Tag: Open Streets
Community

Reader Poll: Should Hanover Street Have Car-Free Days?

Over the summer, Boston celebrates Open Newbury Street, three car-free Sundays with games and food from local businesses. Earlier this month, Canal Street hosted “Open Canal Street”, a day when the street was closed to cars and turned into a family-friendly space with games, music, entertainment and tables providing information about local businesses. The pedestrianization Read More…
Event Notices

“Open Canal Street” Celebration on Saturday July 8th

Expanding its pedestrian-only street experiments (e.g. “Open Newbury Street”) the City of Boston is shutting down Canal Street in the Bulfinch Triangle to vehicular traffic from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 8. On the two-block Canal Street stretch, people will be free to mill about the street “to dine, relax and enjoy the atmosphere of Read More…