Overnight, somebody covered the WBZ offices at 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. in Allston with blood-red paint and took the time to scrawl "Free Palestine" at one end. Monica captured the scene. Read more.
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By adamg - 11/2/23 - 1:45 pm
Surveillance photos via BPD.
Boston Police report they are looking for a guy they say tried unsuccessfully to break into a house on Pratt Street in Allston's GAP neighborhood, around 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 1. Read more.
By adamg - 10/27/23 - 11:22 am
The Daily Free Press brings us up to speed on incumbent Councilor Liz Breadon and challenger Jacob deBlecourt - who said a good summation of his platform would be "more housing and fewer rats."
By adamg - 10/20/23 - 11:45 am
Frederick Hewett has lived within a mile of the Charles River for 40 years now:
As you spend more time around Boston, the Charles infuses into your consciousness.
By adamg - 10/19/23 - 8:59 am
Ari Ofsevit caught the sunrise over Harvard Stadium this morning.
In West Roxbury, Mary Ellen watched the dawn break over the old West Roxbury High School: Read more.
By adamg - 10/16/23 - 5:48 pm
City Councilor Liz Breadon said today that the USPS has signed a letter of intent to move into the building that could replace the crumbling Harvard Avenue post office it shut in 2019. Read more.
By adamg - 9/28/23 - 8:47 pm
Photos via BPD.
Boston Police report they're looking for a guy who gets around Allston on a black scooter they say stole a $70,000 viola on Glenville Avenue - and are looking for help finding him. Read more.
By adamg - 9/28/23 - 4:55 pm
Roving UHub photographer Christine Beaton reports spotting Stella the pig here at the dog park at Smith Playground in Allston today. That's no dog, you say. Well, sure, but in addition to her wearing a collar, Stella wagged her tail, she reports. That'll do.
By Sasha Patkin - 9/28/23 - 11:41 am
Raquel Fornasaro, "Big Boy Pants," photo by Sasha Patkin.
What does it mean to be Latinx? What is the significance of heritage? And what does it mean to have a "Latinx History Month" when Latinx is an identity that exists year-round?
These were some of the questions curator Jessica Hernandez had in mind when she put out an open call for "Latinx Identities: Struggles, Perspectives, and Critiques," which is currently on display at the Unbound Visual Arts Exhibit Gallery at the Arthaus in Allston. Read more.
By adamg - 9/28/23 - 11:06 am
Over the objections of the Allston Civic Association, the Boston Licensing Board today approved a food-serving license with into-the-wee-hours service for an upscalish Taco Bell where Great Scott used to be at Commonwealth and Harvard avenues. Read more.
By adamg - 9/27/23 - 11:32 am
Update: Approved.
Local restaurant operator Douglas Bacon today described his planned Hobson's Bar& Kitchen at 353 Cambridge St. in Allston as an American restaurant that will also serve pizza.
Read more.
By adamg - 9/27/23 - 10:38 am
Joe Kidston looked out his window overlooking Soldiers Field Road this morning to see somebody in an SUV zooming along the Paul Dudley White path, which, last we checked, was just meant for pedestrians and bicyclists. Read more.
By adamg - 9/22/23 - 1:50 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk reports local restaurant operator Douglas Bacon plans to turn the old Regina/Allston Depot on Cambridge Street in Allston into Hobson's Bar & Kitchen, which might offer a DJ and live music as well.
By adamg - 9/22/23 - 1:03 pm
Canceled.
Allston Village Main Streets reports it's canceled the Taste of Allston that had been planned for tomorrow at the Jackson Mann Community Center - a week after the original date was called off due to rain from Hurricane Lee. Read more.
By adamg - 9/15/23 - 12:22 pm
Drone's-eye view by Stantec Architecture.
Two developers this week filed plans to further the transformation of Allston's GAP from a warren of student-filled apartments and industrial buildings into a collection of taller residential buildings and towers, with plans for a 322-unit apartment building with a 16-floor wing off Pratt Street, next to the former Conrail train yard. Read more.
By adamg - 9/13/23 - 1:36 pm
The Boston Licensing Board could decide tomorrow whether to let a proposed liquor-serving Taco Bell Cantina not just serve drinks until 2 a.m. but then stay open another 60 to 90 minutes in the old Great Scott spaces at Harvard and Commonwealth avenues - unless the company agrees to seek a deferral to meet with the Allston Civic Association, whose president called service and hours like that a potential menace to the neighborhood that an understaffed police district might be unable to contain. Read more.
By adamg - 9/13/23 - 9:29 am
Rendering by Embarc.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved City Realty's proposal for a 17-story, 254-unit apartment building at Ashford and Malvern streets in Allston. Read more.
By adamg - 9/8/23 - 8:59 am
NBC Boston shows us a good solid storrowing on Soldiers Field Road at the Western Avenue bridge this morning: 18 wheeler? Check. Trailer completely destroyed? Check. Driver about to be in a spot of trouble back at the warehouse? Oh, you know it. Only thing separating it from perfection: No cargo spewed all over the road.
By adamg - 9/3/23 - 2:20 pm
Cornelia Vrel shows us the flaming car on Cambridge Street in Allston, on the bridge over the Massachusetts Turnpike ramps, around 2:15 p.m., moments before the first Boston firetruck arrived.
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