Scollay Square

Burlesque Queens! Vaudeville Comics! Hot Dogs, Tassels, even George Washington! Yes, they're all here on the Scollay Square web site, with pages where you can learn more about the Square, including the entertainers and celebrities who flocked here during its 120-year reign as Boston's entertainment district. On this site, which was created by the author of the only two books ever written about the Square (one of which you can buy) you'll also find article reprints, cartoons, photos, postcards, videos and audio, including rare recordings of Sally Keith singing.

Always Something Doing: A History of Scollay Square from NEU Press

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Even more pages: Thanks to the generosity of the people who lived, worked, and played in Scollay Square - as well as some lucky bidding on eBay - there's so much more information to share with you, including pages on...

Comedian Fred Allen (the entire chapter of his biography that he devoted to the Square)
Francis W. Hatch (reprint of his Yankee Magazine article on the O.H.)
Adams Square
Hotel Manger/Madison (featuring its 1986 demolition)
1987 renaming ceremony, featuring Ann Corio and Jerry Williams
Art/architecture project in Scollay Square (in which the Square was brought back for a day)
Building Boston's subway (the complete 1898 magazine article)
Excerpts from the books as well as some errata
Scollay Square in books (from Sylvia Plath to Robert Parker, you'll be amazed who's written of the Square)
Scollay Square in the movies (Lights! Camera! Dr. House?!)
A page devoted to the The Scollay Family
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