The owner of La Neta, a Newbury Street taco shop, appeared at the Monday, Oct. 3, meeting of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (NABB) License and Building Use Committee to discuss his plan to petition the city for…
Author: Dan Murphy
ZBA Unanimously Denies Application To Expand Occupancy of Lodging House at 291 Beacon St.
The city’s Zoning Board of Appeal voted unanimously (5-0) at its Oct. 4 virtual hearing to deny a controversial application to increase the occupancy of an existing lodging house at 291 Beacon St. George Haroutiounian, the building owner and managing…
West End House Demolished as Part of MGH Expansion Project
Demolition of the West End House on Blossom Street – one of now less than a dozen structures in the old West End to survive urban renewal – got underway at around 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, as part…
MassCann Sponsors Freedom Rally on Common
The 33rd Boston Freedom Rally returned on Saturday, Sept. 17, to the Boston Common, and despite high attendance, this year’s event apparently had little impact on the park, or on the surrounding residential communities. “As far as attendance goes, we’re…
Open Newbury Street Closes Out 2022 Season
The city’s sixth and final Open Newbury Street event of the ’22 season took place on Sunday, Sept. 25, again transforming a stretch of that street into a car-free, pedestrian-only walkway. For these events, Newbury Street was open to pedestrians…
Hill House Set To Bring Back Fall FUNdraiser and Hill-O-Ween Party
Following a three-year absence due to the pandemic, Hill House is bringing two popular annual events back to the neighborhood next month – the Fall FUNdraiser, as well as the Hill-O-Ween Party. In the tradition of past offerings like Opa!,…
Rep. Livingstone Spearheading Clean-Water Effort
As lead pipes continue to be the cause of tainted water throughout Boston and the rest of the Commonwealth, Rep. Jay Livingstone is helping to spearhead the effort to tackle this pernicious problem. Rep. Livingstone filed legislation over the summer…
Van Scoy Settling Into New Role As Neighborhood Liaison
Perhaps the biggest surprise for Margret “Maggie” Van Scoy, since assuming the role of the city’s neighborhood liaison for Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway-Kenmore, and Mission Hill, she said, has been realizing “just how much we can do on the…
Chester Square Park Comes Alive for Mass Ave Coalition Festival
Chester Square Park came alive during an unseasonable warm autumn afternoon on Sunday, Sept. 18, for “a festival like no other,” the Mass Ave Coalition Festival. The festival was made possible by a collaborative effort between the four neighborhood associations…
Boston Groundwater Trust Forum Comes to Copley BPL
The 2022 Boston Groundwater Trust (BGwT) Forum took place on Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Rabb Hall at the Copley Branch of the Boston Public Library. Wilko Koning, senior project leader for Waternet, the water company that serves Amsterdam, Netherlands, appeared…