By Seth Daniel It’s fair to say The Abbey Group’s Bill Keravuori knew almost everyone in the neighborhood already, being a long time Southender. However, after a whirlwind tour in the last 60 days of nearly every neighborhood association, group…
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UPNA Debuts New Co-Presidents,Tzenova to Partner with Fox
By Seth Daniel As they say, two heads are better than one, and the Union Park Neighborhood Association (UPNA) has elected two people to head up the long-time South End association for the coming civic year. Board member Svetla Tzenova…
Neighborhood Walking Tours are Back
NEWBURY STREET A free historic walking tour will take place May 4, from 6 – 7:30pm, beginning at 46 Newbury Street in front of Brooks Brothers. This tour will explore how an appreciation for art and architecture guided the historic…
Blighted Hotel Alexandra Deal Falls Through This Week after Promising Talks with Two Buyers
By Seth Daniel A potential sale of the blighted and dilapidated Hotel Alexandra by the Church of Scientology to at least two potential developers has fallen through this week, sources have indicated, in a blow to the neighborhood that erases…
Siena Condo Building Tops Off Steel Work in Ink Block
By Seth Daniel Sales are brisk and steel is assembled at the Siena condo building in the Ink Block area of the South End, one of the last remaining buildings on the slate for the popular block brought by National…
Charlesgate Alliance Seeks to Reclaim Lost Neighborhood
By Dan Murphy By restoring Charlesgate Park, an ad-hoc citizen’s group hopes to piece back together a city neighborhood lost to the construction of the Bowker Overpass more than half a century ago. “The Charlesgate neighborhood exists at the ‘back…
Charles River Esplanade to Get New Signage
By Beth Treffeisen For many local residents who run, bike, or even roller blade down the Charles River Esplanade, the wooden signs that pop up here and there may just blend into the background. But, for many tourists, these signs…
KABINETT Art Gallery Settles into its New Home on Shawmut Ave
By Beth Treffeisen Tucked into a little nook down the mostly residential Shawmut Ave. in the South End, a tiny 200 square foot space entices passerby’s with unique and quirky pieces from Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp and more in a tiny…
Sidewalks Around Boston Public Library are Set for Replacement
By Beth Treffeisen Plans for a new pilot program that will update and repair the mismatched sidewalks that surround the Boston Public Library are underway. Para Jayasinghe from the Boston Public Works Department made a presentation in front of the…
South End Library Hopes to Cure ‘Urgent’ Need for Reconfiguration in City Budget
By Seth Daniel The South End Public Library has been an outpost for families and programming – and even neighborhood meetings for many years – but as the homelessness and addiction problems have grown in the neighborhood it has also…