South Boston

New condos approved on F Street in South Boston

By adamg - 8/13/24 - 10:15 am

Rendering by Zephyr Architects.

The Zoning Board of Appeal today unanimously approved plans by a developers to replace a triple decker and some vacant land with a nine-unit building at 175 F St. between West 3rd and Bolton streets. Read more.

311 complaint of the day: Seaport overcompensators

By adamg - 8/11/24 - 10:34 pm

A worried resident filed a 311 complaint this evening: Read more.

Middle Eastern restaurant wins approval for dine-in service only at busy South Boston rotary, where residents worry about traffic and pedestrian safety

By adamg - 8/9/24 - 9:46 am

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved plans to replace the long shuttered Supreme House of Pizza at 313 Old Colony Ave. in South Boston with a new restaurant that would serve Middle Eastern food and fresh-pressed juices - along with pizza and burgers - between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. - but on condition it not offer takeout. Read more.

Developer with a background in bartending gets OK to buy $600,000 liquor license for $3-million restaurant in his $600-million Seaport project

By adamg - 8/1/24 - 2:33 pm

As Boston officials await word on whether the legislature will give last-second approval to more than 250 liquor licenses for the city, the Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by developer John Hynes IV to pay $600,000 for the liquor license of a defunct downtown bar to use it as an enticement to bring in somebody to run the restaurant he wants to have in his 18-story, $600-million Seaport office and life-sciences building. Read more.

South Boston has room for at least one more market selling beer and wine, board decides

By adamg - 8/1/24 - 12:09 pm

The Boston Licensing Board voted today to let an East 8th Street market begin selling beer and wine, but again cautioned they are going to put more scrutiny on any future requests from South Boston markets to add alcoholic beverages. Read more.

Power goes out along Melnea Cass Boulevard

By adamg - 7/30/24 - 2:06 pm

Eversource outage map; orange dot is for more than 1,600 customers.

Eversource reports nearly 1,900 homes and businesses in a swath of Roxbury along Melnea Cass Boulevard - and into South Boston - are without power. Among the affected buildings: 1010 Massachusetts Ave., home to the Boston Public Health Commission, ISD and the Zoning Board of Appeal, which has turned to battery-powered laptops to try to continue its scheduled hearings for today.

Eversource says it hopes to begin restoring power around 3:30 p.m., with the final outage eliminated by 5.

Three-alarm fire in South Boston displaces eight

By adamg - 7/27/24 - 5:01 pm

Photo by BFD.

Boston firefighters responded to a fire at 587 East Broadway that spread to a neighboring house and went to three alarms before being brought under control this afternoon. Read more.

Not the elusive Roslindale bull, but group still sees something startling in the Seaport

By adamg - 7/21/24 - 12:26 pm

Naked and near naked bike riders in the Seaport

Tony Ursillo was among the (fully clothed) people watching naked, half-naked and faux naked people riding down Northern Avenue on bikes, skateboard and, yes, at least one penny farthing last night as part of the annual World Naked Bike Ride Boston, which started at Stony Brook in Jamaica Plain.

Restaurants in the Leather District, Seaport battle over the right to misspell 'savor' in their names

By adamg - 7/17/24 - 2:00 pm

Savvor, a Caribbean and soul-food restaurant and nightclub on Lincoln Street in the Leather District, and SAVR, a "spirited American bistro" on Seaport Boulevard in the Seaport, are fighting in court over the similarity of their names - or lack thereof. Read more.

Boston booby has a new BFF

By adamg - 7/14/24 - 5:13 pm

Hugmajesty spotted our rare fly-in brown booby hanging out near Carson Beach with one of the local cormorants, in sharp contrast to yesterday's attempt by some of the meaner gulls to chase it off. Also note its feet are yellowish - you're thinking of blue-footed boobies, which are a different species altogether, one found in the eastern Pacific.

Bird watchers flock to South Boston for look at tropical sea bird rarely seen north of the Caribbean

By adamg - 7/13/24 - 5:33 pm

See it larger.

Mary Ellen was among the bird enthusiasts who gathered on the beach between the Curley Community Center and Carson Beach today for a chance to photograph the brown booby that decided to head north for some time in the Hub.

The booby in action - look at that neck go: Read more.

Seaport residential development not dead yet; builder gets loan needed for 14-story Fan Pier building

By adamg - 7/11/24 - 5:27 pm

Rendering by CBT

Banker & Tradesman reports that the Fallon Co. has gotten the $215-million loan it needs to start construction of a 14-story, 130-unit luxury residential building as the final tooth in its Fan Pier redevelopment. Read more.

Board to consider whether South Boston is reaching a tippling point when it comes to the number of convenience stores selling alcohol

By adamg - 7/11/24 - 11:56 am

The Boston Licensing Board deferred a vote today on a request from an East 8th Street market to let it sell beer and wine, so that board members can consider whether South Boston is on the verge of having too many places that sell adult beverages. Read more.

Fort Point to find out if duckpin bowling all it's quacked up to be

By adamg - 7/10/24 - 11:48 am

The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let the operator of the existing indoor golf-simulator joint near City Hall expand into a second location at 311 Summer St. in Fort Point and buy the liquor license from a South End seafood tapas place. Read more.

Red Line needs emergency maintenance after maintenance vehicle comes off the tracks, takes out the third rail at Park; thousands wait in broiling sun for shuttle buses

By adamg - 7/9/24 - 9:10 am

MBTA track workers at Park Street try to fix rail problems

They'll be working on the railroad, all the live long day. Photo by Just Some Dude.

Update, 10:16 a.m.: The MBTA reports normal Red Line service has resumed.

A maintenance vehicle being used for some overnight work at Park Street derailed this morning, knocking out the third rail and completely disrupting the morning commute. Read more.

Codstitution

By adamg - 7/4/24 - 10:09 pm

Matt Frank went down to Castle Island today to watch Old Ironsides on its trip around Boston Harbor and got a good view of both it and Codzilla.

Man shot in West Broadway development in South Boston

By adamg - 6/30/24 - 10:17 pm

A man was shot in the leg at 4 Dalessio Ct., off Orton Marotta Way in South Boston, around 9:45 p.m. Shell casings recovered.

SUV flips on A Street in Fort Point

By adamg - 6/21/24 - 9:45 am

On the Channel captured the scene on A Street at Melcher Street in Fort Point, where the driver of a Hyundai Tucson somehow flipped the vehicle shortly before 8 a.m. He was able to get out of the SUV himself before first responders arrived.

Teen shot after her high-school graduation in the Seaport, possibly by another graduate, still dressed in his cap and gown

By adamg - 6/13/24 - 2:02 pm

Boston Police found the teen shot in the hip in the area of Northern Avenue and Pier 4 Boulevard around 11:45 a.m. after graduation ceremonies for Boston Collaborative High School in South Boston. Read more.

Not all of the old Red Line cars will be shipped down to a scrap yard and crushed

By adamg - 6/11/24 - 6:55 pm

Old Red Line car right on Dorchester Avenue

Roman Lilligren couldn't help but notice the old Red Line car being towed down Dorchester Avenue in South Boston and then unhitched at the On the Dot project along Dorchester Avenue from Andrew Square north. Read more.