formally this.
What is the East Boston reservior?
This is the old name of the building on Porter Street that is now called the North Suffolk Community Behavioral Health Center.
What is the East Boston Relief Station?
This US president’s grandfather was born in East Boston?
Who is JFK (his grandfather was Patrick Joseph Kennedy)?
This is the name of Donald McKay‘s fastest clippership in his fleet.
What is The Flying Cloud?
This human services agency has been serving the community for over a hundred years.
What is the East Boston Social Centers?
These five islands made up what is now East Boston
What are Noddles, Hog, Governor’s, Bird, and Apple?
This was the first residence built in East Boston at the corner of Webster and Cottage Streets.
What is the Guy Haynes House?
This was the known leader of the Maverick Mothers.
Who is Anna DeFronzo?
This famous Red Sox Player grew up in East Boston?
Who is Tony Conigliaro?