As the first quarter of 2020 drew to a close, District 4 had seen a 12-percent decrease in incidents of violent and property crime from last year. According to Boston Police, 602 incidents of Part One crime were reported in…
Author: Dan Murphy
Mixed-Use Project Planned for Parcel 12 Clears Another Hurdle
A developer’s plan to build a mixed-use project on air-rights Parcel 12 at the critical intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston and Newbury streets in Back Bay cleared another hurdle Monday when it received joint-approval from the Massachusetts Department of…
Boylston Street Retail Bears Brunt of Coronavirus
While many retail stores on Boylston Street near the Boston Marathon finish line have typically come to expect to do peak business in the weeks leading up to and during the event, growing fears over the coronavirus, which has resulted…
Blackstone’s and KitchenWares to Consolidate Under One Roof
Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill and its sister establishment, KitchenWares by Blackstones, will soon consolidate their respective businesses under one roof at 46 Charles St. “KitchenWares physical location at 215 Newbury St. is disappearing at the end of the month, but…
Potential sale of Hynes pondered at town hall meeting
While the state legislature is reportedly expected to decide on Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposal to sell the Hynes Convention Center by mid-May, elected officials and other neighborhood leaders convened a town hall meeting to discuss what the decision could potentially…
Mixed-use development planned for Parcel 13
A developer is moving forward with plans to transform air-rights Parcel 13 over the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Back Bay into a sprawling mixed-use development with a reported $300-million price tag. The Peebles Group of West Roxbury intends to convert…
Honoring Women in History: Sculptor paying tribute to Charles Sumner faced sexism
Venerable sculptor and Massachusetts native Anne Whitney felt the sting of sexism firsthand when her favored design for a statue to commemorate Charles Sumner in the recently constructed Public Garden was passed over due to her gender. Upon Sumner’s death…
Democrats remain united against President Trump following Super Tuesday outcome
By Dan Murphy and Seth Daniel While some local Democratic leaders were shocked by the outcome of Super Tuesday, especially with Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s third-place finish in her home state, they agree that defeating Presidential Trump in November is their…
Public gets preview of Muddy River Project’s Phase 2
The public got a preview of the $74 million Phase 2 of the Muddy River Project on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Emmanuel College. Wendy Gendron, chief of the Civil Works Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New England…
Proposed tea shop plans to take over KitchenWares space
Representatives for a tea shop that plans to open in the current location of the KitchenWares retail shop outlined their proposal during the monthly meeting of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Licensing and Building Use Committee on March…