Ropewalk Tavern in Federal Hill will close July 1 for renovations as the establishment says it will add bowling, games and a new menu. In a Facebook post, the tavern said the business is expected ...

In the 1800s, the site contained one of the city's "ropewalks." A ropewalk was a narrow factory building in which workers walked yarn along an 800-foot path while the yarn was spun into rope.

The old Ropewalk complex in the Charlestown Navy Yard is more than a quarter-mile long but only 45 feet wide in most sections, making it one of the most challenging structures in Boston to redevelop.