Harrison Avenue

South End woman's death was murder, police, family say

By adamg - 12/19/24 - 12:02 pm

Boston Police report they are now treating the Dec. 12 death of Shantel Gillespie, 30, in her apartment at the Harris, 390 Harrison Ave. in the South End as a homicide. Read more.

Body found in South End apartment; second body in a Boston apartment found in two days, although this one appears to be a murder

By adamg - 12/13/24 - 9:27 am

Police conducting a well being check in a fifth-floor apartment at the Harris, 390 Harrison Ave. in the South End, around 7 p.m. on Thursday found a body. Read more.

Chinatown restaurant seeks to extend closing time to 2 a.m.; city councilor, some residents opposed

By adamg - 9/12/24 - 11:09 am

Friendship BBQ, 40 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown, is seeking to extend its weekday closing time from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Read more.

Man stabbed at Chinatown restaurant; suspect arrested in Park Square

By adamg - 8/4/24 - 11:15 pm

Updated with additional information from BPD.

A man was stabbed at Kaze Shabu Shabu, 1 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown, shortly before 10:20 p.m. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Whole Gridlock in the South End

By adamg - 12/9/23 - 2:53 pm

Jammed roads full of people trying to get to the Whole Foods in the South End

A fed-up citizen filed a 311 complaint today about the gridlock at Harrison Avenue and Mullins Way as the more organically minded drive their SUVs and Priuses to the South End Whole Foods: Read more.

Puff, the magic manhole

By adamg - 11/12/23 - 1:35 pm

Steam spouting manhole on Harrison Avenue

Puff, the magic manhole lived in the ground
And frolicked in the autumn mist on Harrison outbound
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him chairs, and traffic cones, and other Southie stuff

John Hanzl videoed that rascal Puff this morning, on Harrison Avenue near the D-4 police station: Read more.

Suburban teens charged as early morning Chinatown graffiti taggers

By adamg - 8/30/23 - 1:12 pm

Boston Police report arresting four teenagers from Winchester they say were hanging out in Chinatown early Tuesday, tagging buildings in Chinatown with spray paint. Read more.

South End bridal shop flooded after Harrison Avenue main broke in 2020 sues BWSC for damages

By adamg - 4/14/23 - 5:50 pm

The owner of a high-end Harrison Avenue bridal shop charges the Boston Water and Sewer Commission knew its old 30-inch main under Harrison Avenue could rupture at any moment and that it should have done something before it let go on April 14, 2020, flooding the street, stores, parking lots and basements with 6.5 million gallons of water, which surged out of the exploded pipe at a rate of 55,000 gallons a minute. Read more.

When a Harrison Avenue water main burst, BWSC should have gotten right on the phone and called car owners to move their vehicles, insurance company claims in suit

By adamg - 4/5/23 - 11:42 am

A flooded parking lot after the water-main break. Photo by BFD.

Liberty Mutual alleges, in a lawsuit filed yesterday in Suffolk Superior Court, that the BWSC caused a 2020 flood along Harrison Avenue in the South End on April 14, 2020 by overpressuring its mains, including the 30-inch wide pipe that burst, flooding basements and parking garages and lots. Read more.

Owner of South End office building wants to convert it to life-science labs

By adamg - 2/12/23 - 1:59 pm

Rendering shows the building looking pretty much the same as now, but with a modified "penthouse" at the roofline.

A California real-estate firm that built an eight-floor life-sciences building atop a parking garage at Harrison Avenue and Herald Street in the South End says it now want to convert the existing "aging" office building next door into a similar life-sciences building. Read more.

Man robs Chinatown bank with a spray bottle, police say

By adamg - 1/13/23 - 9:27 am

Boston Police report arresting an Uxbridge man on charges he held up the Santander Bank branch at 61 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday. Read more.

Brasserie in the South End to reopen as a brasserie but with new chef, name

By adamg - 1/9/23 - 2:09 pm

The Boston Licensing Board last week approved a proposal by the owners of the closed Brasserie, 560 Harrison Ave. in the South End, to re-open the place under the management of Loic Le Garrec, of Petit Robert Bistro, and under the new name of Marseille. At a hearing last week, Brasserie's attorney said the restaurant would re-open as a brasserie, but with Le Garrec's own flair.

Board approves transformation of Nubian Square parking lots into new cultural, dining, residential and lab training spaces

By adamg - 9/27/22 - 2:04 pm

Rendering by Stantec.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today two new complexes between Washington Street and Harrison Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard and Palmer Street in Nubian Square on land that had mostly been used as parking lots for decades following widespread demolition for urban renewal and a highway that never got built. Read more.

Chinatown bakery no more

By adamg - 8/18/22 - 4:46 pm

Darryll sighed when he got to Eldo Cake House on Harrison Avenue in Chinatown today: "Another good one gone."

Police: Man pulled out of car on Melnea Cass Boulevard with a loaded gun - and an infant

By adamg - 5/21/22 - 10:23 am

Boston Police report arresting a California man on gun charges at Melnea Cass Boulevard and Harrison Avenue in Roxbury after apparent gunfire at Olney Street and Geneva Avenue in Dorchester shortly before 11 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

Lawrence man identified as Chinatown rape suspect

By adamg - 5/17/22 - 2:23 pm

Update: Arrested in Roxbury.

Boston Police have charged a Lawrence man for a rape early Saturday on Harrison Avenue - now they have to find him.
Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board today gave Modern Relik the right to serve drinks to patrons of the small cafe it now has its store at 485 Harrison Ave. in the South End. Read more.

Citizen complaint of the day: Angry owl? No, those are boobs

By adamg - 12/6/21 - 2:18 pm

Graffiti showing either an angry owl or boobs, depending on how you see them

An irate citizen filed a 311 complaint about the graffiti atop 249 Harrison Ave. in Chinatown - and not just because it showed up after earlier graffiti was cleaned up:

And the highest image of boobs has to be removed - every building facing that direction sees it.