Volume 16, Issue 4, 2000

Dedicated to being the collective conscience of Urban Renewal and Eminent Domain in Boston
VOLUME 16 No.4
James Campana, Editor/Publisher
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The Controversy Continues
Richie Nedd's Letter
To the Editor:
My name is Richie Nedd. I am a black man and a former West Ender.
After reading the story about Jim Campano in the Wall Street Journal, I was totally offended by Father Groden's statements that
West Enders were racists.
As a carpenter by trade, I was the only black man on the job at West End Place. I was hired after Jim Campano brought me to the
developer's attention that as a black man and a former West Ender, I should be working on the job.
I was let go after only three weeks on the job, leaving an absence of Afro-Americans on the project at West End Place.
From my view as a black man, the only racists associated .with West End Place were the developers.
-Richie Nedd
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The West Ender then received this letter •from -Bob Kuehn:
Dear Editors:
In your last edition, you published a letter from Mr. Richie Nedd stating that he was the only minority tradesman employed during
the construction of West End Place; and he was laid off after only a brief period.
I do not know the details of Mr. Nedd's particular circumstances. However, I do know that his statement about minority employment
is incorrect. As documented in reports to the Boston Employment Commission, West End Place exceeded goals during construction as
follows:
[email protected]%
Resident . ; 7l,J~hours
Minority
38,382
18.9%
Women
4,407
2.2%
Total
203,192 hours 100.00%
In addition, West End Place entered into subcontracts with minority-owned companies total_ing over $1.3 million with women~
owned fmns in the amount of about $200,000. Thank you for the opportunity to correct the record.
Sincerely
Robert H. Kuehn, Jr.
RHK/dmp
Richie's Answer
I called RichiC?. and he said he was only talking about the carpenters and reiterated his statement that there were no black carpenters
on the job.
When I called Bob Kuehn about the carpenters, he said he was sure there were a lot of minority carpenters on the job but separate
figures for carpenters were not available. I asked why Richie was let go after three weeks and not rehired. Bob ~id he did not know.
I also asked Bob if they had a list of former West Enders who had been hired at West End Place fulfilling the requirement that West
Enders be given preferences on jobs at West End Place. He said he was sure they had some, but hiring figures were not available for
former West Enders.
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DECEMBER 2000
(617) 628-2479
Memories of
liberal
hypocrisy
While reading your article about Jim
Campano's career, I was reminded of an
incident that occurred while I was a young
teenager growing up in the West End.
Hank Shnay, the originator of 'Slush,' and
a West End legend, would frequen~y pack
a number of us in the back of his Slush
Van and take us on an adventure out to
the suburbs -where we could go for a swim
and maybe raise a little hell .
On this_ particular Sunday, we found
ourselves at Walden Pond. It was a beautiful day for a swim. We were a typical
West End gang made up of many different nationalities, with just one thing on
our collective mind -to jump into the pond
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and cool off.
p(nil
crowdedthat day and everyone there seemed to be having a great
time. That was until we jumped into the
water. what happened then waS quite astonishing. Everyone near us left the water to head for dry land and just gaped at
us as though .we were from Mars.
It didn't take too long for us to figure
out what was going on-one of our number was Black, and every time he went
into the water, they got out; each time he
got out, they went in.
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I often recall this incident t?ecause it illustrates the hypocrisy ofthe liberals. Remember, this incidenttook place at a bastion of liberal thinking -Concord, MA- and
at a liberal shrine -Walden 'P ond.
So don't ever allow any of those 1iinousine liberals to call West Enders racists
because we foolishly trusted them. We
know where the true racists are, don't we?
•Arnold Ventresca
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become the proo/rty of The West Ender.
Jim Campano is the only person authorized to accept
memorabilia for The West Ender {~'ISig_ns
2000 West Ender Gold Club
The following West Enders have contributed $500.00 to our cause
for 2000, aimed at keeping alive the spirit of the West End.
FRANK PRIVITERA
Dear Jim;
After reading your story in The
West Ender, I can understand your
disappointment and frustration
with what went on in the West End
and the disappointment you recently suffered. Some years ago I
attended one of the reunions and
talked to several of the past residents ahd they were dishearten that
they lost their place in the West
End. They seemed to have never
found their pleasure of living and
community outside of the West
End.
As we know, the West End was
a cross section of races and religions all living and interacting together and getting along very well.
There probably is not an area in
this country today that is like the
West End community model.
In the days of the old West End
the people were taken in by the
developers and politicians. In
today's environment that probably
would not happen because of the
strength of knowledge and how
best to · use the political system.
Most of the politicians that were
supported by the people in the
West End let them down and that
includes some of the very great liberals and conservatives of today
and yesterday. Those who talked
about wanting to do well for us,
but never did when we needed them.
A few years ago we started on
the right tract by eliminating many
of the old cronies from our congress. The people need to take back
the country by getting more involved in political activities and
continuing the proeess to eliminate
those politicians who do not serve
the true interest of the people and
this country by demanding from
our representatives that they do
what we wish or they are out. Jim,
you have helped in the process by
creating awareness amongst your
readership how people can be
swindled by so-called do gooders.
In Texas they have a phase,
" Remember the Alamo". The
People of Massachusetts should
shout "Remember the West End".
Don't be to disheartened. You
have brought pleasure to many
people and have helped people to
fmd old friends through the West
Ender. In many ways you help us
maintain that sense of community.
Thank you for a job well done.
Your old friend,
Richie Te"anova
Dear Jim,
Just fmished reading that very
interesting article about you in the
Wall St. Journal. Nine children your mother must have been a
saint. On the other hand, in those
An island off of Booth Bay Harbor, .called Fishermtln Island, was relited by the George Brenner
Associotion for a week in July to get away and just relax together.
It turned out to be an unforgettable experience.
The picture was Ulken in front of the mansion at sunset.
Pictured are (1st row, I tor) Vincent Russo, George Gilboy, Paul Senecal; (2nd row, I tor) Col. Alan
Gropman, Jackie Gropman, Dorothy Russo, Cornelia KeUy-LaCambria, Luco LaCambria, George
MinichieUo, EUen MinichieUo; (3rd row, I tor) Sal Pustizzi, Barbara Senecal, Anthony LaCambria,
Adele Brenner, Ben Brenner
days everyone pitched in.
As soon as the boys could walk
they went selling papers or shining shoes. My brothers did it. It
was all family. Like the Three
Musketeers " All for one imQ one
for all".
One of the reasons why I am
writing this is because I noted a
drastic decline in the readership.
Why? One of the reasons I think
is because you do not print enough
letters. Most of us are frustrated
writers . When we see one of our
letters in print it really makes our
day. What's the use of writing?
::Another thing: if some of the subscribers would volunteer to help
you it would make it easier. I noticed in the article that you have
many irons in the ftre. I could do
some typing for you (just call).
Never the less, you are doing a
great job. I hope God gives you
and yours good health so you can
continue.
Regards,
Domenica Foti.
Editor's Note: We love to print
letters -it is our lifeblood. Unfortunately, we do not get many letters. We encourage everybody to
write, but only get a dribble. So,
once again, please everybody, send
us your thoughts, memories and
pictures!
A Coinpliinent and a
Correction
Dear Mr. Campano:
I was overcome by the full page,
highly professional" treatment
which you devoted to the article I
sent you about Hayes Gordon.
There was, however, one glaring error which I hope you might
consider rectifying in a future issue. The ftve drawings I sent you
were of four young campers ages
8-10 and one of Hayes Gordon at
age 17. The three shown with the
article were of a few of the youngsters and mistakenly referred to in
a box at the bottom of the article
as "Some sketches of Hayes Gordon at 17, done by Fred Press
when the two attended a performing arts camp together." Unfortunately the one drawing portraying
Hayes Gordon was not shown.
Enclosed is a duplicate - notice his
name lettered at the lower left corner as it was on the one previously
sent. He and I were both seventeen then and were counselors at a
camp for talented 8-'10 year old
campers and not a camp for the
performing arts.
At the right side of the page the
ftrst line of the paragraph beginning 'The event that led to -" and
The real Hayes Gordon
here an important element is missing. This is how it should have read
with the missing part underlined.
'The event that led to the discovery of all of this is in itself of interest. In 1938 a wealthy philanthropist by the name of Louis
Aeeasj Shaw who had an estate
in Ipswich on the north shore of
Massachusetts made the rounds
of the Community Centers. etc,
~
Sorry for the confusion for
which I am probably responsible.
With much thanks,
Respectfully,
Fred Press
Forty years ago Boston's West End was destroyed in the name of pro ress. Today the
their homes live in a 'neighborhood of the mind' and keep the
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past alive by telling stories tive equivalent to phantom-limb syndrome. ers and vests pla:y
By Andrew Weiner.
Jim Campano stands in the D~vis Square
subway station doing what he's don~ each
morning for the past 15 years: selling newspapers and telling stories. In a weathered
barn jacket, Campano almost blends into the
brick wall behind him. His dark snap-brim
cap is pulled down nearly to his glasses, aitd""
his regular customers give him a wink or a
grin as they collect their papers. His voice
is low but lively when he talks about growing up in the West End, the Boston neighborhood that was wholly demolished 40
years ago during the heyday of urban re- .
newal. (Its boundaries were Cambridge
Street, Storrow Drive, Billerica Street, and
what is now New Chardon Street-it's now
the site of the 'iF YOU LIVED HERE,
YOU'D BE HOME NOW sign.) He
hopscotches quickly between stories describing the sights and smells of the old
aeighborhood, the corner where he used·te -:.
hang out, the characters who used to pass
by. Occasionally he pauses and turns wistful, caught up in remembering a time and
place that are now long gone.
So it comes as a surprise this morning
when Campano starts telling the sabotage
stories. There's the one about the time he
and his buddies tried to topple Concrete slabs
onto a wrecker's crane. Or the time they
poured plaster in its gas tank. His favorite,
though, is the time he hit a crane with a
Molotov cocktail. He sweeps his arm in
front of him as he mimics the loud sucking
noise his firebomb made when it ignited.
Flashing a grin, he asks slyly: "I can still be
a radical, right?"
In a city that trades heavily on its own
past, the story of West End is seldom told
except by those who once lived there. The
official account is that the old neighborhood
just got in the way. Tens upon hundreds of
run-down tenements were sitting on a patch
of prime real estate, and the unfortwiate consequence was that some people had to lose
their homes. Besides, that was all a long time
ago, long enough that people should have
gotten over it by now.
ButaskanyformerWestEnderandyou'll
learn that some people don't find it so easy
to forget. You'll hear plenty of fond memories, but you'd also hear bitter stories of bad
and broken promises, of hurt feelings that
refuse to go. Listen to enough of them and
you might start to believe there's a collec-
They tell their stories to each other whenever they're at pastry shops and drop-in centers, at reunions and get-togethers. Many of
those who've moved away communicate
through The West Ender, the quarterly newsletter that Campano has edited for the past
15 years (A companion TV show is broadcast on SCAT, Somerville's community-access channel.)
Today the West End exists only as what
Campano calls a "neighborhood of the
mind." The long-demolished street corners
and tenement blocks have been kept alive
through the concerted efforts of old West
Enders to !'eep telling their stories. You
could say that the people who grew up there
continue to live in the past -a vital, colorful,
necessary past. Heaps of rubble and wreckage have been painstakingly reconstructed
into a virtual neighborhood, a cotiimunity
of memory that transcends both history and
geography. If you lived there, you'd be home
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West Enders often say things like, "It was
a whole other world back then." Though this
is true of any neighborhood, the West End
really was a different world -all the way up
to its demise. The West End was a classic
immigrant- neighborhood on the model of
New York's Lower East Side: a labyrinth of
narrow streets lined with densely packed
rows of five- and six-story walk-ups. These
tenements were inhabited initially by Irish
immigrants, then successively by Italians,
Jews, Greeks, Poles, Russians, and Albanians. Whereas Boston's other neighborhoods steadily transformed themselves into
ethnic enclaves, the West End featured unparalleled diversity among its 20,000 inhabitants.
Frank Lavine grew up there. The son of
Jewish Lithuanians, he was able to spend
the first six years of his life speaking nothing but Yidgish. "My famiiy lived in a little
shtetl," he says. However, tolerance in the
community made it possible to straddle the
Old and New Worlds, maintaining traditions
while learning respect for other cultures.
"People talked about the melting pot, but we
lived there," he says.
Jim Campano agrees. "I don't want to
make it sound like heaven, but we all did
get along," he says. "If I could figure out
what it was, I'd bottle it and sell it."
Looking at old photographs of the neighborhood, it's not hard to understand why
West Enders are so nostalgic. Kids in knick-
games like Kick the
Wicket and BuckBuck; hunchbacked
peddlerS hawk ice from
pushcarts; old women
in black dresses lean
out their windows to
chat while a hurdy- ·
gurdy serenades them
from below.
Such scenes were
only the backdrop for
the drama of a remarkably rich and public
street life. The players,
Campano says, ineluded characters like
Doc Seganksy, a dentist
who ran a numbers
game in his spare time.
Back issues of the West
Ender are filled with
stories. about Tabasb~
nik, an itinerant kook
who played musical instruments picked
from the trash, and whose voice was so
sweet that local synagogues would ask him
to sing during holiday services.
What you can't see in the photos, though,
is the close network of informal ties that held
the !leighborhood together. Everybody knew
everybody else. Almost everyone belonged
to a fraternal association or a storefront club.
The West Ender House, one of the largest
of these and a forerunner of the Boys' Clubs,
claimed more than 600 members at its peale.
The West EQd, it seems, was not just a
neighborhood but a way of life. In fact, the
sociologist Herbert Gans held up the West
End as a model of cohesive community in
his 1962 book The Urban Villagers. For
th~ too young to have IQ)Qwn such a place,
the stories inspire a kind -of imaginary ostalgia for an impossibly enviable past. But ·
for those who lived there, it's still hard and
painful to believe that it's gone. Asked to
describe his memories of the West End,
former resident Sam London hesitates and
declines. "It was so different, it's unreal,"
he mutters ruefully.
If the West End belonged to a different
Boston, so too does the story of its demolition, an event former residents would later
call ''The Taking." It was a time, in the decade following World War ll, when the city's .
center was stagnating as suburbanization
gained momentum. Declining population
Jim Campano
DEAD OR ALIVE!
For fighting for our rights, West
rid Place has a restraining order
out on Jim Campano ...
Dangerous criminal that he ·is
neeessitated tax hikes, and the businesses that
hadn't left the city were desperate to lure
middle-income families back downtown.
The early 1950s were also the glory days
of urban renewal. In practice, such projects
were little different 'from what had earlier
been called slum clearance. But city planners at agencies like ~e Boston RedevelopmentAuthority used a new vocabulary of
modernity, technology and progress. They
had the example of recent projec.ts in Chicago and Philadelphia, and the promise of
funding from the Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
So it was that the residents of the West
End found themselves standing between a
cash-strapped city and a potential windfall.
\lith $11 million in federal funds at stake,
who was going to say that the run-down tenements of the West End weren't a slum? Not
Mayor John Hynes, who said at the time,
"Our problem with urban renewal is that it
doesn't move fast enough." Not the banker
who described the neighborhood as a "cancer," called for a "Municipal hysterectomy,"
and claimed, "there's only one was for the
West End to go -down."
The city decided to replace the neighborhood with a series of upscale apartment tow·ers. After the project's top bidder pulled out,
the contract was awarded to Jerome
Rappaport, who, it turns out , had served on
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Obituaries
Isabel c. Arria, 96 Benedetta, "Betty"
Candy Packer
(LoBIondo)
Isabel C. Arria, 96, of Medford, died on
Napoli, 80
September 19 in the Lawrence memorial
Benedetta "Betty" (LoBlundo) Napoli, a
Hospital in Medford after a lengthy illness.
Born in Boston, Mrs. Arria was a Medford longt~e Medford resident passed away at
resident for many years and formerly of the Shrewsbury Nursing Home in
Boston's West End. She worked for many Shrewsbury. She was 80 years old.
Mrs. Napoli was born in Boston, the
years as a candy packer at Schrafft's cand~
in Charlestown. She also worked as a sales daughter of the late Liborio and Maria
Catina (DiGregorio) LoBlundo. She .was
clerk for Woolworth's in Boston.
She was the wife of the late Concetto retired from the· Lawrence Memorial HosArria. She is survived by four sons: pital in Medford, where she worked for
Salvatore F. Arria of Winchester, Santo P. many years in the kitchen. ·
Mrs. Napoli lived in Medford for the past
Arria of Clinton, Thomas P. Arria of Malden,
and Anthony J. Arria of Melrose; two daugh- 44 years and was formerly a resident of
ters, Pauline Bottari and Marie E. Arria, both Brighton Street in Boston's West End.
She was the wife of the late Frank S.
of Medford; 23 grandchildren and 31 greatNapoli and the mother of Marie E. Richard
grandchildren.
Internment was in the Oak Grove Cem- . of Princeton, Frank Josephl'llapoli of New
York City, NY, and Linda Ami Cervera of
etery in Medford.
Revere. Mrs. Napoli was the grandmother
of Cheryl Robillard, Sheila Lo~: David
Cervera and Steven Cervera, Jr.
She was the sister of Arigie Venezia of
Woburn, Anna Cogswell ofFloriwl:
LoBlundo of Somerville and the late John
LoBlundo and Freddy LoBlundo.
Mrs. Napoli was the great-grandinother
of Katie.
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·- Alexander A.
Levine, 83
Alexander A. Levine, 83, of Atlanta and
formerly a longtime resident of Boston
. passed away March of this year in At. lanta. Mr. Levine grew up on Beacon Hill
and retired at age 77 after 30 years of service from Jordan Marsh. He was a member of both the West End House and the
Hilltop Club. He is survived by his wife,
Sylvia WerberLevine; daughter and sonin-law, Gail and Lawrence Reid; grandsons, Jay Evan Reid, Scott Marshall Reid,
all of Atlanta; and brothers, Charles
Levine of San Francisco, Robert Levine
of Boston.
Stephen J.
Frances·
Sansone, 86,
local restaurant
owner
Men1orial Circle
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Stephen J. Sansone Of Boston and Lexington, a local restaurateur, died on September 3 of heart failure at the Health
South New England Rehabilitation Hospital in Woburn. He was 86.
Born in the West End section of Boston, Mr. Sansone was a lifelong Boston
resident.
In 1960, he opened "Sansone's" restaurant in the West End of Boston, which
quickly became one of the most popular
restaurants in the area. He also had affiliations with Boston area businesses
such as Dave and Steve's Deli on Stuart
Street, Ann's cafe on Causeway Street,
and Spring Lane Tavern on Spring Lane.
After closing his restaurants due to urban renewal in Boston's West End, he
moved to Lexington. Mr. Sansone went
to work as an administrator with former
state Treasurer Robert Crane's office. He
held that position for more than 10 years.
In 1996, he moved back to the West End,
into a local nursing home, where he reJ
sided until his death.
Husband of the late Rose M.
(Picciarelli), Mr. Sansone is survived by
a daughter, Rosemarie E. of Lexington, a
former Boston city councillor, a son,
Michael S. of Waltham; and many nieces
and nephews.
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The following West Enders have contribu
$100. or more in memory of their loved ones
in 2000. Now is the time to send in your donation to be included in the 2001 West Ender Memorial Circle
Theresa Russo from the Minichiello and
Russo families.
Salvatore Abramo from Ann-Leona
Donovaro.
,
The Toronto, Constanza, C~mperchio and
Moltemy families from Phyliss (Toronoto/
Noltemy) Budreau.
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Gaetano and Josephine Privitera.
Saul Brenner from ~n Brenner & Anne
& Bundy Shennan.
oseph J. Sicuso from Josephine Polcari
& Frances Sicusci. ·
.
Charlie Collins from Joan (Collins)
Mihaich.
Sidney Shrier from Carole (Real) Shrier.
Phylis and the Cohen family that has
expired: Harry, Joe & Tootsie from
Frances Paone.
Irene MinichieUoJrom AJ MinichieUo and
family.
Rose Marie Freccero from her husband
Lawrence Freccero, Gaetano and
Josephine Privitera.
Joseph & Anita Russo, Donald & Sylvia
Grey, Joseph Solano & Moe Guarino from
Vincent and Doroth Russo.
In Memoriam
SALVATORE ABRAMO
1999 -Augsut 7-2000
t would I give to clasp your hand,
your cheerful face to see;
o hear your voice and see you smile,
that meant so much to me.
t's been one year that you've been gone,
it always feels like more
t tim.e I pray that you found peace
with those who passed before.
Lovingly remembered and ·sadly
missed by wife, Anna and family;
-Leona, Jim and granddaughter
Erica.
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In Memot:Y Of
Milton (Mike) Sarver
from Len and Sadi Sarver
Josesph Salamone
from Frank V. Miscioscia
Isabel C. Arria
from Sain Arria
Theresa Russo,
89; Active in
school reform and
teniJis, educator
Trained as a social worker, Mrs. Russo
participated in the settlement house
movement, working at the North End
Union and various locations in Eastern
Mass. Later, she found a new career in
education. As president of the Boston
Latin School PTA 1960-61, she campaigned actively for educational improvements, bringing problems directly to the
attentionofthen-Ma}«).r John.Colijns. At
the tim,e she was teaching learning-disabled children at the Hosmer School in
Watertown, a post she held for over 20
years.
In 1972, she made an independent,
comparative study on learning-disabled
children in British primary schools.. Until 1997, she continued to volunteer to
teach reading in elementary schools.
A resident of Beacon Hill for sixty-four
years before moving 'to Gulfstream, FL,
Mrs. Russo was the founder of the Beacon Hill Tennis ,Club in 1967 arid ran its
program for many years.
Born in Boston, she was the daughter
of the Mass. s·pa restaurant owner Carmine Minichiello. She graduated with a
B.S. in Education Psychology from Boston University in 1933 and received an
M.S. in Education from Lesley college in
1960.
. She was a member of the Mass. Association for Children with Learning Disabilities. She was also a member of the
League of Women Voters, the Boy Scouts
Auxiliary, Committee (Old South
Church), Friends of the Public Garden,
Mass. Committee to Further Outdoor
Recreation, and the New England Forestry Association.
She leaves a son, J. Edward of Ithaca,
NY; a son John Paul, of Coconut Grove,
FL; and two grandchildren, Joseph and
Silviana of Ithaca, NY.
DHmber MTQE li~IENPER rag
Letters
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Questions about · broken
. promises
Memories live on
I read Mr. Campano's story of the West
End. The Bakery on S. Margin St. was next To The West Ender,
to Karp it was·Cassaro's. There was another ·
What has happened? Is there a West End
Write to us at: The West Ender, P.O. box 413, Somerville, MA 02144 one on the comer of Hale and S.Margin, St.
Museum in our future? I have not heard or
Silvestro~s.
read of any progress in what I believed to
The good times we had in the West End. be the goal of The West Ender.
Early memories remain
Thanks a million
On Sundays my father had the man that
To The West Ender:
Wasn't there a promise made by the
Dear Mr. Campano:
worked for him put the truck on Hale St. Mayor of Boston to don!lte a room in the
I look forward to every issue of this deThanks a million for all the years you have
lightful paper. I was born at 53 Barton St. been sending The West Ender. I look for- and we invit~ anyone who wanted to go to Lowell apartments to the West End Muthe beach, mostly we went to Gloucester
seum?
although our family inoved to Malden when ward to receiving your paper in the future.
Especially
at the end of the fishing fleet.
. Very Sincerely,
I'm confused. The present trend is that
I was five years old, I still have some memoMy father put a canvas on the clothesline there will be fewer and fewer readers and
ries of the West End. Keep up the good work.
Anna Mae Smith
on the roof under which we picnicked and less and less people who car~ about the West
Sincerely,
sometimes made slush we had the pail to End Museum.
Sarah Kravitz
make it.
I hope that good news is forthcoming on
~ere were two benches -one on each side
Coffee
and
memories
the West End Museum and that those of us
P. S. Hi, Dominic Longo. Thank you for
Keep the paper earning! Everything stops of the truck, and in the middle he put to- West Enders remaining will live to . see it
that very nice tribute to my beloved husband,
mato boxes together so someone could sit become a reality.
Max(Star)Kravitz. He was a great guy and when my paper comes, I sit with my cup of
there. Around this time, kids went to the
-Salvatore Ferraguto
my son (Jerry) and I miss him very much. If coffee and reminisce!
-Irene CoUyer large stores and got the boxes furniture came
he were alive, he would enjoy reading The
in and cut the wood to put in the cellar to
Ed. Note-The Mayor of Boston, Lowell
West Ender. Kind regards and good heaith
use
for the stoves to heat the house. My
Sq. Assc., and Maloney Properties keep reto you and your family.
ther would bring the tomato boxes in the fusing to hOnor the land disposition agreetruck and anyone ment that says we should have the museum
Always alive
who wanted them and office spaces.
Many thanks
Peo
>lc
Lookinn
For
Peo
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in
our
hearts
could
have them.
Many thanks for The West Ender -it brings
Hi
Jim;
If
<Ill)
hod)
has
an)
informaToday
the wood
back many old and fond memories. Keep
stoves
are gone,
As
old
West
tion on the following people.
Up the good work.
Enders,
June
and
I
but
I
had
one in the Remembering the glory days
-Phil Risean
please gd in tourh with Tlu· H'e st
cellar where we Dear Jim Campano;
really enjoy the pal:'ndcr
Enclosed is my change of address from
per; through it
lived. When the
Paper takes them back
Florida
back to the greater Boston area.
(617-62S-2..J7tJ~
P.O.
Box
..JB.
we're in touch with
ground was frozen
We look forward to The West Ender, we lots of old friends.
Thank
you
for the most ideal way that a
and the cellar was
Somenille. \L\ 021-J..J)
. feel we are back horne when reading, and And some have
person
has
to·
keep their memories alive of
cold, I would put a ·
Anthony :\astasi-Chamlwrs St.
seeing pictures of our long time friends.
all
the
glorious
years when they were growgotten ,jn p.uch
few pieces of wood
:\,,nn Sw~uJson -\\'orked for the
' Thank you for the memories that will al- with us. I (Sandy)
ing
up.
in the stove and it
Peabody House
ways remain with us. Keep up the spirit of lived at 99 Green
I love whatever items carry from time to
would get nice and
the West End. Keep up the good work.
time
reminding me of that time in my life,
Ruth
Potzko-Brigh
ton
St.
warm. How the
St. and June lived
-Ralph & Mary Mele at 90 Staniford St.
if it's getting scarcer and sc~cer of
even
days have changed
those
gloriou~ days. One of those items I
I went to the.
-Mrs. Leonarda
am
referring
to is the letter you printed last
Spinale Catizone
Blacky and June went to St. Joe's. Many
So True
month
from
Frances
Cohen Paone, one of
people thought we were young and complete
Jim;
the
mainstays
of
that
great Cohen Family
opposites of each other to niarry. June's Every West End Street•••
Keep up the good work. Enclosed is my
she
mentions
in
her
letter
. I, of course, knew
mother worked at Godspeed's on Causeway To the Editor;
yearly dues in memory of my family and
them
all
(the
Cohens)
and
I'm sorry to•hear
Early in the twentieth century, my late
St. for years.
friends that are deceased.
her
family
is
shrinking,
just
as my family
Anyway we fooled a lot of people because parents Olivia and Candid, newly arrived
Everything I read in the paper is so true ..
has
also.
My
brothers
and
sisters
are all
we recently celebrated our 52nd wedding Portuguese immigrants, settled in the Wesc
Believe it or not, it takes me right back there
gone,
but
I'm
sure
that
any
of
the
West
anniversary and intend to celebrate many End of Boston after briefly residing in New
even after 49 years.
¥Ound
know
some
of
my
famEnders
still
more! Keep up the good work, Jim, it's great Bedford and Fall River. They brought with
God Bless,
ily
-like
my
brother
"Jack
Groprnan"
who
them a new culture and language to a comMary Pietrafitta reading about times gone by, but will always
was,
I'm
sure,
a
great
influence
in
helping
munity already aglow with a bounty of dibe alive in our hearts.
-June and Sandy Catania versity. We first lived at 136 Brighton Street some of the kids growing up. In my case, I
Say hello for me
near the comer of Allen. Several years later, hope some of the guys around still remember me. If you have a picture in your group
Hi Jirnbo:
Remembering and maturing in need of more space for a growing family, of
remembrances of the W.E.H. during
Sorry it has taken me so long to write,
Recently I received a copy of The West we moved to lower Poplar street at number
WWII
honoring those in the service with
say hello to Richie Terranova and the othEnder from a former west Ender, Bill 19, and eventually to upper Poplar Street the American Flag being raised by a gioup
ers for me. Also say hello to Bobby Freccero,
DiCicco. Bill's dad, Paul, was Godfather near Chamber. Although Brighton and PopW.E.H. servicemen-in uniform, I was the
Billy Sarcia, Irene Capone, Angela Lupo,
for my brother and I. In our youth, our Sun- lar Streets had a tremendous impact in my
guy it) the Navy uniform showm'g the World
Nancy Hood and others for me.
day afternoon ritual was a visit to Allen preteen day-to-day life, as well as in my
that we were spread in all sections of the
Thanks,
· Street to see the DiCicco family and my early teens, I will always carry the memory
US. war effort.
Charlie Russo
maternal grandparents (Cataldo). How well of every West End Street, for every West
Please keep up ~e good work and thank
I remember the area -and the five-floor End Street was the West End.
you for your previous issues which I always
Remembering Joe Salamone walk-ups.~ thriving neighborhood of many
-J. "Bomber'' Almeida
enjoyed-Would like to hear from any of my
I would like to make mention of former ethnic backgrounds living cohesively was
friend'> still around.
West Ender.and Ice and Oil Man of the West annihilated, The newspaper is a wonderful Hello from Vegas
-David(DOodie) Gropman
Thinking of all the Old West Enders, from
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PRIVITERAS CELEBRATE
Don Rickles and Tony Orlando Entertain
A Night to
Remember
upon
Toni-Ann, Frank, Jean, Jeannine, Andrea and Frank, Jr.
Phll & Sany Ternullo (Hale St.)
cocktails and hors d'oeuvres before the
Comedian Don Rickles and singer Tony Orlando joined the guests
after their performances for pictures and photographs.
(I tor) Jeannine Privitera, Frank, Don Rickles, Tony Orlando
On September 23, 40 years after frrst
exchanging wedding vows, Frank and
Jean Privitera decided to celebrate their
successful and happy union.
It was a gala fit to honor their forty years
of wedded bliss.
Over 700 guests were in attendance at
the Park Plaza, an of them decked out in
tuxedos and gowns. It was a study in elegance -from the elaborate ice sculptures
to the delicious hors d'oeuvres.
Frank and Jean greeted their guests,
which included many prominent people
from an walks of life: from politicians and
business leaders to judges and many West
Enders.
As the guests feasted on shrimp, oysters, and an array of assorted delights, the
wans slowly slid open to reveal an elegantly decorated Grand Banroom. It was
gorgeously adorned with floral displays
and decorative balloons .
•The guests settled4nto the baUroom for
an evening of fme dining and great entertainment. Dinner consisted of salad, soup,
pasta, filet mignon, white and-red wine,
and a fine array of sweets. As the diners
ate, they were treated to performers singing classical opera.
After the guests had stuffed themselves
sufficiently, the entertainment began.
First the dynamic Tony Orlando sang and
danced his heart out, enchanting and energizing everyone in the audience. Then
Don Rickles came out and insulted everyone -including Frank Privitera, who took
it all in stride.
The men received a miniature crystal
Big Ben clock and a silver ice bucket for
the ladies. When all the entertainment and
celebrating was over, a massive sweet
table appeared and the partygoers who
stayed had a late night snack or took the
sweets home with them.
West Enders, in attendance included:
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Mignosa, Phil and
Sandy Temullo, Charlie Cherlemi, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Russo, Tillie and Sal
Purpua, Mary Curro, Carlo and Jennie
Caccia, Jimmy Logrippo, Frank and Margaret Spinale, Peter Athanas, Vinny
Loguidice, Jimmy Nutile, Josephine
Silvestro, Joe and Dell D'Ambrosio,
Dominic Saia, Peter Privitera; Dom
Spinale, AI Raso, Ralph Silvestro, Dickie
Spinale, Peter Limone; Lou Caccia and
Peter.Privitera. ·
THEIR 40th ANNIVERSARY
Over 700 guests at Park Plaza Gala Event
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aiide~ kȣe1:ber again:
(l tor) Dominic Saia and
Peter Privitera
Hale Street Girls with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Russo ·
(Green Street)i (l tor) Tillie (Spianle) Pur.pua, Mary
. (Petrella) Curro, Jennie (Spinale) Caccia, Pauline and
Joe Russo
(l tor) Publisher Jimmy Campano, Peter Athanas, Vinny
"lnzie" Laguidice, Frank, Jimmy Nutile, and Jimmy Logrippo
Some West Enders toast the honorees: (I to r) Lou Caccia, Ralph
Silvestro, Carlo Caccia, Sal Purpua, Charlie Cherlemi, and Joe
Russo. ·
Enjoying Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres before dinner (35
different kinds ofhors d'oeuvres were served). Seated:
Mrs. Charlie Cherlemi; Standing (I to r) Josephine
(Spinale) Silvestro, Mrs. Margaret (DiMare) Spinale,
Mrs. Jennie (Spinale) Caccia and Mrs. Mary (P~)
CuiTO, all fonnerly from Hale St. in the West ·End
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Frank with his boyhood 'Best
Friend' from Hale Street,
''Dickie" Spinale
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WE WEST JNDEM lksembe· ?DOO
English High School, ·class West End
of 1950, Celebrates Reunion Couple strikes
success with
Myst~ry Series
The Class of 1950 of English High School, Boston, the oldest p\lblic
high school in America, contained 528 graduates. Since 1950, that class
had never had a reunion. But thanks to an extremely dedicated Reunion
Committee of nine members, which included a West Ender, Santo "Joe"
Aurelio, who served as Chairman, 79% of those 528 graduates were
accounted for in the last year and a half. The breakdown was 289 located, 127 deceased, and 112 missing.
Their reunion fmally came to fruition on Thursday, September 28,
2000, whe.n 217 persons attended the Golden Anniversary Reunion of
the Class of 1950 at Lantana's in Randolph, Massachusetts. All attendees received a souvenir cup, a souvenir pen, a demographics sheet, and
a complete list of the whereabouts of all 528 grads,.plus a list of the
names .ofthe 112 missing grads. A fabulous time was truly had by alland guess what? Many of the attendees want to have another (reunion
soon!
Former·W est Enders Dorothy
and Sidney Rosen have written
a mystery novel.
The Rosens are the husband
and wife team behind Belle
Appleman, the spunky Jewish
widow who is the heroine of
their mystery seri~s. The first
in the Belle Appleman series,
Death and Blintzes, met with
high acclaim, and Death and
Strudel reads with just as much
hi~torical flavor and suspense.
Sidney Rosen was born in
Boston in 1916, ana grew up
in Boston's West End -the setting for Death and Strudel.
Graduates of Umass Amherst
Senator Ted kennedy canipaigned in Medford and Somervlle
during the recent general election. Shown above, Kennedy
greets Attorney Frank Privitera, Jr. with a firm handshake~
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The Rosens are a gregarious
couple -their 1986 Death and
Blintzes tour inchided an appearance on The Today Show,
and National Public Radio in
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MERCURY CLUB Then & Now
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Dinner at the
"Hilltop Steak
House" during
the Mercury Club
Reunion (I tor):
Phil Privitera,
Joe D'Ambrosio,
Frank Privitera,
Lou Caccia, Sal
Purpua, Augie
MERCURY CLUB 1941-42 Picture by Vincent J, Tringle (deceased)
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In 1992, the BRA reclaimed the parcel
to the community. To this day, those disSouth End. Nor was the story lost on advo- from the original developer and announced
FromPage3
cates like Jane Jacobs, who helped block a its intention to build a complex of low-and
When
Hyne's election committee. The new
plan to clear a swath of Lower Manpattan middle-income apartments.
Charles River Park would be nothing like
for a crosstown highway. Yet despite the Campano and other former West Enders
an urban village: fliers for prospective residow'nfilll
.urban-renewal policies, their were invited to participate in the planning,
dents touted the availability of valet services
iu effects are still felt in such problems as it appeared that the city might finally be
. awarding them some measure of redress.
and wine storage, and the advantages of pritbe,ctirrent city.wide housing crisis.
·. Perhaps the JOOSt important consequence They understooq that displaced former resivacy and in-town shopping.
was the formation, during the 1980s, of a dents would have a prominent place in the ·
Before long, the city had completed the
findings it needed to condenin the West End
literary forum in which former West End new development, and they secured space
and seize properties by eminent domain.
residents could come together again, if only for a museum and new West Ender offices.
Residents greeted news of the plan with dison the printed page. West Enders had been But fair-housing law held that first dibs on
meeting informally at club and camp re- space in the new West End place would go
belief. Even their representatives were
dumbfounded. As Frank Levine recalls,
unions, but they lacked a more-regular to minorities, meaning that West Enders
local pol Joe Lee declared simply, ''They
means of communication. In 1984, were left with the higher-priced units.
Campano and the Old West End Housing
wouldn't dare."
Campano followed up a reunion by sendLee was wrong. At the beginning, only a
'ing a typewritten newsletter to about 100 Corporation claimed reverse discrimination
friends. Circulation soon swelled, especially and sued under a state statute, but lost.
few West Enders trickled out of the neighborhood, but soon the 7000 remaining resiafter a 1986 reunion diew more than 2500 About two dozen West Ender took apartments, but many others felt they'd been sold
.. dents realized that they were alone in their
out again. Hard feelings abounded.
opposition to the project. Recalls Campano,
Onlyhalf .t~e
. Campano used The West Ender to launch
"We were against this whole juggernaut:
attacks against the developers and their partHUD, the BRA, the ma)tor, the developers,
ners in the Boston Archdiocese. In the fallthe papers, and the Archdiocese." Lavine,
~~t, the plans for the museum and the newswho was instrumental in th~ Save the West
paper offices were put on hold.Although atEnd Committee, is more succfuct: "We were
torneys
have been working to effect compissing against the wind."
~ere
promise on the.museum, it appears unlikely
West End residents had been promised fair
that The West Ender will exchange editorial
compensation for their property, relocation
freedom for office space. Regardless of
payments, and decent affordable housing for
what happens, though, Canipano and the
all who needed it. Still, many simply remajority 9f his fellow West Enders seem refused to go. When the city stopped collectsigned to disappointment. A museum would
ing trash they began leaving in larger numhelp them get the historical recognition they
bers. Finally, in April 1958, the city forfeel they deserve, but what they really want
mally seized homes and businesses by emiold neigbbor i1ood''tO'never have
nent domain. A month later the wrecking recalls standing on Causeway Street and people to the Wonderland Ballroom i~Re~ . is for
been taken i~ the first place. Nobody can
crews moved in. Within three years, the staring at what used to be his block, trying vere.
Before long, The West Ender was arriv- give them that, but neither can anyone deWest End had been razed: homes, shops, to remember what went where as if he co~ld
churches, even the streets were gone. All bring back the past through sheer force of ing quarterly in the mailboxes of more than stroy the neighborhood they've rebuilt in
4000 families. Only you can't exactly call their memories.
that remajned was some 50 acres of empti- imagination.
ness.
Decades after the demolition, surviving it a newspaper, since its contents hav.e been
REPRINTED FROM
If there was somewhere we all could have West Enders still feel that they lost not only given over almost entirely to recollections
THE BOSTON PHOENIX
moved to together, we would have," their houses, but their home. Interviews of the past. Headings like "Do You Remem- DECEMBER 1, 2000Campano explains. Instead, the displaced taped during the 1980s testify to this sense ber?" and "Down Memeory Lane" loom
families were forced to take housing wher- of profound loss. Many express variations over photos of the old neighborhood. Poever they could fmd it. Some moved to East on a common them: "Something of me went ems and stories are offset by a steady numBoston, Dorcehster, or Mattapan, others to with the West End." One middle-aged ber of obituaries.
The real core of the West Ender is its letSomerville or Medford. Lavine calls this woman eerily confesse§, "For 30 'years I
scattering a "diaspora." "Where could we have felt like I had no past." Another speaks ters section, a feature one reader calls "my
The following people have given
go?" he asks. "We didn't know anybody of how dislocation breeds a sense of limbo. regular dose of inspired nostalgia." People
donation to the West Ender in
write in from all over the country to share
"I still have the feeling that I'm waiting."
outside the West End."
the last quarter
Only half the former West Enders actu- ·
''The worst thing," says Jim Campano, "is recent news and ask after old friends. Many
ally received relocation payments, which av- not being to walk around the old neighbor- letters, though, are simple acts of remem- Miffii Graney
Bill & Carol Wood
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brance:
they
tell
who
used
to
frequent
which
eraged just $69 per family. The new apart- hood."
James
Alnieia
Rocco Laffarello
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Ttme couldn't restore lost memories or lunch counter, or which stop stood where. Mercury Club
ments were priced way out of reach and the
Bruce Guarino
city-subsidized housing -in recently con- grant impossible desires, but it did provide One recent letter is solely a list of nick- Judith Viera
Peter K. Toli
structed projects- was deemed no replace- certain consolations. One was the rework- names: Meatball, Matzoh
.
.
.Ball,' Yishka, Barry Shulman M,ary Marchesini
ment for the old neighborhood. "It was pain- ing of eminent domain law to require suffi- Beppy, Lovey, Bony, Limpy, 'Ragman, and
Sam Arrla
· ·Irene Collyer
fully clear," says Lavine, "that we had tieen cient relocation payments, affordable re- more than 200 more. (There were no reRuSS()
Florence Bre81ouf
Charles
sold out."
placement housing , and counseling for peats.) The repetitive '~I remembe(' in these
LeonardSarver
Choney
Naglin ·
The realization came as people struggled those displaced. Another was that the Tak- letters sound almost like the chanting of a
Phillip Riseman
to adapt to new surroundings that seemed ing quickly became known among urban spell, as if by standing together in a m.agic .A rthur Athas
harsh and unfamiliar. The transition was es- planners as a glaring example of what not circle, the West Enders could revive the past. · Frank Miscioscia Richard Vivilo
· But while the tone of the paper is mainly Richard Catania Salvatore Purpua
pecially difficult for the elderly, many of to do. Vowing that no one should have to
them first-generation immigrants who were suffer what the West Enders did, commu- one of friendly reminiscence, bitterness is Estelle Corin
Edna.F. Jacobson
now ill-equipped to adjust to such change. nity activists derailed planned renewal seldom far away. And during recent years, Salvatore Gilbert Joseph Toronto
Many people have long believed that many projects in Allston, the Fenway, and the the West Ender has played a part in a con- -Rose·M. Fodale Charles R. Fiore
Apocryphal or not, these stories suggest troversy surrounding the last remaining plot
of the deaths immediately following thereMarie Walsh
location were caused in large part by grief. how deep and lasting WI!S the damage done of cleared land from the old neighborhood.
THE TAKING
Apocryphal or not, these stories suggest
how deep and lasting was the damage done
to the community. " To this day, those displaced feel hurt; West Ender Hy Escott·calls
it "the worst thing that ever happened." The
sociologist Marc Fried spenJ sev_eral ·years
with West Enders researchii.lg the"psych,ological effects of their dislocation. " Mote,
than 90 percent showed symj:>toins
de-~
pression. Fried .concluded that ~opesiye ·
neighborhoods provide residents .witJ( a feeling of rootedness that is essential in main- ·
taining a sense of identity and purp{>se. the
study also helped establish the notion that
people can grieve for the loss of something
other than a loved one.
For years after~!he demolition, traiilloads
of West EndernWmld return to the area each
weekend to frequent the stores they once
patronized. Former resident Raymond Papa
of
of
.. _
fromer West Enders acto- .
ally received ;relocation payments, 'Which .
averaged just $69 per family. The.new
apartments
priced way out of reach,
and the city-~ubsidized housing -in recently
constructed projects- was deemed no
replacement for the old neighborhood. .
the
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Richard Terranova
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Albert Cohen
Frank Privitera .
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Nino Parisi
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William MacCauley
Marc A. Lipsitz
Joseph Russo Jr.
John O'Connor
RalphSaia
Leonard Nimoy
Beth & Marshall Arkin
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Col. Alan Gropman
Kevin McGrath
Domenic T. Longo
Frank Celeste
Dr. Edward Naiman
Robert J. Vatalaro
Victor Terranova
Donald Zerendow
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