2024 was memorable year in Boston for a variety of reasons. So as the curtain closes on another
year, we invite readers to look back.
>> On Jan. 11, the Friends of the Public Garden joined representatives from the Boston Parks Department for the lighting of the Alexander Hamilton (seen here) and Col. John Glover statues on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall.
>> A rendering of the entrance to the South Tower of the Sheraton Boston Hotel in the Back Bay, which will go from temporary to permanent dormitory space for Northeaster University.
*On Jan 18, the Boston Planning & Development Agency board unanimously approved an application that will enable Northeastern University to convert one of the two towers comprising
the Sheraton Boston Hotel in the Back Bay from temporary into permanent student housing.
>> The previously proposed second location at the Prudential Center for the Harvard Book Store. *On Feb. 2, the Harvard Book Store announced it was scrapping plans to open its
second store in the space formerly occupied by Barnes & Noble inside the Prudential Center. In July of 2022, Harvard Book Store co-owners Jeff Mayersohn and Linda Seamonson had signed a long-term lease for the Prudential Center retail space.