Two non-profit groups have filed formal plans for a 12-story residential building with all the units rented or sold as affordable on what is now a parking lot at 290 Tremont St. in Chinatown. Read more.
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By Sasha Patkin - 11/14/23 - 9:00 pm
One of the lunchboxes created at a Boston workshop.
When did you realize that you were different?
For most of us, there isn't just one singular moment. We have entire lifetimes of collected memories where we come in and out of focus, blending in and contrasting against the world around us and noticing how we, our cultures, our families, or our traditions are or are not the norm.
The idea of a "lunchbox moment" has emerged as one such familiar point of connection for many within the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. It can be defined as a formative moment in which a traditional Asian meal was brought to school and elicited some sort of reaction from non-Asian peers. Read more.
By adamg - 10/27/23 - 11:51 am
City Realty, best known as a developer of residential buildings, moved into the office market yesterday, putting down $11 million to buy 186 Lincoln St., a nine-story office building in the Leather District. Read more.
By adamg - 9/29/23 - 4:54 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Hing Shing Pastry on Beach Street is closing with its owners retiring.
By adamg - 9/12/23 - 11:37 am
The Boston Licensing Board on Thursday decides whether Royale, 279 Tremont St., could have done anything to prevent rising tensions over the impending World Cup final from boiling over into a fight between two students at MIT's Sloan School to Management students that, unlike the soccer match, ended with the French victorious. Read more.
By adamg - 9/7/23 - 8:16 pm
Brooks Payne walked with Little Amal - who is actually 12 feet tall representation of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl - from Dewey Square to the Chinatown Gate today. Read more.
By adamg - 8/9/23 - 1:52 pm
City Councilor Erin Murphy (at large) today declared a "public health crisis" being caused by having the same city street sweepers that brush up debris at Mass and Cass also go along the curb in the South End, Chinatown, Bay Village, Beacon Hill and Back Bay - an idea blasted as fearmongering by one of her colleagues. Read more.
By adamg - 7/20/23 - 10:57 am
The T, which said it was going to fix the long-running, high-squealing slow zone between Tufts Medical Center and Back Bay when it shut the whole line for a month last year, said yesterday it's actually fixed the problems along the tracks, and this time it means it, Streetsblog Massachusetts reports.
By adamg - 6/29/23 - 1:09 pm
The Boston Licensing Board voted unanimously today to suspend the Legacy's liquor license for three days because the Warrenton Street club didn't immediately fire a bouncer who is shown on the club's own video cold cocking one of three visiting gay Texans who had been yelling transphobic insults at a drag performer and a transsexual regular at closing time. Read more.
By adamg - 5/27/23 - 12:26 pm
A Boston health inspector this week ordered the closing of Dumpling Cafe, 693 Washington St. for a variety of health-code violations, including storing cut-up produce in an old chicken box and a broken water heater, which meant the kitchen dishwasher couldn't properly sterilize dishes and workers had no hot water for washing their hands. Read more.
By adamg - 5/11/23 - 5:07 pm
A man already facing six open cases involving robbery and assaults was arraigned yesterday on charges he robbed somebody leaving New York Pizza on Tremont Street in December and then, when the man resisted, punched him in the face. Read more.
Guy may not have laid a finger on anyone, but he still terrorized local residents protesting Beijing
By adamg - 5/9/23 - 9:32 pm
Frances Hui led a protest against government crackdowns in Hong Kong outside the State House on Aug. 18, 2019. On Twitter, she describes what happened that day and after due to the organizing efforts of Litang Liang, who was arrested today on charges of being an illegal Chinese agent. Read more.
By adamg - 5/9/23 - 5:34 pm
A Brighton resident was arrested today on charges he spent several years spying on the local Chinese community for Beijing and attempting to organize opposition to any anti-China protests in the area. Read more.
By adamg - 5/9/23 - 3:39 pm
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans for a marijuana store on Atlantic Avenue at Beach Street. Read more.
For first time since the start of the pandemic, one Boston hospital has no Covid-19 patients in beds
By adamg - 5/2/23 - 3:42 pm
By adamg - 4/20/23 - 1:55 pm
The Scope reports that even that one restroom, in the BPL branch, is fairly unknown, so residents say people keep using the streets and alleys of the dense neighborhood as al-fresco restrooms.
By adamg - 4/13/23 - 12:28 pm
Pilotblock South End watched workers today removing stuff from the old Jacob Wirth on Stuart Street - including its large sign, but also items from inside, such as a host stand, possibly as part of renovations to bring the place back to life. Read more.
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