By Seth Daniel What was once a disappointing split between the Old Dover Neighborhood Association and the New York Streets area has now become a marriage renegotiated. Old Dover President Ken Smith and New York Streets Neighborhood Association (NYSNA) board…
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Rabbit Proofing the Kelleher Rose Garden
By Beth Treffeisen Hidden behind a lush green yew hedge, the James P. Kelleher Rose Garden is Boston’s very own secret garden. During the warm summer months the garden blooms with over a thousand roses, making it a destination not…
GTI Properties Seeks Residential Building for Harrison Ave Block
By Seth Daniel GTI Properties President Mario Nicosia unveiled initial plans to the Old Dover Neighborhood Association on Tuesday night, Jan. 16, for a new, 70-foot residential building in what is now a parking lot next to the Cinquecento Restaurant…
New Book Highlights Historic South End
By Beth Treffeisen On a rare warm, rainy night in January, members of the community packed into the South End Historical Society at 532 Massachusetts Avenue to hear Lauren Prescott, the executive director talk about her newly released book, “Boston’s…
Harrison Ave Units Ready for Lease
By Seth Daniel One of the largest residential projects in the City is about to come online in the South End’s New York Streets area, with the UDR company opening a leasing office and preparing to open up the first…
South End Addresses Have Deep Ties to MLK
By Seth Daniel On Massachusetts Avenue sits a building nearly falling down after years of neglect, but on the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, it’s a building where MLK and his wife, Coretta, likely spent their first…
MFS Pro-Am Doubles Championship
Club member Bill Keravuori(of the South End) and Pro Raj Nanda (of Australia, receive their trophy from University Club Pro Doubles Committee member Tom Poor during the annual MFS Pro-Am Doubles Championship at the University Club in the Back Bay…
Annual Three Kings Celebration At IBA Center for the Arts
Roxanna Myhrum from Puppet Showplace Theatre in Brookline and her Three Wise Puppets entertained the crowd at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts in the South End on Monday, Jan. 8, for the annual Three Kings Celebration. The evening…
Winthrop Square Tower Height Lowered
By Beth Treffeisen In a lengthy Draft Project Impact Report released on Jan. 2, the developers behind the Winthrop Square Tower outlined their latest plans for redeveloping the abandoned parking garage at 115 Winthrop Square, including a new design, less…
Developers Behind Haddon Hall Switch Gears, Pursuing Residences Instead of Club
By Beth Treffeisen Hexagon Properties announced on Friday, Jan. 5, and made it official on Jan. 9 at the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing that they would no longer be pursuing a private club at 29 Commonwealth Ave. The team…