NorthEndWaterfront.com reports police spotted the leak before the truck could explode and called in the fire department, which activated its hazmat team. The full tanker took exactly the North End route that spurred the city to try to bar all tankers from the city that aren't making local deliveries.
The Herald reports construction's about to begin on an 11-story luxo-apartment complex near the Greenway to be called the Victor.
Jacqueline Church reports an effort to plant heirloom fruit trees around Boston starts today on the Greenway (around 12:30 at High and Atlantic):
No, not the Big Dig and the Greenway. The dam at the mouth of the Charles River. Eric Papetti draws the parallel between that Big Dig of the turn of the century (the 20th century, that is), with today's big turn-of-the-century project. He quotes from Karl Haglund's Inventing the Charles River:
The Globe reports the YMCA has canceled its plans for a new center on the Greenway, meaning the Greenway score is now:
Rising costs and economic downturn: 4 Large new cultural and community institutions: 0
I'm still not sure Boston magazine isn't running one of those "find the fake article in this month's issue, win $100!" contests but I guess it's for real.
In the October 2010 issue, on newsstands now, there is a short article by Francis Storrs with the title "The Greenway Problem" that breaks the news that the Rose Kennedy Greenway, I'm sorry, let me rephrase that, the three-year-old Rose Kennedy Greenway, is going to be rebranded as the "Waterfront District" in 2011.
It's not the city or state who is doing it but ... wait for it ... a "local real estate firm".
Boston-based branding company Kelley Habib John has been hired to handle the task.
Company founder Greg John won't reveal his client's name (shall I offer some guesses?) and won't "[a]t least until the client has informed city officials, Greenway neighbors, and Kennedy family representatives ..."
(Of course, it's always been known as the "Waterfront District" to residents, so I don't get what this is really trying to achieve.)
NorthEndWaterfront.com shows off some conceptions by a North End artist for large photo-realistic murals on some of the blander structures along the Greenway (such as the Chiofaro Memorial Parking Garage).
Matt Conti is having trouble with the idea of replacing the current small, seasonal merry-go-round with a big ol' permanent one, starting with the sheer cost of the thing:
It would take over 16 years for the incremental cash flow to make back the $1 million capital cost. You can play with the numbers, but there really is no scenario where this makes sense.
The Greenway Conservancy reports that thanks to the Boston Foundation and an anonymous donor, it will have $1 million to build a permanent replacement for the seasonal merry-go-round between Quincy Market and Columbus Park.
Matt Conti posts photos from today's groundbreaking, which will give downtown its third memorial to mass death.
It's not the most-appealing section of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, that's for sure. It's to be expected, though, given its location near the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and South Station, and given that it includes what I believe to be a ventilation shaft / garage.
You learn something every day. Today we learn that some of the plantings along the Greenway are edible. Although one suspects the Greenway Conservancy would not take kindly to people making impromptu salads out of them.
The BRA fires back at Don Chiofaro over his proposal to tear down that garage near the Aquarium (the one with the weird red ribbon thing) and replace it with a skyscraper:
Earlier this week, they announced that free wi-fi was now available on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. So, today (right now, actually) I made a visit to see how it is working out.
The Globe reports the Greenway Conservancy spent $100,000 for a network of 15 access points that gets turned on tomorrow.
The Greenway Blog educates us on the names of the flowers currently in bloom along the Greenway.
That giant ventilation thing in the middle of the Greenway by South Station isn't just for tunnel degassing anymore - it provides a handy place to do stretching exercises.
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