The North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC) added its voice to the community’s displeasure with parking space savers during winter snow storms. In a vote of 6-3, NEWNC supported a ban of space savers in the North End and downtown Boston. The group joins NEWRA along with other downtown groups in signing on to the proposal by the Alliance for Downtown Civic Organizations Read More…
So far this year, Bostonians have truly weathered the storms. Most people have kept their cool and maintained their good nature. I have also detected a note of pride in our resilience and bravery in the face of unprecedented snowfalls. The T didn’t work. The city’s plows and melters had trouble keeping up. But the Read More…
Video: Alliance of Downtown Civic Organizations representative, Steve Wintermeier, presents a resolution to NEWRA for the ban of winter parking space savers (March 12, 2015). The North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) voted 25-7 on Thursday night to officially sign on to the list of neighborhood groups supporting a ban on parking space savers in downtown Boston. The vote Read More…
A North End resident sends in this story and warning about a bully that vandalized their car and defaced it with a large orange sticker in an attempt to scare them out of a residential street parking spot. The victim has reported the incident to the police and asked not to have his/her name used here. Like many, I Read More…
When record snowfall buries Boston, the scarcity of residential parking spaces becomes more acute. Some use space savers, others literally don’t move their car and those who do sometimes get territorial. These photos are from Endicott Street where someone threw trash and other things on top of the car (that had a residential sticker). Read More…
The Boston Public Works Department announced that posted residential street sweeping will be postponed in neighborhoods with March street sweeping (including the North End, South End and Beacon Hill) until streets are cleared to the curb and gutters are free of ice and snow. In order for streets to be properly swept, a thaw and Read More…
We’ve seen the dark side of parking spot saving. Others are trying honey instead of vinegar. Literally. As shown in this photo, Ralph Verrocchi and the folks at My Cousin’s Place are using the “Take the Breakfast, Leave the Spot” approach to space saving.
North Ender, Charlene Love, received this note taped to the door of her business at Luigi & Lola, 404 Hanover Street. Read below for the ultimate irony of the situation! This nasty little note was left taped to the door of my business Luigi & Lola at 404 Hanover Street. Clearly someone stole someone else’s Read More…