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Lower-rent end of Newbury to get a TJ Maxx

By adamg on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:16pm

The Herald reports TJ Maxx will be moving into the space where the Best Buy (and before that, the record store) used to be.

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By bulgingbuick on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:24pm.

that Obamacare was responsible for this retail socialism because of Gay marriage and Benghazi.

By relaxyapsycho on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:33pm.

The only thing more pathetic than the Herald comment section is the played out jabs at said comment section.

By bulgingbuick on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:55pm.

sir psycho

By Patricia on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:52pm.

I don't understand the fascination with comment sections either. It's rather jumped the shark by now, no?

And no, I dont' read the Herald and I even don't watch Fox news - or better yet, Faux News. Just a disclaimer since that seems to get thrown around alot when there's a poltical disagreement.

It's really all so lame now.

By bulgingbuick on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 7:24pm.

see their horse losing the public debate and realizing the most vocal supporters of their positions devolve to insane invective. I find it an interesting observation on the real feelings of the wingnut right or wacko left.

By Sam on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:21pm.

How depressing!! Lets wind the clock back to 1988 -89 that's when Tower records took over that space known at the time as a premium retail space in Boston.
Today, I don't think premium retail space is as popular as it was then, Amazon.com has put an end to the brick and mortar storefronts, the same way Apple put Tower records out of business. Tjmax will be a survivor at this location, people will continue to go out and shop at marshalls and tjmax for one reason fashion designer clothing at bargain prices.

By BostonDog on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:38pm.

The story is wrong. The clothing store is going into the space where Tower Records should still remain.

(Yes, there always have been better record stores in the area but I still have a soft spot for Tower.)

By cybah on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:16pm.

I miss the Virgin MegaStore too

Miss going thru the bins of vinyl there... yeah some other places still have Vinyl, but in terms of current (non pop) popular dance music and UK club hits. The VMS had it all.

Miss that place.. my wallet doesn't tho.

By adamg on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:11pm.

Covers both bases now, no?

By CopleyScott17 on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:39pm.

...the Tower Records Building. They were the original post-Frank-Gehry-makeover tenant. There was also an Au Bon Pain, believe it or not, to the right of the Mass. Ave. T entrance. And a fantastic ad agency on the top two floors!

By anon on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:28pm.

Prior to that I believe it was Pampalones, a music store. I bought a few guitars in there over the years.
And on one of the upper floors was a recording studio, Newbury Sound.

By anon on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 9:32pm.

If you're really old, it's the transportation building (before the extension was built).

By anon on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 1:29pm.

Why was it called that? Was it the headquarters of a trolley company?

By Bazonga joe on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 8:53pm.

You'll remember the florist shop where the au bon pain was located.

By as on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 10:15pm.

EU werlizer use to be around there.., for those old enough to remember.

By anon on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 9:45am.

Wurlitzer's was actually a few doors down on Newbury from that building, down a flight of stairs.

By Brian Riccio on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 11:14pm.

That building was originally going to host the Hard Rock Cafe before Tower took it over. Isaac Tigrett, one of the partners and a bonafide madman, was a client I took there many times before they settled on Clarendon Street. Parking, I believe, was the issue.

By rb on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:50pm.

a/k/a the world's most practical clothing store. For some reason they only seem interested in the Boston suburbs, while operating several high-rent Manhattan (and soon Queens) locations.

By BlackKat on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 3:56pm.

I was really hoping that one would have taken over the International Bicycle building but alas it's just going to be knocked down [after a brief stint as a skate park but why bother building something to just have to wreck it in less than a year...]. It would have been a perfect fit with all the other Korean businesses in the area.

By Ron Newman on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:34pm.

Isn't there one at Faneuil Hall?

By Michael Kerpan on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:57pm.

http://www.uniqlo.com/us/stores/store-locations/faneuil-hall.html

By aldos on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:28pm.

My understanding was that it was some sort of "pop-up". Or have they expanded it?

By Michael Kerpan on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:33pm.

... I'm not part of the demographic it's aimed at.

By ECG not logged in on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 1:16pm.

I think that the plan is to open a big store at Quincy Market and that the pop up is considered temporary.

By 2 on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:13pm.

That one doesn't even count, in my opinion. There's barely anything in there. It's a pop-up that decided to become permanent (?), yet it never expanded its offerings, for some reason.

By docial_sistortion on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 6:28pm.

They're actually opening a flagship Uniqlo just across the street at 341 Newbury Street (the old Danker & Donohue Garage). They are bit behind schedule, but construction is well underway.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/05/06/japanese-clothing-brand-u...

By rb on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 7:28pm.

That's great news -- thanks for the link.

The large Uniqlos in NY and Japan are more like department stores aimed at everyone. Some are 3+ stories.

By docial_sistortion on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 10:29pm.

I've been to the Tokyo flagship -- 12 stories of Uniqlo! It's amazing.

By 2 on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 10:31pm.

As excited as I am about this, I don't understand why they didn't just take over the old FCUK space. It's huge!

By anon on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:11pm.

BOOOO! WE WANT A BIGGER TRADERS JOES!

By ErnieAdams on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:20pm.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 8:27pm.

Fires, murder, a bombing ... exorcism is a must!

By anon on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 7:10am.

Huh? What do you have against Trader Joe's???

By ZachAndTired on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:11pm.

Does this mean that TJ Maxx will be filing for bankruptcy in a few years? I swear that building is cursed.

By kvn on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:42pm.

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Dillon’s bar (shot at the Kentucky Tavern at Mass. Ave. and Newbury Street) ,'The Friends of Eddie Coyle'

http://www.bigscreenboston.com/2008/05/book-excerp...

By CopleyScott17 on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 4:52pm.

I need to watch that again -- thanks for the reminder!
So was Dillon's affiliated with the late, lamented Newbury Steak House? I think I remembered the name right. It actually faced Mass. Ave., next door to what is now Urban Outfitters? I used to go there for lunch all the time when I worked at 360 Newbury in the late 80s -- good, cheap food, dark and quiet atmosphere, and a great salad bar included with every meal!

By kvn on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 5:54pm.

The Old Kentucky Tavern was on the corner of Mass Ave & Newbury. Later it became Franks N Steins where they served beer, upscale hot dogs & showed movies. Eddie Coyle .......bartender/hit man Dillon (Peter Boyle) . Thus Dillon's was fictitious.
Newbury Steak House was on opposite corner of Mass & Newbury, not affiliated with Kentucky Tavern. The Tavern had cousin bars ,same owners , cant remember at this time, Maybe Old T with Gansett chaser might clear the fog................

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By cw in boston on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 7:00pm.

I enjoyed many lunches there in the 70s and 80s. It was consistent and had good prices. You could have lunch and not be surrounded by noise. Once when the power went off during lunch, they continued to serve things that could be cooked on the gas stove--but no fries! Then, of course, there was the Eliot with Tommy Leonard across and down the street.

By theszak on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 7:56pm.

What's on the top floor now?... it was to be a nightclub/discoteque

By anon on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 9:38pm.

Penthouse condos above other condos.

Very silly people moved into that building without doing due diligence on the parcels now controlled by MassDOT, and have emerged from the Back Bay Shadow Crusaders as most opposed to development on the three largest parcels....to the point that Parcel 12 is a four (or five?) story lump and the Peebles development on 13 is a stepped back turd.

They're frankly a silly lot.

By Matt_R on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 9:22pm.

Another chain? There's so much potential for that space, it's a same to see the same-old same-old.

By anon on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 9:32pm.

It had better be a TJ Maxx with a Home Goods... please.

By theszak on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 12:12am.

What is the name of the tall building?... SouthEast corner Massachusetts Avenue at Newbury Street?