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LADDER DISTRICT
Stepping Up
The candied redolence of honey-roasted peanuts floats into the urban breeze at
Downtown Crossing near the famous Filene's Basement department store. Pushcart
vendors lure hungry pedestrians with Italian sausages, burritos and steaming
fried dough. A street musician plays a percussive empty-bucket sonata in front
of Macy's. The flurry of humanity here is as diverse and spirited as anywhere
else in the city. A couple of blocks away on shadowed West Street, writers,
readers and curious passersby thumb through used books on discount racks
outside the Brattle Book Shop, one of the oldest bookstores in the country.
High above within a slate-tinted glass tower, someone is enjoying the royal
treatment at the new Ritz-Carlton hotel-the proverbial top of the ladder.
Actually, such a proverb is still in-the-making, as Boston's newest Old
Neighborhood, The Ladder District, is enjoying a swift revitalizing boom that
has shifted affections in this city.
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Boston’s version of Little Italy, the North End boasts the best Italian food in town and is the residence of many Italian immigrants. This tight-knit neighborhood, birthplace of American revolutionary Paul Revere, is home to historic sites like the Paul Revere House, Christ Church and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. Fall in love with the North End’s European charm on our 
