By Seth Daniel A major showdown over safe injection facilities (SIFs) for opiate users took place on Beacon Hill this week, with an official hearing held on a proposed bill that would potentially allow such facilities in Massachusetts. However, though…
Davis Companies Files PDA for Shawmut Ave,Overall Block Could Yield 500-Plus Units
By Seth Daniel In a coordinated approach with two abutting property owner, the Davis Companies has been the first to submit detailed plans for the Shawmut and Herald Street Block in the New York Streets neighborhood – a block that…
News Briefs
MOHR & MCPHERSON CLOSING IN SOWA Signs went up last week that the anchor Mohr & McPherson Furniture showroom and store in the SoWa Art and Design District is closing its doors forever. This week, a note went up on…
South End Landmarks Commission Denies New Billboard
By Beth Treffeisen In a move to try to replace and update the existing rusting billboard located on a residential building that over looks Washington Street in the South End, a representative of the owner, Mike’s City Diner, failed to…
Gov Baker Nominates South End Attorney for Judgeship
Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated Thomas J. Barbar of the South End to serve as an associate justice in the Middlesex Probate and Family Court. Barbar has over 20 years serving clients in the private sector specializing in family law,…
Landmark Center Project to Move from Residential to Offices
By Beth Treffeisen Seeking to capitalize upon the Fenway neighborhood’s emergence as a premier office destination, Samuels & Associates proposes to refocus its’ redevelopment plans for Landmark Center, scrapping plans for an addition containing 550 apartments with a 110,000-square-foot retail…
The Big Move on Sept 1
By Beth Treffeisen September 1 for many in the city means it is time to pack up and move apartments. Across the downtown neighborhoods of Beacon Hill, the Back Bay and the Fenway, many new and long-time residents of Boston…
Women Across District 2 Show Support for Ed Flynn
Hundreds of District 2 residents came to Roza Lyons in South Boston last week for an event hosted by over 150 women endorsing Ed Flynn’s campaign for Boston City Council. The overwhelming show of support and building momentum across the…
Charlesgate Alliance Working to Reclaim Lost Neighborhood
By Dan Murphy When Parker James and Pam Beale formed the ad hoc Charlesgate Alliance in February, their mission was to piece back together a city neighborhood lost to the construction of the Bowker Overpass more than half a century…
Potential Developer for Alexandra Hotel Ready to Make Building Proud Again
By Seth Daniel In his first, much-anticipated appearance before the South End neighborhood, new Alexandra Hotel owner Eric Hoagland, of Cambridge, said he hoped to make the building proud once more. South End Forum Moderator Steve Fox helped to bring…
Police Briefs 09-07-2017
Back Bay – Kenmore/Fenway – South End Police Log Aug. 28 14 Cunard St — Investigate Person 1341 Boylston St — Warrant Arrest 533 Commonwealth Ave — Towed Motor Vehicle 240 Newbury St — Larceny Shoplifting 62 Brookline Ave —…
Why Honk When You Can Fish?
By Phineas J. Stone Few things are more annoying than the custom of taxi cabs and drivers pulling up to a home and laying on the horn, instead of simply calling or going to the door. I have witnessed this…