The Herald’s Thomas Grillo writes about increasing pressure on the City of Boston to do something with the empty buildings on North and Richmond Streets in the North End. “The Boston Finance Commission wants to know why Mayor Thomas M. Menino has failed to market two adjacent properties near the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway at Read More…
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Herald Reports on High Expenses at Greenway Conservancy
The Boston Herald’s Thomas Grillo reports on some news that came out of this week’s annual meeting for the Greenway Conservancy in his article, “Critics eye Greenway spending $300G on program for 9 teens, Where’s the money going?” The Conservancy is the private, non-profit that operates the downtown ribbon of parks from the North End Read More…
“This Movie is Nothing if Not a Long Apology to the North End”
That was the quote in the Boston Herald from Ben Affleck during an interview for his “Made in Boston” movie, “The Town” opening this weekend. “The community is extremely powerful politically in the North End, whereas if you’re (filming) in Dorchester you wouldn’t be getting the same kind of push-back from the municipal authorities. So Read More…
Is a West End/North End Supermarket Finally Coming?
MassDOT, the State’s transportation department, has approved the development of a 12-story building with a ground floor supermarket in the West End’s Bullfinch Triangle along Canal Street. The parcel is in the West End, but nearly abuts the North End, at the far end of the Rose Kennedy Greenway down to Causeway Street across from Read More…
Residential Plan Expected to Gain OK for Parcel 9/Haymarket
The Boston Herald’s Tom Grillo is reporting that MassDOT will award the Parcel 9 development at Haymarket/Blackstone St. to Eastat Reality Capital for their residential plan consisting of 78 apartments over a ground market. The site is along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway by the Haymarket pushcarts and Blackstone Street, one of the oldest streets Read More…