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Charles AngoffYou are here:Home

Charles Angoff (1902-1979) was a West Ender originally from Minsk who went on to a career in writing and publishing. His series of semi-autobiographical novels following the immigrant Polonsky family reflected on his youth in the dive...


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The West Enders Who’d Rather Not Be Here: The Past and Present of Jails in the West EndYou are here:Home

Join the WEM volunteer Brendan Kent on a guided tour of the jails of the West End through the past four centuries. From the original Boston Gaol to the modern N...


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Behind Closed Doors: Illegal Gambling at 11 Irving StreetYou are here:Home

In August of 1949, Boston Police raided an apartment at 11 Irving Street. Inside they found evidence of illegal gambling connected to a nationwide baseball betting racket. This raid and the ...


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Hammatt Billings: Architect and Illustrator of AbolitionYou are here:Home

When he died in 1874 at the age of 56, Hammatt Billings was described as, “one of the best known of his profession in the country.” His name was a “household word where art was appreciated.”&...


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J.W. Strom and the Bowdoin Square MusuemYou are here:Home

For a brief period of less than three years, J.W. Strom ran the Bowdoin Square Museum from the Parkman Building in Bowdoin Square. More of an enclosed carnival sideshow than our notion of a modern day museum,...


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