Langone Park is a waterfront park in the
North End of
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
. Established in 1973,
it is named for Massachusetts state senator
Joseph A. Langone, Jr. and his wife
Clementina Langone
Clementina Poto Langone (1896–1964) was a civic leader from the North End of Boston who is remembered for her service to the Italian-American community. During the Great Depression she was known as a "Good Samaritan" who distributed food and cl ...
.
The park features a
Little League Baseball
Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization[bocce
(, or , ), sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family. Developed into its present form in Italy, it is closely related to British bowls and French , with a common ancestry from ancien ...]
courts.
It is located on Commercial Street at the edge of Boston Harbor, immediately to the west of the Andrew P. Puopolo Jr. Athletic Field.
The first park at the location, North End Beach (later North End Park), was established in 1893 as a public bathing facility.
The park includes much of the area inundated by the 1919
Great Molasses Flood
The Great Molasses Flood, also known as the Boston Molasses Disaster, was a disaster that occurred on January 15, 1919, in the North End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
A large storage tank filled with of molasses, weighing approximat ...
.
To the southwest the park borders
Copp's Hill Terrace
Copp's Hill Terrace is an historic terrace and park between Commercial and Charter Streets west of Jackson Avenue on Copp's Hill in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts near Copp's Hill Burying Ground.
A landscaped arrangement of granite step ...
and further south is
Copp's Hill Burial Ground. Both sites are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
In October of 2019, the third
secret box was discovered by three construction workers, after which credit was given to Jason Krupat- a story which was featured on the tv series hosted by Josh Gates, called Expedition Unknown.
References
External links
View at Langone ParkBocce brings out North End's seniors
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Parks in Boston
North End, Boston