The Brief Reign of Daniel A. Whelton, Mayor of BostonYou are here:HomeHistoryEraImmigrant NeighborhoodThe Brief Reign of Daniel… On September 14, 1905, Bostonians were shocked by the sudden death of their mayor, Patrick Collins. Collins died from an acute attack of gastritis at the Homestead Hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia, where he had been recuperating “from| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
Destruction and Disappointment: The Legacy of Boston’s Central ArteryYou are here:HomeHistoryTopicCity PlanningDestruction and Disappointment: The Legacy… Boston’s Central Artery promised relief to the city’s traffic dilemma, but as with most major building projects of the mid-20th century, it brought demolition, displacement, and ultimately disappointment. Less than 20 years after the first automobiles hit the dirt| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
The West End News: Headlines in the Summer of 1926One Summer in the West End, Part TwoYou are here:HomeHistoryTopicArt & LiteratureThe West End News: Headlines… Over the course of four months in the summer of 1926, Lou Coffee and Francis R. Whelton published a newspaper by West Enders for West Enders. These papers gave a| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
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The Greatest Political Enemies of the 20th Century: West End's Lomasney Vs. Mayor CurleyYou are here:HomeHistoryEraImmigrant NeighborhoodThe Greatest Political Enemies of… In the early decades of the 20th century, two towering figures dominated Boston's political landscape. Their rivalry was so bitter that it reshaped the very nature of urban Democratic politics. The feud between Martin| The West End Museum – Boston's Neighborhood Museum
