Seth Barnett, lawyer for the company that owns the now closed Blue, Inc. on Broad Street, came prepared to a Boston Licensing Board hearing today: He figured somebody would ask why his client would want to name the replacement restaurant after the Broad Street Riot.
And, indeed, board member Milton Wright asked what the deal was with wanting to name the place Broad Street Riot.
A storeowner's record of damages from the riots.
The origins of today's Boston Fire Department date to 1837. Alas, the reason had relatively little to do with improving fire protection in the city - and a lot to do with a riot that began 175 years ago today as some smack talking between some drunken Boston firefighters and participants in an Irish funeral procession.
The City of Boston Archives has posted some original documents related to the riot and the reorganization of the Boston Fire Department, including a report by a committee chaired by Mayor Samuel Eliot on the riots.
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