From toilets on Charter St., trash strewn on the Prado to shredder trucks on Commercial St., it was quite a week on Citizens Connect for complaints to the city regarding issues in the North End / Waterfront area.
17 Charter St – Toilet in front for a few days – Status – Resolved
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585 Commercial St.; Report as filed, “Giant shredder truck once again illegally parked in front of Romney National HQ. I know there’s probably a lot of shredding he needs to do to hide evidence, cover up his past, etc., but he could at least obey parking laws considering how he chases families with young children out of his half- empty parking lot!”
Status – Case resolved. Truck gone.
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16 Charter St.; Report – Overflowing dumpster at Eliot School.
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Prado – Trash strewn about Paul Revere Mall; Case resolved – Park blown down and cleaned.
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162 Salem St. Report – Bike lock on pole for over a year; Status – Case resolved. Sent pick up with grinder to cut lock.
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50 N. Margin St. Report-Out of state vehicle parked in resident only spot; Status-Closed. Had valid handicap placard, not in violation.
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Graffiti on Charlestown Bridge; Status-Closed. Jersey Barrier Washed.
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A friend recently commented that she thought the Eliot School was in trouble under the new school assignment plan, approved by the Boston School Committee last week. And she made it very clear that a lot of other parents feel the same way. I was surprised at that reaction. But I shouldn’t have been – Read More…
Neighbors of Cutillo Park and Morton Street say the area has become a neighborhood dumping ground attracting drug use and other illegal activity. A letter from a 28-unit condo building at 26 Stillman Street describes the situation. “Morton Street and Cutillo Park are generally covered with trash of all types, hypodermic needles, dead rats, dog Read More…
The resegregation of Boston Public Schools is analyzed in the Sunday Boston Globe’s cover story. Highlighted is the return to neighborhood schooling, and the subsequent majority-white student population at the North End’s Eliot K-8 School. The majority-white schools are emerging in the same neighborhoods that had them prior to court-ordered desegregation. At the Perry K-8 in South Read More…
2 Replies to “Toilet on Charter, Shredder Truck on Commercial, Trash on Prado and More on This Week’s Citizens Connect Reports”
THE NORTH END IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL
AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONGTIME, AND IF WE CAN
GET A CAMERA MAN TO GO ON ONE OF THE ROOFS
ON HANOVER ST. ON FRI. & SAT. NITES THE
RESIDENTS CAN REALLY SEE THE CORRUPTION
AND DISTURBANCES IN FULL SWING.
RESIDENTS WILL BE IN SHOCK AS TO WHAT IS
REALLY GOING ON DOWN HERE AND HOW WELL
IT IS COVERED UP. THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY OF
THE SERIOUS SITUATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE ON
WEEKEND NITES REPORTED AT THESE SAFETY
MEETINGS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THROWING
BEER BOTTLES OFF OF 462 HANOVER ST. AT OUR
POLICEMEN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PENALTY
WAS FOR SUCH AN ACT, AND WHO WERE THESE
PEOPLE STUDENTS, 25 – 35 YR. OLD RESIDENTS, ETC. WHERE IS THIS SO-CALLED ORDINANCE?
Wow! this was a busy week. Was the toilet on Charter the start of Tourist friendly facilities in the North End? The exterior was to follow. The Prado is in desparate need of full time cleaning. Thousands of Tourists pass through that area, they and it deserve better treatment.
THE NORTH END IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL
AND HAS BEEN FOR A LONGTIME, AND IF WE CAN
GET A CAMERA MAN TO GO ON ONE OF THE ROOFS
ON HANOVER ST. ON FRI. & SAT. NITES THE
RESIDENTS CAN REALLY SEE THE CORRUPTION
AND DISTURBANCES IN FULL SWING.
RESIDENTS WILL BE IN SHOCK AS TO WHAT IS
REALLY GOING ON DOWN HERE AND HOW WELL
IT IS COVERED UP. THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY OF
THE SERIOUS SITUATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE ON
WEEKEND NITES REPORTED AT THESE SAFETY
MEETINGS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THROWING
BEER BOTTLES OFF OF 462 HANOVER ST. AT OUR
POLICEMEN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PENALTY
WAS FOR SUCH AN ACT, AND WHO WERE THESE
PEOPLE STUDENTS, 25 – 35 YR. OLD RESIDENTS, ETC. WHERE IS THIS SO-CALLED ORDINANCE?
Wow! this was a busy week. Was the toilet on Charter the start of Tourist friendly facilities in the North End? The exterior was to follow. The Prado is in desparate need of full time cleaning. Thousands of Tourists pass through that area, they and it deserve better treatment.