South End tricks and treats

Halloween across the South End brought out plenty of witches, superheroes, tigers, clowns, princesses and the like, as well as houses, cars and trees festooned with cobwebs, skeletons, colored lights and the occasional mist machine, including one house decorated with a politically themed tableau inspired by current political leaders and the midterm election.

A few family groups were decked out in themed costumes this year, with one family spotted in front of Café Quattro, 817 Harrison Avenue, dressed as "The Incredibles" and a mother with a mother and her little girl strolled Tremont Street, both dressed as bunnies. Titus Sparrow and Ringgold Parks once again held early-evening Halloween gatherings for children, although the Boston Fire Department's Engine 22 firehouse at 700 Tremont Street was not open to trick or treaters as it has been in previous years.

One South End townhouse was cleverly and elaborately decorated as the "Capitol Hill Lunatic Asylum", with figures of President Donald Trump flanked by Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, all clad in hospital gowns and scrubs.

Below, figures of White House Kellyanne Conway in a nurse's cap and presidential press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in scrubs stand over a chained Statue of Liberty holding a sign that reads, "Help Me Vote." The house attracted many visitors, photographs and some local news coverage.