Join Historic New England’s Ken Turino and for a presentation on the past, present, and future of Boston’s Market District. From its earliest days, when peddlers with carts sold produce around the town, to today’s market, which includes halal butchers, artisanal cheese mongers, and Cambodian fruit sellers, Haymarket hosts an ever-changing and diverse population. Haymarket witnessed the Central Artery rise in the 1950s and retreat underground with the Big Dig in 2007. These obstacles have not stopped the market from serving a constant stream of students and tourists, longtime residents and newly arrived immigrant families, making it a vital and vibrant part of the city.
Presented by Ken Turino, Manager, Community Partnerships and Resource Development; Historic New England; and co-author, Haymarket in the Images of America series.
Image: Haymarket pushcart peddlers would sell season farm produce from the far reaches of the US as seen in this C. 1940 image. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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If you plan to attend in person at the Museums, tickets are available on the day of the lecture in the Welcome Center.
Members: FREE
Springfield residents: FREE
Nonmembers: $4
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Free admission to the Museums a la Carte lectures for all museum members made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities through the #SHARP program.
