By Dan Murphy The project team unveiled the latest plans for the renovated concourse and ventilation system of the redeveloped MBTA Back Bay station on Monday night during a presentation at the state’s Transportation Building. Boston Properties, which assumed control…
Downtown View Infrastructure. Investment. Interesting.
By Karen Cord Taylor Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Boston boldly invested in itself. It cleaned up the harbor, spending $3.8 billion on the Deer Island Treatment Plant alone. It spent from $650 to $850 million, depending…
Boston Landmarks Commission Approves Changes to Fenway Park
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston Landmarks Commission Tuesday night approved the previously presented dugout and dugout seat expansion and the new day-of-game suites on the right field and left field press levels. The projects were passed with a proviso that…
Mr. Boston Taking in the Boat
By Phineas J. Stone There’s a whole world of wonder to the East, but huge swaths of Bostonians hardly know it exists. That place is the Atlantic Ocean, and it goes unnoticed by many of us living in the peaceful,…
Protesters Take Center Stage During the Boston’s Planning and Development Agency Unveiling
By Beth Treffeisen During the unveiling ceremony for the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), formally known as the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), protesters took center stage after its abrupt ending, sporting a sign with the agency’s new logo next…
South End Brothers Travel to Their 100th Country
By Beth Treffeisen Two Boston brothers, Troy Santulli, 15 and Tristan Santullie 13, traveled to their 100th country this past summer when they landed on the island of Ternate, Maluku in Indonesia. “Travel has been a big part of our…
Major Meeting Looks at Suboxone Program at South End Health Center
By Seth Daniel It started with a mere mention during the South End Forum on Sept. 6. South End Neighborhood Health Center (SENHC) CEO Bill Walczak announced that the health center was going to add addiction recovery programming to its…
The Piano Man on Tremont Street Piano Initiative Taught Brockway to Play Three Years Ago
By Seth Daniel On Thursday afternoon last week, crews pulled a piano out of a truck – painted decoratively like a Popcorn box – and took the plastic sheeting off of it and stationed it on Tremont Street near the…
Back Bay Architectural Commission Approves Design for Long-standing Violation Against Hereford Street Owner
By Beth Treffeisen In a 2-1 decision, the Back Bay Architectural Commission approved the design of a temporary landscaping plan behind 45-53 Hereford Street row houses, along with the repainting of masonry at the wall that runs along Newbury Street…
Police Briefs 09-29-2016
BACK ABY KENMORE/FENWAY SOUTH END POLICE LOG Sept. 19 80 West Dedham St. – Harassment Commonwealth Ave/Deerfield St – Violation of Auto Law – Other 755 Tremont St. – Assault Simple – Battery 850 Harrison Ave. – Warrant Arrest Tremont…
Chester Square Fall Fest
MAKING A MOVE: David Jordan considers his next move in a chess game played during the 4th Annual Chester Square Fall Fest in Chester Square last Saturday afternoon, Sept. 17. The beautiful day lent itself to a great festival for…
Neighbors Want More Information on Mckinley School Demolition Plans
By Seth Daniel Students and faculty at the McKinley South End Academy know very little about their future in the neighborhood, and neighbors of the large, block-long school on Warren Avenue know even less about a plan floating within the…