James Michael Curley

James Michael Curley with a zebra wearing a hat

adamg — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:35:55 +0000

The Boston Public Library has posted a bunch of Leslie Jones photos of Curley (and some of predecessor John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald), including this one.

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There's 'responsible, carbon-neutral snow removal' and then there's the Curley approach

adamg — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:27:40 +0000

Over in Allston/Brighton, Marcie Laden is advertising responsible, carbon-neutral snow removal, in other words, her daughters with snow shovels.

Contrast that with Mayor Curley's 1948 letter to MIT (found by BostonTweet), asking for the Institute's help in coming up with a way to use flame throwers or chemicals to shrink snow accumulations.

The Rascal King lives forever in West Roxbury

adamg — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 14:36:25 +0000

The dining room of the West Roxbury Pub and Restaurant is a paean to the life of James Michael Curley, from boyhood through old age - a Curley mural fills all four walls of the room (local residents paid $20 to have their faces immortalized behind and next to Curley).