The D-4 police district experienced a 6-percent decrease in overall crime over the past year, but Capt. Steve Sweeney told members of the Blackstone Franklin Square Neighborhood Association (BFSNA) he wasn’t ready to celebrate just yet. Sweeney told BFSNA on…
Residents are enthusiastic about Phase 2 proposal
Fenway Center, a project on air rights parcels over the Massachusetts Turnpike in the Fen-way, is on track to becoming a reality, with changes to a previously approved proposal set to go before the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA)…
BPDA approves Boylston Street project, rental units, LGBTQ-centric theater
At its monthly board meeting the Boston Planning and Development Agency approved the mixed-use project at 1252-1257 Boylston St. in the Fenway. The BPDA approved project will bring 451 rental units that includes 68 income-restricted units, as well as a…
‘Executive Suite’ loophole closes; Sonder drops Albany Street petition
Neighborhood and City officials are cheering a change to the Zoning Code this month that closed a loophole attempting to be exploited by many short-term rental companies hoping to evade the City’s new regulations on the industry. The Zoning Commission…
State Administration to hold hearing on future of Hynes Convention Center
With Gov. Charlie Baker putting the John B. Hynes Convention Center up for sale as part of a plan to expand the Boston and Exhibition Center in the Seaport, the State Administration Committee has scheduled a hearing regarding the Hynes’…
Boston Common Master Plan team seeks more feedback at second open house
A second open house regarding the Boston Common Master Plan was held on Jan. 15 at the Josiah Quincy Upper School, where design and engineering firm Weston & Sampson presented the schedule and process for the project, as well as…