Atlantic Works is a historic building in
East Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Located at 80 Border Street at its junction with Maverick Street, it was built in 1893 as the offices for
, a subsidiary of
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, which was in business from 1853 until 1984 and produced
steamship
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boilers and engines. It was the largest manufacturing company in East Boston for over a century.
The company moved here from Chelsea and Marion Streets, a few blocks to the northeast.
[''Miscellaneous Documents, 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session · Volume 5'' (1876), p. 307][Atlantic Works]
– East Boston Community Development Corporation The building was renovated in 2010. As of 2021, it is the home of Atlantic Works Cultural Center and Atlantic Works Gallery, an artists' space.
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Popular culture
The building appears in the 2015 film '' Black Mass'' in the scene in which Johnny Depp
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's character Whitey Bulger picks up his new recruit, Kevin Weeks
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References
External links
Atlantic Works Gallery official website
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Commercial buildings in Boston
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Warehouses in the United States