At-large Boston city councilors Ruthzee Louijeune and Julia Mejia will join with the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition and the ACLU tomorrow to support protections for immigrant communities. Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 03/04/2025 - 1:33pm
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By adamg - Tue, 10/29/2024 - 2:32pm
Nick Schmidt moseyed onto the mock-up of a proposed next-gen Green Line trolley, the one that will have multi-segments, on City Hall Plaza today. He reports: Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 10/23/2024 - 4:29pm
The MBTA says it will assemble a mock-up of its proposed new Type 10 Green Line trolleys - the ones 40 feet longer than current trolleys - for visits by prospective riders at City Hall Plaza next Tuesday and Wednesday. Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 08/08/2023 - 10:01pm
Boston Police report arresting three teens in two separate knife incidents yesterday, at the Downtown Crossing Macy's and near City Hall. Read more.
By adamg - Sat, 08/05/2023 - 10:47pm
Somebody's added the Cop Slide to Google Maps as a local attraction.
Via Handmaid and Jamaica Plain.
By adamg - Wed, 08/02/2023 - 1:36pm
By now, we've all seen the video of the BPD cop who took spilled out of the City Hall Plaza slide, no? No? OK, take a look (with bonus Phil Collins soundtrack).
City Councilor Erin Murphy (at large), however, beat him to it by several months: Read more.
By adamg - Sun, 06/25/2023 - 12:10pm
By adamg - Tue, 02/21/2023 - 10:48am
Let alone getting a coffee regular at at a nearby Dunk's: Read more.
By adamg - Fri, 12/30/2022 - 3:04pm
The Fort Pointer reports that with such nice weather, local hockey fans massed for a City Hall Plaza even in advance of the games at Fenway Park - and stood in a line the wrapped around the Government Center T stop to get in.
By adamg - Fri, 11/18/2022 - 9:57pm
Adam Castiglioni attended the official re-opening of City Hall Plaza, which features $95 million in "kinder brutalism," including a new playground with what might be the longest slide in the city.
Matt Conti also posted photos of the revamped plaza.
By adamg - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 10:07am
The city of Boston yesterday formally agreed to pay $2.125 million to the lawyers for Hal Shurtleff, the former West Roxbury man who won the right to fly his "Christian" flag over City Hall Plaza for a couple of hours in August. Read more.
By adamg - Tue, 08/02/2022 - 9:24pm
Hal Shurtleff, the former John Birch organizer who used to live in West Roxbury, is scheduled to arrive at City Hall Plaza with a "Christian" flag the city agreed to let him fly over City Hall Plaza for a couple of hours starting at 11 a.m. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 07/18/2022 - 6:29pm
Hal Shurtleff, who sued Boston for the right to fly what he claims is a Christian flag over City Hall - and won in a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court - will get to unfurl his banner over City Hall Plaza for two hours on Aug. 3 under a settlement reached with city attorneys. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 05/02/2022 - 11:13am
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that the city of Boston was wrong in refusing to let a man run a flag featuring a cross up one of the three flagpoles over City Hall Plaza - not because he necessarily has a First Amendment right to let his religion flag fly but because the city had a lame policy for deciding what could and couldn't wave over the plaza. Read more.
By adamg - Wed, 04/06/2022 - 1:09pm
Update: Both approved.
Boston could soon be awash in places to hit your putts without worrying about the weather: With one indoor simulated golf "course" already planned for West Broadway in South Boston, companies are now proposing two more: A similar full-swing facility across from City Hall, where the wax museum used to be, and a mini-golf range in a new space in the Seaport. Read more.
By adamg - Mon, 12/27/2021 - 9:22pm
Glenn Whidden spotted this rabbit on City Hall Plaza this evening.
By adamg - Mon, 11/29/2021 - 8:54am
Don't you just hate it when you're driving and make a wrong turn and next thing you know you're going down the stairs next to City Hall?
Earlier:
The time somebody drove all the way down to Congress Street.
By adamg - Wed, 11/24/2021 - 5:28pm
Adam Castiglioni spotted this turkey inside the Government Center T station this afternoon.
H/t Ruth Zakarin.
By adamg - Tue, 11/23/2021 - 10:07am
The Department of Justice says federal courts in Boston goofed in upholding the city of Boston's decision to bar an ex-Bircher who used to live in West Roxbury from flying what he considers a "Christian" flag from one of the three flagpoles in front of City Hall. Read more.
By adamg - Thu, 09/30/2021 - 4:32pm
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