Residents of The Clarendon condominium building in the Back Bay sounded the alarm regarding the expected impact from the adjacent, proposed Stanhope Street hotel during a city-sponsored meeting on the project held virtually on Thursday, June 7. “This is going…
Month: June 2023
Durkan Earns Mayor Wu’s Endorsement for District 8 Council
Special to the Sun Sharon Durkan, a community activist, former political staffer for Mayor Wu and former Ward 5 Democratic Committee Chair, earned the endorsement of Mayor Michelle Wu in her campaign for the Boston City Council District 8 seat…
NABB Homelessness Task Force Event a Success
Special to Sun It was standing room only at the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay’s Homelessness Task Force event for “A Conversation with Dr. Jim O’Connell and Dr. Eileen Reilly” on June 5. at the Boston Public Library’s Rabb…
Drag Queen Story Hour Boston Receives Open Door Award From Old South Church on Pride Sunday
Old South Church in Boston honored the Boston Chapter of Drag Queen Story Hour with the prestigious Open Door Award on Sunday, June 11, recognizing their exceptional contributions to our communities and the profound impact of storytelling. Patty Bourrée, on…
News in Briefs
Upcoming Events Sponsored by Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Association The Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Association presents Summer Concerts on the third Thursdays of June, July and August, including on June 15, July 20, and Aug. 17, from 7 to 8:30…
Noise Is Killing Us
For those of us who live in the Greater Boston area, the noise that is all around us — the roar of jets from the flight paths over our heads, the constant thrum of traffic on our bridges and expressways,…
The Miracle in the Amazon Jungle
The news this week of the rescue of the four children, ages 13, 9, 4, and 11 months, who survived in the depths of the Amazon jungle for 40 days after their small airplane crashed (killing the pilot, their mother,…
Guest Op-Ed: Enough is Enough
By Alison Barnet I once talked with a man whose family lived on the top floor of the Hotel Alexandra from 1951 to 1979. Although the name was written out front, he never called it the Alexandra; to him it…
BVNA Hosts Fundraiser
Hotel Alexandra Back on the Market for Unspecified Price
The fate of the redevelopment of Hotel Alexandra is again hanging in the balance with the historic building now listed on the market for an unspecified asking price. Cushman & Wakefield, a Chicago-based global commercial real-estate development firm, is now…