The Drew Company says it wants to build a second residential tower next to its Waterside Place building on Congress Street rather than the supermarket and "innovation space" it had originally proposed. Read more.
By adamg - 11/18/15 - 11:26 am
The Boston Licensing Board tomorrow considers approving a proposal to transfer the beer and wine license held by Gerard's on Adams Street in Dorchester to the soon-to-open Aloft Hotel on D Street - and to grant a new full-service liquor license to Gerard's purchasers, who are planning on renovating the Dorchester institution. Read more.
By adamg - 10/24/15 - 8:33 am
The Globe reports on sale of "the last big chunk of open land" - some ten blocks worth - to a Chestnut Hill developer best known for its malls.
By adamg - 8/10/15 - 9:14 pm
Mayor Walsh says his administration and Vertex have negotiated a roughly 25% cut in a property-tax deal for Vertex because the company did not bring as many jobs to the South Boston waterfront as it had originally said it would. Read more.
By adamg - 8/5/15 - 9:12 am
The Boston Business Journal reports on Tishman Speyer's new look for the proposed office and residential buildings it wants to put on Pier 4. The actual old Anthony's building will be replaced with a park. The company purchased the property from another developer, who had BRA approval for its own plans, last December.
By adamg - 7/31/15 - 10:52 am
The BRA announced yesterday that the Society of Arts and Crafts will move into space set aside for cultural uses at the almost finished 100 Pier 4 residential building. Read more.
By adamg - 7/20/15 - 5:44 pm
A Silver Line sprinkler system went kablooie near Courthouse station. As of 5:40 p.m., the Fire Department was halting buses from entering the station, water was pooling to about a foot deep in the tunnel and a BWSC crew was on the way.
By adamg - 5/21/15 - 7:15 pm
The speediest of them all will take home cash prizes. The Verizon IndyCar Series today announced a race along the roads of the waterfront and Fort Point over Labor Day weekend in 2016:
The Grand Prix of Boston will feature an 11-turn, 2.25-mile temporary street course winding around the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in the Seaport District. The event will mark the first time an Indy car race has been contested in the area.
The races will then become an annual event at least through 2020.
By adamg - 5/16/15 - 6:12 pm
At least it had the decency to keep from bursting until the weekend, as Brendan shows us.
Last year:
Parts of South Boston lose water, but intrepid photographer finds it
By adamg - 4/12/15 - 12:10 pm
The Boston Licensing Board this week hears a request from the owner of the failed Tonic bar in Forest Hills to sell his all-alcohol license to the owners of the Envoy Hotel, scheduled to open this summer across from the Barking Crab and the Moakley Cour
By adamg - 12/10/14 - 3:47 pm
The City Council today unanimously approved giving LogMeIn a $2.5-million tax break over 13 years for the new headquarters it wants to build at 327-347 Summer St.
By adamg - 12/10/14 - 11:14 am
But the burgeoning mini-city now erupting in the Seaport area has plenty of room for caffeination.
By adamg - 11/15/14 - 10:38 pm
The Globe's architecture critic damns the area as less than the sum of its parts:
To be fair, not many new developments look good until the cranes go home. But after you’ve made all the allowances you can, you’re still stuck with the fact that the Innovation District is a serious failure of urban design.
By adamg - 10/29/14 - 11:18 am
A ten-screen complex being planned for Seaport Square across from Fan Pier will feature reserved seating in custom recliners for moviegoers who will be able to sup on small plates and sip from their wine or beer.
By adamg - 10/14/14 - 3:23 pm
The Herald reports that Massport is getting ready to build a 1,700-space garage to replace all the parking lots that have been torn up f
By adamg - 10/8/14 - 2:53 pm
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to let restaurateur George Aboujaoude open a small-plates restaurant in one of the new Vertex buildings.
By adamg - 10/3/14 - 10:40 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports a deal to open a Wagamama on the other side of Fort Point Channel has fallen through, but that the chain is continuing to look for space in the up-and-coming area.
By adamg - 9/29/14 - 7:44 am
Tim Colby watched the sun come up over Boston Harbor and the South Boston waterfront this morning.
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