HEAD HOUSE PIER

In the Postcard if you look to the right of the Head House you will see an elevated structure. That is the pier that led to the area we now know as the Sugar Bowl. My father used to push me in a stroller there until the Pier was destroyed in the September Hurricane of 1938. I was almost 4 at the time so I do have a vague memory of it. The pier was destroyed in the center so you could still walk to where the Pier ended. It was years before it was dismantled so I visited the location many times afterwood

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I recall sitting on the benches along the side enjoying the cool summer breezes. Many years later when they built the causeway to the Sugar Bowl and beyond to Castle Island I enjoyed basically the same stroll. The only thing different is that there are no benches along the causeway where you can occasionally rest.

South Boston is blessed to have such a lovely area to enjoy. It is still my favorite area for a walk on a hot summer day.