Back Bay
By adamg - 10/15/19 - 10:21 am
An annoyed citizen filed a 311 report this morning about a "horrific fan" noise reverberating through the Back Bay, possibly from a busted roof fan at a particular building on St. Botolph Street.
Another annoyed citizen posted some audio last nigh of what sounded like "a massive tea kettle going off:" Read more.
By adamg - 10/15/19 - 9:39 am
Boston has tons of statues, but only a select few are giant heads rising from the ground. The other day, we went on a tour of the city to take a look at some of these bad boys and girls: Read more.
By adamg - 10/11/19 - 9:58 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal this week gave the Druker Co. another year to begin demolition of the former Shreve, Crump & Low building on Boylston Street at Arlington Street. Read more.
By adamg - 9/27/19 - 11:53 pm
Ed. note: Sometimes a picture isn't worth quite a thousand words. I originally wrote the sign took out the truck, based on the photo. In fact, the photo shows where the driver stopped after hitting the Silber Footbridge, which is what State Police said and I missed in my zeal for a funny headline. I've corrected the headline and post.
Police report Storrow truck drivers batted .333 this morning: One cracked his truck open like a walnut while two others managed to avoid the embarrassment - if not the tickets State Police routinely hand out to drivers who manage to get on the truck-unfriendly road. Read more.
By adamg - 9/26/19 - 9:55 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the Uno Pizzeria and Grill on Boylston Street has closed for good, leaving just one Uno left in the entire city (plus its headquarters, in West Roxbury).
By adamg - 9/23/19 - 12:35 pm
A social club for millennials called Hall at 44 Gloucester St. is selling its space to another social club for millennials called Forum, which says it will transform the space into a daytime coworking spot where people can then mingle into the evening after work without ever leaving the office. Read more.
By adamg - 9/23/19 - 10:28 am
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about mass hysteria, cats, dogs, etc., on the more manicured side of Charles Street: Read more.
By adamg - 9/23/19 - 9:45 am
Good news for folks with some Quest love. Photo by Alexandra Molnar.
First a tot lot on Beacon Hill got a bronze statue of a turtle (since moved into the shade so it no longer burns little kids). Now Smith Playground in Allston will be getting the 27-foot-tall "Quest Eternal" statue of a naked man reaching for the stars, or perhaps a towel, that was posed in front of the Boylston Street side of the Prudential Center until 2014. Read more.
By adamg - 9/21/19 - 11:23 am
City Councilor Josh Zakim (Fenway, Mission Hill, Back Bay, Beacon Hill) yesterday endorsed Kenzie Bok in Tuesday's preliminary election for the District 8 seat he's giving up. Read more.
By adamg - 9/21/19 - 11:19 am
The Boston Sun reports residents living near Charlesgate and the Bowker Overpass are reporting more homeless people setting up camp there following the city's "Clean Sweep" along Methadone Mile.
By adamg - 9/20/19 - 9:00 pm
Roving UHub photographer Jake K. noticed the Public Garden's latest anti-pigeon effort this afternoon.
By adamg - 9/20/19 - 2:09 pm
Somebody took the liberty of improving an ad on the Green Line for one of those inner-body-workings displays that show up in Boston from time to time.
By adamg - 9/18/19 - 9:00 pm
Gov. Baker today endorsed fellow Republican Jennifer Nassour for the District 8 City Council seat (Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway, Mission Hill) being given up by Josh Zakim. Read more.
By adamg - 9/18/19 - 1:20 pm
A squirrel held on tight as she got a drink from the Public Garden lagoon this afternoon.
By adamg - 9/17/19 - 9:09 pm
If you were a pigeon flying over the Public Garden, this is what you would see.
The Druker Co., which won city approval more than ten years ago to replace the old Shreve, Crump & Low building at Boylston and Arlington streets with a multi-faceted glass cube, then never did, has asked the BPDA to let it go ahead with the project. Read more.
By adamg - 9/17/19 - 12:03 pm
Bad Ideas Inc. puts in a good word for two T "ambassadors" at Back Bay station, named Mohammed (on the left) and Jesus: Read more.
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Woman stabbed on the Esplanade, 6/28/19