With an eye on promoting equity in the industry, the city is recommending that zoning guidelines for cannabis establishments be amended to not only remove the required half-mile buffer zone between dispensaries, but also to change their designation from “Conditional…
Author: Dan Murphy
Positive COVID Tests Increase in the Fenway While Dropping in Nearby Neighborhoods
The rate of Fenway residents testing positive for COVID-19 was up from a week earlier as the positive rates in the South End, as well as in the Back Bay and nearby neighborhoods, continues to fall. According to data released…
Public Gets a Look at Plan To Redevelop Fenway Star Market Site
The site of the Fenway Star Market is poised to become home to a lab and office building comprising four connected components with ground-floor retail, but no residential component, according to members of the project team on hand for a…
Open Newbury Returns for Six Consecutive Sundays
Newbury Street will again be transformed into a pedestrian-only walkway when Open Newbury returns for six consecutive Sundays between Aug. 21 and Sept. 25, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) announced last week. “Open Newbury Street has…
12 Hemenway St. Only Project Included in Latest Berklee Imp
The latest two-year extension to Berklee School of Music’s Institutional Master Plan will only include one project – the proposed renovation and conversion of an existing four-story building at 12 Hemenway St. into student housing, according to school officials on…
Next Month’s Mass Ave. Coalition Festival Among Topics Discussed at CSN Monthly Meeting
The upcoming Mass Ave Coalition Festival was among the topics discussed at Chester Square Neighbors’ Aug. 3 virtual meeting. The festival, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 18, will be immediately preceded by the dedication of Jazz Square at Columbus and Massachusetts…
Facades of Three Historic Façades To Be Integrated Into 65 Wareham St. Redevelopment Project
The facades of three historic Wareham Street buildings will be preserved and integrated into the design of a redevelopment project that proposes razing five dilapidated South End buildings to make way for a five-story office/laboratory building, according to members of…
Beacon Street Lodging-House Applicant Returns to NABBLBU Committee With New Proposal
After meeting with a less than favorable response at the June 8 meeting, an applicant was on hand again at the virtual Aug. 1 meeting of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay License and Building Use Committee (NABBLBU) with…
Copley BPL Resumes Free Art-and-Architecture Tours
In another move towards pre-pandemic normalcy, the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square has resumed offering free art-and-architecture tours on a regular basis. The approximately one-hour tours take place from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday,…
Suspect Arrested in Connection With Non-Fatal Shooting Outside MFA, Puts Museum on Lockdown
A suspect was arrested in connection with a non-fatal shooting on Saturday morning outside the Museum of Fine Arts, putting the museum on temporary lockdown. At about 11:11 a.m. on July 23, officers assigned to District D-4 responded to a…