The Emmanuel Gospel Center (EGC) has had a long presence in the South End, from a mobile church on wheels in the 1920s to its long-time building on San Juan Street and Shawmut Avenue, but that presence has come to…
Author: Seth Daniel
South End Comes in with Highest Percentage of Affordable Housing
The South End has taken a great amount of heat over the years for gentrification and the escalating cost of housing in the neighborhood, and that’s why many were surprised to learn that the South End neighborhood had the highest…
Union Park Honors Retiring Mailman, Neighborhood Legend at Holiday Party
When longtime South End letter carrier Chris Kostaras retired last month after 32.5 years, he found it hard to leave his office. That’s because his office for three decades has been the streets of the South End, the very place…
Tremont Street Re-Design Gets High Marks for Thorough Proposals
The City presented the South End community with three detailed proposals for the re-design of Tremont Street last Wednesday, Nov. 28, at the Tubman House – and many were impressed by the detailed designs that had been accomplished in the…
Mayor Walsh says Needle Situation, Drug Issues Outside Orchard Gardens School ‘Unacceptable’
Mayor Martin Walsh and a cadre of City officials are sounding off this week with plans to put an end to the inundation of dirty drug needles and homeless encampments that have overwhelmed the schoolyard of the Orchard Gardens K-8…
USES Releases RFP for Tubman House
The United South End Settlements organizations (USES) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) this week to the development community for its long-time headquarters at 566 Columbus Ave., known as the Harriet Tubman House. USES President and CEO Maicharia Weir…
School on South End’s Edge Fighting Discarded Needles, Homeless Encampments
When the colorful fall leaves fall on most schoolyards in Boston, it’s a unique and happy time to play outside, but at Orchard Gardens K-8 on the edge of the South End, the falling leaves present a grave danger and…
Condo Association Votes to Oppose After-Hours Work in South End
Saying they feel surrounded, and will likely feel even more surrounded, by construction activities at all hours, neighbors and a large condominium association on Harrison Avenue have vociferously opposed recent approvals for after-hours and weekend work. The South End has…
Councilor Baker More Confident SIFs Won’t Happen in Massachusetts
City Councilor Frank Baker appeared at the Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Association (WSANA) on Tuesday to give a legislative update, and a majority of that was spent discussing the possibility of Safe Injection Sites (SIFs) in the neighborhood. “I’m a…
Greater Boston Legal Services, BPS Agree to Stop Young Student Suspensions
When Elizabeth McCarthy, a staff attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), was helping to mediate a suspension hearing a few years ago with a second-grade student, the student busily colored a white piece of paper. Next to the young…