The Most Boston Thing Ever
Tucked into the Polish Triangle section of the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston lies the most Boston intersection ever, the most Boston street ever, the most Boston Boston ever, basically the most Boston thing ever. Here we have a typically Bostonian street configuration where you can be on street X and make a turn onto a […]
Ashmont Moves to North Dorchester
While Milton was preparing for an invasion from Mattapan, looks like we should’ve taken a closer look inside Dorchester as Ashmont recently got up and moved itself to North Dorchester. At least according to Google Maps, which places Ashmont right between Upham’s Corner & Savin Hill: So, is ‘Old Ashmont’ up for grabs now?
Five Things I Adore about Dorchester
Today is ADORE-Chester! day, a celebration of Dorchester, my home neighborhood where I was born, raised, and live in today. There’s many great things about Dorchester, but for today’s article we’ll talk about five of them. For more great points of Dorchester, check out the other blogs participating in ADORE-Chester! Day. Dorchester’s History Dorchester is […]
A New Name for an Old Blog
If you look closely, you’ll spot that I’ve retitled this blog. It’s the third title in the history of this site and in my opinion the best one yet. What once was Adam Pieniazek, and then was Prose of a Pol, is now: Dot Boston Prose of a Pol was always a bit clunky. Sure […]
Dot Day 2009
The 2009 Dorchester Day Parade was one of the better ones in recent memory. The sun shined the whole day with temperatures rising above 80 degrees. It was a gorgeous day for the onlookers, but probably a tad too hot for all the parade marchers. Keep in mind, the Dot Day parade starts in Lower […]
City of Dorchester? Nay. City of Boston? Yeah!
Two weeks ago, I had a call out to my readers who reside in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston to partake in a survey for an article I was writing for The Dorchester Reporter. Well, the article is out in the latest edition of the Dot Reporter, on newsstands now. Before I dive into this […]
Calling all Dorchester Residents (Current & Former)
As some of my readers already know, I’m a resident of the Dorchester neighborhood of the City of Boston. On June 7, 2009, Dorchester will be celebrating Dorchester Day, an annual celebration to commemorate the founding of Dorchester. Dorchester Day Originally, Dorchester was a separate city from the City of Boston and was much larger […]
My First Newspaper Article
As mentioned in a post last week, I’ve been very busy lately writing articles for a variety of publications. One of the articles was published last week and is the first newspaper article I’ve ever written. It’s a profile piece for the Dorchester Reporter about Dr. William Henderson, the principal at the full inclusion Patrick […]
Blighted Edward Everett Square Building Set for Renovation
As a longtime resident of the Edward Everett Square/Polish Triangle area of Dorchester, there has been one building which has been a blight on my neighborhood as far back as I can remember. The building is the NE Brake Building located at 1299 Massachusetts Avenue. Well, according to The Dorchester Reporter, this building is (finally) […]
Dorchester Boston Apartment for Rent – $1600 – 3 bedrooms
Not sure how this post will do but figured it’s worth a shot. The third floor of the triple decker house I live in in Dorchester, MA is up for rent. It’s a nice 3-4 bedroom 1250 square foot apartment in a really nice neighborhood and is for rent at a relatively cheap price. For […]