Welcome to Scollay Square

On page 240 of Striptease (Oxford University Press, 2004) author Rachel Shteir wrote "Buddy Wade's tap shoes caught fire, the sparks igniting her costume, and she burned to death one night at the Old Howard in Boston."  Ms. Shteir is unable to recall the source of this story, cannot find her notes of the interview, nor remember the date the fire is alleged to have occurred.  I got curious if such a sequence of events was even possible, and have suggested the story to the Mythbusters with the hope that they will prove - or disprove - its viability.  Meanwhile, if you have any knowledge of Buddy Wade or this fire, please email me today.

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 and the Old Howard (from his biography)
• Francis W. Hatch's Yankee Magazine article on the Old Howard
• Adams Square
• Hotel Manger/Madison
• Scollay Square returns - for a day, thanks to this Art/architecture project
  
• Building Boston's subway Three 1898 magazine articles
• 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?!)
• The Scollay Family A page devoted to the family that gave the Square its name
  
• Site Map