A horrific inferno swept through a packed Boston nightclub 80 years ago tonight, killing hundreds of revelers and forever changing the way the nation plans for, builds for and reacts to fires.

On the night of November 28, 1942, the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub went up in flames. Mayor Michelle Wu, City Council President Ed Flynn, and Fire Commissioner Paul Burke are hosting a vigil to ...

I, I think that resonates today. Generations of Bostonians know about the tragedy that struck the Cocoanut Grove nightclub on the evening of Nov. 28, 1942. Thousands of people entered the ...

During my breakup with N. Tamiami Trail due to all that icky roundabout construction, I got to know Cocoanut Avenue. Just one street parallel and west, it could, in large part, take me to the same ...

Cocoanut Row will be closed to all through traffic between Seabreeze and Clarke avenues beginning Tuesday through Nov. 19 for a construction project that will improve drainage, the town announced ...

In the blink of an eye the Cocoanut Grove, one of Boston's swankiest nightclubs, became an unimaginable inferno — trapping hundreds of panicked victims as they jammed the club's exits.

The museum’s “Picnic in the Cocoanut Grove” option (cocoanut is spelled with an “a,” after an historic Palm Beach coconut grove) is just that — picnic-style fare available at the ...

BOSTON - A ceremony marked the 80th anniversary of the Cocoanut Grove Fire in Boston Monday, the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history. On November 28, 1942, 490 people died and hundreds were ...

Over 80 years after the Cocoanut Grove fire claimed 490 lives and singularly revolutionized fire safety standards and burn treatments, families of survivors and victims of the devastating fire ...

BOSTON — More than 80 years after the tragic fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, a new memorial is planned near the site. A groundbreaking was held Nov. 26, two days before the fire's 81st ...

Tamiami Trail, just north of downtown, and residents of the Central Cocoanut neighborhood are not happy. If you’re not familiar with Tommy's franchise, its buildings are characterized by flashy ...