The Original Scollay Square Song In May, 1941 Mal Hallett, who led a big band that was a favorite here in New England (and at one time included stars such as Gene Krupa and Jack Teargarden), recorded a song titled "Scollay Square." Listen to it HERE in RealAudio, or HERE in mp3
Take a walking tour of Scollay Square and the West End by visiting this web site
and downloading the video or audio tour, which features David.
Thanks to John Keith (no relation to Sally, sorry) who runs a real estate blog and who told us about this fantastic collection of color photos of Boston during the urban renewal era.
Scollay Square has inspired songs, books, musicals, and, thanks to our friends Brad and Chris, a fantastic restaurant on Beacon Hill! Click to find out more about this wonderful addition to Boston's dining scene.
Click above to visit Lilly Ann Rose's web site on her book, Banned in Boston
a novel based on her life as a performer in Scollay Square
comevisitboston.comis a new web site that provides everything you need to know about Boston, from antique shops to weddings. Whether you are a tourist or area resident, we think comevisitboston.com is worth a look
A site for those interested in urban planning. A user of one forum, linked above, has posted some
FANTASTIC photographs of old Boston, including Scollay Square.
An absolutely remarkable site you have to experience, it features maps,
photographs (from the Bostonian Society collection), and city records,
all indexed, cross-referenced, and easily search-able. Wow.
Here's a new find: The Ellen White Research Project features the complete text of a book titled "Days of Delusion - A Strange bit of History" that was published in 1924 and which tells the story of Reverend William Miller, the preacher who predicted the "End of Days" and inspired the building of the tabernacle on Howard Street that would one day become the Old Howard.
They told us all about a man named Charlie. Here is the page from their website about their visit to Boston to promote the MBTA's new "Charlie card."
One of our favorite links is to a web site devoted a true Boston legend. He was a talk radio pioneer, a prolific songwriter, and, most famously, the long-time P.A. announcer at Fenway Park. Click on the picture above to learn more about Sherm Feller, at a site that also includes an article based on an interview with Mr. Feller, conducted by David.
When their web site says "Books are just the beginning!" they mean it.
The site now boasts some amazing movies of Boston (including an
amazing ride on a trolley) taken in the very early 1900s.
The world's greatest library features an amazing on line collection
of photos including, of course, Scollay Square. A click on the logo
above will take you to a sample of some Scollay Square images.
Click HERE to go to the L.O.C. home page.
We just learned about WardMaps, a small business that specializes in the digital restoration and archival printing of ward maps of American cities. Among their items for sale are originals and reproductions of maps of the ward in which Scollay Square was located.
They say they're building the world's largest and most up-to-date guide to classic movie theaters, with over 9200 theaters listed so far, including the Old Howard, Casino, and Scollay Olympia.
Lost Theatres of Somerville is devoted to, well, the name says it all. Featured on the site is information about an year-long exhibit exploring the history of Somerville's fourteen movie theatres.
A true Boston treasure, the Brattle Book Shop, on West Street, was originally located in Scollay Square.
America's first public beach was Revere Beach (shown at the left), which has been lovingly brought back to life in this entertaining and informative web site.
This is a link to the Bostonian Society's museum and research library which collects, preserves and makes available for research materials relating to the history of Boston, from its earliest inhabitation to the present day.
Tattoo aficionados have created this site devoted to the body art that helped make the Square famous around the world. Check out excerpts from the book Tattoo History Source Book: Confessions of a Tattoo Addict.
Here's an interesting way to tour Boston - by cell phone. It's narrated by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and features David on Stop #8 (Government Center, of course.) Click on the left for more information.
Scollay Square may have been torn down, but it lives in the pages of this wonderful comic book written by our good friend (and fellow Scollay Square aficionado) Ted Slampyak. Ted sez: "Follow the continuing adventures of Harvard archaeologist Clifton M. Jennings, low-brow private eye Ace Mifflin, Prof. Carlisle, the enigmatic Nora, the perturbed Rita and the rest of the gang as they face new and mysterious adventures!
Another EXCELLENT site on America's oldest subway system is 100 Years of the Tremont Street Subway by several subway aficionados, including Bradley Clarke.
Speaking of subways, Jonathan Belcher's web site on Abandoned Stations is a real treat, featuring photos like the one to the left of an original sign from the Scollay Under T stop.
And here is a pictorial look (from Yale University) of the demolition of the West End neighborhood, which was located hard by Scollay Square.
Featuring a History page that is chock full of great links.
If you've read Always Something Doing, you know all about J.J. Hawes, one of Boston's first photographers. Here's a website with even more information on the art of early photography.
Jack's Joint is a new find, a website devoted to the Coast Guard. On that site we found this poem about Boston and Scollay Square, which was originally published in November 1942.
A great site for those of us with old 78s we want to play, but are afraid of scratching!
Along a more scholarly line are websites on the Boston Police Strike
by Columbia student Zachary Shrag.
In Boston are the communities of Brighton and Allston, with an active historical society that has this web site.
Did you know that the world's finest banjos were made in Scollay Square?
We didn't! Learn more at this link.
