North End, Boston - Salem & Prince Corner

"Walking Toward's Dino's for Lunch - North End" (18"X14", Oil on Canvas, $550)

Here's another look at one of the 'copperfronts' in the North End. Lunchtime on a summer afternoon is the true subject, along with the anticipation of taking a break from touring around the North End to finally sit down and eat a chicken parm sub (my standard favorite).

This building actually occupies a full block of Prince Street and has lots more copper bay window columns than I could show here. I have other paintings of other parts of the building, but none vast enough to show the whole thing.

I like the feeling of the haze and the heat of August that this painting captures, as well as the look of the hungry travelers consulting each other and deciding, "This looks good, let's eat here".

The view down Salem Street shows the modern city of boston in the distance. Quite a contrast to the brick tenements and fire escapes of 'The Neighborhood'.