Boston firefighters responded to Downtown Crossing around 10:40 p.m. on a report of smoke that turned out to be from a small fire on the inbound tracks between Chinatown and Downtown Crossing.

Once the power was shut off, firefighters quickly doused the fire, located between the two "running rails" rather than along the third rail, with a fire extinguisher.

Boston Pedestrian observed the scene on Franklin Street just before Washington Street in Downtown Crossing this afternoon: Read more.

Carina Flynn reports she was walking down Washington Street in Downtown Crossing shortly before 3:15 p.m. when she heard a loud crashing sound and turned to see the remains of a second-floor window from HomeGoods, 350 Washington St. lying all over the sidewalk. Read more.

A New York developer has filed plans with the BPDA to replace offices in three adjoining buildings it owns on Washington, Water and Devonshire streets in Downtown Crossing with apartments, under a city pilot aimed at giving tax breaks to building owners who do just that. Read more.

Tim Lawrence looked out his window on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing to see a line of flaming trash outside the DSW store on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing shortly after 7 p.m. He reports BFD quickly arrived and doused the burning rubbish.

The Fort Pointer reports coming across these three lightcycles that play music as you pedal: Read more.

Boston Pilot had a bird's eye view of construction of artist Mathias Gmachl's "Echoes - A Voice from Uncharted Waters," which is an 11,000-pound, 56-foot long statue that asks us to ponder our affect on nature and the environment, at the Downtown Crossing Steps at Washington and Franklin streets.

Echoes is the first of a series of sculptures to be installed by mid-January as part of a Downtown Boston Business Improvement District public-art show that will then run through March.

Boston Police report arresting a man they say went on a spree of destruction in Chinatown and downtown Saturday into Sunday before retiring to the city shelter on Southampton Street. Read more.

Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester teenager they say broke into a shop at 449 Washington St. in Downtown Crossing early Thursday, rifled through the cash registers, then made his getaway on a Bluebike. Read more.

Roche Bros. agreed to measures to reduce the way Blacks were "disproportionately subjected to stops" for alleged shoplifting and then permanently banned in higher numbers than similarly stopped whites to settle an investigation by the state Attorney General's office. Read more.