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2007
4th Annual Northern Avenue Bridge Holiday Tree Lighting with Mayor Menino!
On November 27, nearly 100 people joined Mayor Thomas Menino and the Friends of Fort Point Channel on the historic Northern Avenue Bridge to celebrate the start of the holiday season. The event marked fourth annual Northern Avenue Bridge Tree Lighting organized by the Friends of Fort Point Channel. Mayor Thomas Menino was on hand to flip the switch, lighting 25 festive evergreens along the pedestrian walkway. Passersby were treated to Christmas carols performed by Singing Santa as well as homemade holiday treats and hot cocoa, compliments of the Daily Catch.
4th Annual Pumpkin Pageant - October 30
The fourth annual Great Pumpkin Pageant was a great success this year with over 200 participants in the event. It was held on the children’s harbor walk in front of the Boston Children’s Museum on October 30th. Local families came out to paint and carve pumpkins. Area youth groups including South Boston’s Neighborhood House and Boys and Girls Club, Nazzaro Center in the North End, Keylatch program, and Germantown Community Center in Quincy also participated in the festivities. The groups were treated to trolley rides to and from the event courtesy of old town trolley. Pumpkin highlights included Red Sox B’s and many scary faces.
Click here to see pictures from this great event!
Taste of the Channel- June 14
Eleven
great restaurants were the draw for 1700 participants at the John J.
Moakley Courthouse June 14. Throngs surrounded the City's IPod
shuffle raffle- available in time to download the Fort Point
Channel audio walking tour, coming soon. The Boston Harbor
Islands NationalPark dispensed maps and information along with the
Boston Metro. The Friends table featured free bottled water and
Revel's CD raffle as well. We thank Conventures and the Metro for
making this the best Taste ever.
Nancy Seasholes and The BHA take a walk on the Fort Point Channel- May 24
We
joined Nancy, Vivien Li, Executive Director of The Boston Harbor
Association and a curious crowd to learn more about "made land" at the
Channel.
A
highlight of the walk was Nancy's signing of her new book "Walking
Tours of Boston's Made Land". Visit http://mitpress.mit.edu to
read a review!
The Friends "Say it with Flowers".
On May 3rdfrom
11-2 The Friends gave away 1000 free gerber daisy plants and 2007
Channel Guides and Massachusetts Convention Center walking maps at
three locations around the Channel: The Hood Milk Bottle at the Boston
Children's Museum, the old Northern Avenue Bridge and Independence
Wharf and the Greenway. See the CALENDAR page for our May
through September events on, in, and around the Channel.
March 22 Walk over the Channel with WalkBoston
On
March 22 at 4 PM the Friends joined WalkBoston’s
Annual meeting walk from the ICA/Seaport/Harbor Walk to 60 State Street
with Bernard Cohen, MA Transportation Secretary. A stop on the
old
Northern Ave. bridge featured a short talk by our directors Neil
Gordon, President and our Treasurer and Program Chair, Shawn Ford.
All one hundred and fifty walkers also received a sports bottle
of "Friends of Fort Point Channel" water as well!!
Winter HarborWalk Tour
Over 80
walkers joined Vivien Li from The Boston Harbor Association in
conjunction with WalkBoston, for an Urban Winter HarborWalk on 9
January 2007 from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. We met at John Joseph Moakley
Courthouse and explored art along Fan Pier, enjoyed views of the new
Institute of Contemporary Art with free hot chocolate, crossed the
historic Northern Avenue Bridge, and walked through the lobby of the
InterContinental Boston to end up on the HarborWalk.
The day and walk was brisk, and the information enlightening. Deborah
Carey, from The Friends of Fort Point Channel gave a brief talk on the
Northern Ave. Bridge, where the Friends lighted trees welcomed
passersby’s.
2006
MAYOR MENINO SETS THE NORTHERN AVENUE BRIDGE AND THE FORT POINT CHANNEL AGLOW!
On Wednesday, December 6, 2006 over 130
colleagues, friends, and family members joined Mayor Thomas M. Menino
and the Friends of Fort Point Channel as the Mayor flipped the switch
at the Second Annual Northern Avenue Bridge Illumination.
This year, in addition to the traditional evergreen trees that
have illuminated the bridge in the past, the bridge itself was outlined
in holiday lights, as was the brand new HarborWalk Tree at the
InterContinental Hotel. The Mayor thanked Joe Fallon for his
generosity in lighting the Bridge, and the Friends of Fort Point
Channel for sponsoring the entire event again this year.
Pictured at the right with Mayor Menino is Shawn P. Ford, Treasurer of the
Friends of Fort Point Channel and Deborah Allen Carey, the Friends
Executive Director. Thanks also to The Daily Catch for FREE
holiday refreshments, cookies, and steaming cups of hot chocolate!
This winter holiday event is
sponsored by the Friends of Fort Point Channel, a non-profit
organization committed to making the Fort Point Channel an exciting and
welcoming destination for all of Boston’s residents, workforce
and visitors. The Friends, incorporated in 2004, is led by a
Board of Directors consisting of neighborhood residents, advocates,
public agencies and private landowners, and its efforts are funded by
voluntary contributions. We strive to create, support and promote a
wide variety of programs, activities and events that invite visitors,
residents and employees to enjoy the unique qualities of the Channel;
provide access to the water and its edge; and create enjoyable
experiences along the Channel. For more information visit:
OUR 2006 FALL PUMPKIN PAGEANT AND "TASTE" OF THE CHANNEL
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OTHER NEWS OF OUR MEMBERS:
InterContinental Boston Opens
A city known for important landmarks has yet another
The new InterContinental Boston has recently opened its doors and
symbolizes a new luxury hotel era in America's original city. With its
elegant, reflective blue glass architecture & sleek polished
granite, InterContinental Boston is the city's newest landmark.
Visit http://www.intercontinentalboston.com/iflash.html to take a photo tour.
Coming Soon on the Channel !
The New Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum
The New Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum is currently undergoing a
complete renovation with plans to reopen soon. With additional ships, a
new museum, educational spaces and more amenities, this attraction will
be a must see on the Channel.
For more information call (617) 338-1733.
The Enhanced and Enlarged Boston Children’s Museum
Visit their website or call to learn more: http://www.bostonchildrensmuseum.org/newmuseum/ Or (617) 426-8855.
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