New Boston Ventures unveiled yet-unseen details of their plan to demolish and rebuild on the site of the current USES Harriet Tubman House – a plan that is by right and won’t require any zoning relief for the 60l-65 unit…
Author: Seth Daniel
Forum Members, Bay Villagers Irate Over Earlier Trash Time
Members of the South End Forum and a visitor from the Bay Village Neighborhood Association grilled Chief of Streets Chris Osgood for the City’s recent decision to have an earlier, 6 a.m. trash pick-up in the downtown neighborhoods – thwarting…
New York Streets Open Space A Steep Price to Pay for a Park
Earlier this year when the City-owned Shawmut Avenue lot in the New York Streets area was designated to be open space, it brought about cheers from the community. It was an unexpected and easy victory. Now, this week, the price…
Statement Statue: Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial Only Male and Female War Memorial in the Country
On the corner of Washington Street and West Dedham, one can see the striking statue of a male and female solider striding bravely together into battle. It’s the only place in America where one can find such a war memorial.…
State Officials: Shattuck Will Not Be Turned Back to Green Space
State cabinet officials from the Department of Health and Human Services said that there was no way that the current Shattuck Hospital site in Jamaica Plain would be turned over to green, open space – something that the powerful Emerald…
Honored Alleyway: Puerto Rican Veterans, Walsh Get Street Designated to Historic Regiment
When it comes to surprises, Puerto Rican Veterans Monument Square Association President Tony Molina always has something up his sleeve when it comes to improving the veterans memorial on Washington Street in the South End. However, on Memorial Day this…
Josiah Quincy Upper School to Move from Bay Village
The Boston Public Schools announced sweeping changes to the City’s school configurations on Tuesday, and one of those changes included moving the Josiah Quincy Upper School off of Arlington Street in Bay Village. Interim Supt. Laura Perille announced sweeping changes…
Downtown Trash Contract Back in Hands of Capitol Waste
Citing a much lower cost, and much better tools to hold accountability, the Public Works Department has awarded all five trash collection contracts to Capitol Waste – including the downtown neighborhoods where many troubles existed from 2009 to 2014 when…
Tufts Says It Plans to Develop New York Streets Parking Lot in Three Years
An operations manager from Tufts Medical Center told the East Berkeley Neighborhood Association (EBNA) that they do intend to develop the empty lot between Harrison Avenue and Washington Street in the near future, but in the meantime would put more…
Ellis South End Elects Slate of Leaders for the Coming Year
The Ellis South End Neighborhood Association held its 55th Annual Meeting with a packed house in the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology on Tuesday, May 14. Chair John Alekna welcomed everyone to the meeting, and bid his farewell as the…