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Boston’s Puritan Meeting House Culture

Nathanael Strickland

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Boston's Puritan Meeting House Culture

Boston Made Chronicles

Weekly meetings in Boston’s Puritan meeting houses were as much civic gatherings as religious services, blending governance and faith in ways that shaped early American town life..


Weekly meetings in Boston’s Puritan meeting houses were as much civic gatherings as religious services, blending governance and faith in ways that shaped early American town life.

It’s one more thread in the 400-year story of a city that keeps reinventing itself — the same story Boston Made was named to carry forward.

Founder of Boston Made, Inc., a Boston-based media and business portfolio company. I lead Boston Made's independent, hyperlocal coverage of Boston's economy, businesses, and neighborhoods, alongside a growing portfolio of Boston-rooted brands — including Boston Made Pets, where my passion for dog wearables and canine wellness lives on. I’m an avid reader and journaler who believes in reporting that's closer to home.

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Boston’s Streetcar Suburbs

Nathanael Strickland

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Boston's Streetcar Suburbs

Boston Made Chronicles

As electric streetcars spread in the late 1800s, neighborhoods like Dorchester and Jamaica Plain grew rapidly into Boston’s first streetcar suburbs, shaping the city’s residential landscape..


As electric streetcars spread in the late 1800s, neighborhoods like Dorchester and Jamaica Plain grew rapidly into Boston’s first streetcar suburbs, shaping the city’s residential landscape.

It’s one more thread in the 400-year story of a city that keeps reinventing itself — the same story Boston Made was named to carry forward.

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The South End’s Victorian Rowhouses

Nathanael Strickland

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The South End's Victorian Rowhouses

Boston Made Chronicles

Built in the mid-1800s on newly filled land, Boston’s South End became one of the largest intact Victorian rowhouse districts in the country, later a haven for artists and a diverse LGBTQ community..


Built in the mid-1800s on newly filled land, Boston’s South End became one of the largest intact Victorian rowhouse districts in the country, later a haven for artists and a diverse LGBTQ community.

It’s one more thread in the 400-year story of a city that keeps reinventing itself — the same story Boston Made was named to carry forward.

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Boston History

The Hatch Shell and the Boston Pops’ Fourth of July

Nathanael Strickland

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The Hatch Shell and the Boston Pops' Fourth of July

Boston Made Chronicles

Since the mid-20th century, the Boston Pops’ Fourth of July concert at the Hatch Shell has drawn hundreds of thousands to the Esplanade for fireworks over the Charles River..


Since the mid-20th century, the Boston Pops’ Fourth of July concert at the Hatch Shell has drawn hundreds of thousands to the Esplanade for fireworks over the Charles River.

It’s one more thread in the 400-year story of a city that keeps reinventing itself — the same story Boston Made was named to carry forward.

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