Prince Street

Just a huge Prince fan and would like to get my picture taken under the street sign. Is Prince street in a safe area, or easy to get to?

Prince Street

Good morning Liveforlove,

The Prince St. sign is easy to find and it in a very safe place. I%26#39;ll tell you where it is and how to get there the easiest way. Just be careful with all the cars at this particular 5 way intersection, cross at the crosswalk okay?

From the ';T'; take the orange line and get off at North Station. Walk upstairs this is Boston%26#39;s North Station area

';It%26#39;s physically attached to the TD BankNorth (formerly The Fleet Center and before THAT it was formerly The Boston Garden or the ';Gardens'; as locals called it and call it that NOW regardless!) The station was once an impressive stone structure, but now is a new appendage to the home of the Celtics and the Bruins. If your commuter train happens to leave around the time of a big game, you may find yourself wending your way through the waiting sports fans.

Nevertheless, there are good commuter rail connections going north out of Beantown and it is the southern terminus of the Downeaster.

North Station was the main station for the now nonexistent Boston %26amp; Maine Railroad. It has very few benches to sit on, large crowds during commuting time, two food/coffee outlets, MacDonalds and Dunkin Donuts.

There are separate ticket windows for the Downeaster as well as a ticket machine. You%26#39;ll see on the first floor all the people waiting for there respective trains, the glass doors leading out to the designated commuter trains.';

Now that you%26#39;ve walked up from the North Station ';T'; Orange line train you%26#39;ll see this massive building in front of you across the way where all of the above activity takes place. Now you only have a 2 minute walk from the train to go. Where you are now is Causeway Street. Go northeast on Causeway St. toward Beverly St. up to the 5 way intersection. You can%26#39;t miss this 5 way intersection. This is now No. Washington St., jutting out of the North End over in the corner is Endicott St., over toward the harbor you%26#39;ll see that Skating Rink that you were asking about on Commercial St. well as you cross this 5 way intersection at the crosswalk you%26#39;ll pass Endicott St. and then be on Commercial St. stay on the right hand side across the street from this Skating Rink and the Prince St. sign is right there, you can%26#39;t miss it because it%26#39;s at the bottom of the street right there. This is also where the famous ';Brinks Heist'; took place up on Prince St., you can rent the movie some day to see this bank robbery.

It was before my time in 1950 but we heard all about it all our lives from our parents generation and then Hollywood made a movie about it right in Boston and we all had to hear about that for years! SO while you%26#39;re on that Prince St. you might be thinking of the little boy on the Prince Spagetti commercial? This also happened up here!

You can read about it here....or all you have to do is google ';Boston Brinks Heist'; and you%26#39;ll find all you want to read on it, trust me!

thebiographychannel.co.uk/new_site/biography

Good luck and have fun in Boston!

NOMO01

Prince Street

Goodmorning to you NoMo01, Thanks for the directions I will certainly try to get there. There are just so many things I want to see and do! Can%26#39;t wait. Have a Great Day.

Prince Street is in the North End, a small side street that connects Hanover and Salem Streets about a block or two north. There is a nice selection of restaurants and cafes on it, and the recently renovated Prince Street School which is now housing.

The area is quite safe, aside from the errant motor scooter or person attempting to double park on the sidewalk. LOL

If you%26#39;re a walking person, Prince is easy to get to.

From City Hall Plaza, walk past City Hall itself, and down the stairs to Congress Street. In front of you will be the Samuel Adams statue (with those absurd running shoes painted on! Ugh!) and Faneuil Hall, Turn left and cross to Union Street. You%26#39;ll go by the Union Oyster House (avoid like the plague) and The Bell in Hand. Turn left onto Hanover Street. You are now about a half block from the Haymarket T station.

One of the more positive things to come out of the Big Dig has been to reconnect the North End and waterfront to the rest of the downtown area. When I-93 was forced through as an elevated highway in the mid-fifties, it cut a gash through the area, virtually cutting off the North End. In some ways, that separation kept the North End as Italian as it is now, although many of those old families have moved on.

Once on Hanover, follow it past Haymarket Square and onto the elevated walkway over the tunnel access ramps. At Cross Street you can either choose to walk up Salem or Hanover. If you take Salem, make sure to stop in at Dairy Fresh and get your supply of penny candy and other sugary delectibles!

Don%26#39;t know if you%26#39;re much of an historian, but if you would like to see pics of the old Boston - medieval, if you will - check out this site!

www.cyburbia.org/forums/showthread.php…

Thanks for the diretions.