Students Suggest More Walking and Less Driving In Boston’s North End The North End, a neighborhood within Boston, is the city’s little Italy. Filled with great restaurants, American historical sites, and bars and lounges frequented by celebrities. In the spring and summer months The North End is a major tourist attraction and this adds additional pedestrian traffic and vehicle traffic to the crowed narrow roads and sidewalks. However, six Northeastern University civil engineering seniors have a solution — seasonal, portable sidewalks.