Browsing through the pages of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy’s Annual Report reveals some interesting facts about how the Conservancy is managing the parks. On the revenue side, State is providing nearly half of the funding being used for the burgeoning Conservancy. But the most surprising element that pops out from the numbers is on the expense side. Read More…
Community
Greenway Conservancy Improves Development Protocols
From the Greenway Conservancy: Revised drafts of the Design Protocols for Capital Improvements within the Greenway Parks and Open Spaces and the Protocols for Reviewing Proposed Development Projects Impacting the Greenway that were discussed at the public hearing on September 1 are now posted on the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy website. Comments on the original Read More…
Armenian Heritage Park Making Progress For Greenway Opening in Fall 2010
The long awaited Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway is now expected to be open in the Fall of 2010. Don Tellalian, architect for the project, gave a detailed update on the progress and challenges they have had to overcome. The location will be on parcel 13 between Quincy Market and Mercantile Wharf, on the Read More…
Boston “Ahts” Festival Cancels Saturday Program – Sunday Still On
WEATHER UPDATE
SATURDAY’S PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELED. SUNDAY WILL GO AHEAD AS PLANNED.
Boston “Ahts” Festival
Christopher Columbus Park (North End/Waterfront)
SUNDAY – SEPTEMBER 13
NOON TO 6PM (VISUAL ARTISTS)
12:30- 6PM (PERFORMANCES)
Two Thumbs Down for Greenway Movie
Excessive noise complaints rolled in today about last night’s movie showing of Good Will Hunting on the Greenway’s North End parks. One residential abutter said the sound level around 10 pm was “blaring … robbing my entire building of quality of life.” Another resident said her windows were rattling. A passerby reported that it was Read More…
Gassy Park’s “Melted” Swing Quickly Replaced
North End infants and toddlers rejoice! In a piece of good news, the Parks Department replaced the vandalized swing at the DeFilippo Playground (“the Gassy”). Resident Emily Lapkin reported the damaged swing on the Neighbors for Neighbors social network site for the North End over the Labor Day weekend. She found matches around the Read More…
Salem Street Powerhouse Boasts New Painted Murals
Residents have something to look at as they pass by the old Edison Powerhouse building on the corner of Salem & Prince Streets. Many folks are actually going out of their way to see what once was a barren building. Thanks to artist Nathan Swain, this eyesore has been transformed into a colorful canvas of Read More…
Gassy Park Swings “Melted” by Vandals
Emily Lapkin reports via Neighbors for Neighbors: “I’m just writing to tell everyone the sad news that the infant/toddler swings at the “Gassy” park on Prince Street have been vandalized. Today we took our daughter there to play, and were greatly disappointed to find a pile of matches on the ground and partially melted/warped rubber Read More…
North End Crime Still Low, But Up From Last Year
While still considered very low versus other areas of the city, North End crime incidents are now 8% of the total in Area A-1, up from 3% last year. Area A-1 covers 9 neighborhoods in the City. Year to date, there have been 199 reported crime incidents in the North End, an increase of 30 Read More…
Debating Development & Conflict Issues at the Greenway Conservancy Meeting
In the public comment period of the September 1st Annual Meeting of the Greenway Conservancy, I summarized my comments on their proposed improvement and development protocols, imploring the Conservancy to incorporate basic conflict of interest language in their guidelines to stop a slippery slope that has already raised ire in the community. As a private Read More…
Edward M. Kennedy and the North End
Here are a few articles from the coverage of the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy that relate to the North End/Waterfront neighborhood. Kennedy Left An Impression In A Thousand Little Ways By Monica Brady-Myerov, WBUR.org “… ANOTHER LASTING IMPRESSION KENNEDY MADE on the city of Boston was the Rose Kennedy Greenway, named after his Read More…
Greenway Conservancy Revises Park Guidelines; Little Improvement for Public
In response to public input, the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy released revised guidelines, effective August 14, 2009. These guidelines have been approved by the Greenway Leadership Council and the Conservancy Board of Directors. The complete document can be seen on the Greenway Conservancy’s website http://www.rosekennedygreenway.org/docs. It is being reviewed now by the MTA, property owner Read More…