Rendering of proposed senior-care building by Hacin + Associates.
Related Beal this week filed its plans for turning the current 1.2-acre Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology site between Berkeley, Tremont and Appleton streets into a mixed-use complex featuring a new 13-story, 241-bed building for seniors and reuse of the existing Franklin Union building for office space, once the institute moves to its new home on Harrison Avenue in Roxbury. Read more.
Fisher College has filed plans with the BPDA to rent two floors in the Loews Boston Hotel on Berkeley Street because of the way it's reduced its on-campus dorm beds from 300 to 200 due to Covid-19 concerns. Read more.
The Franklin Union building. Source.
A developer has told the BPDA it wants to turn the current Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology site on Berkeley Street into a complex that would include a "senior care facility," affordable housing and a building with retail and office space. Read more.
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint over what appears to be a crash early on New Year's Day at the intersection of Beacon and Berkeley streets: Read more.
Fresh tagging on William Ellery Channing on Arlington at Boylston. Photo by Gvoysey.
— Nahani Otieno (@Poingah) October 15, 2017
Nahani Otieno had a ringside seat this afternoon.
Andrea shows us the aftermath of a water-main break at Berkeley and Appleton streets in the South End this morning.
In the arm and upper back, possibly in the area of Cortes Street around 11:45 p.m., Friday. Injuries not considered life threatening.
Police did not initially find the victim, but instead found a long blood trail that took them into the South End.
State Police report a marked State Police cruiser at Commonwealth Avenue and Berkeley Street around 2:50 a.m.
The crash also caused two other vehicles to be struck, one of them parked, before the taxi fled the scene. The crash also caused damage to a light pole and fence.
There were no injuries, State Police say.
Sarah the roving UHub photographer stopped for a monent or two this morning to ponder this flier posted to a pole at Berkeley Street and Columbus Avenue in the South End.
MC Slim JB spotted this pheasant by the Loews Hotel on Berkeley Street today.
Lenny Rowe reports a convoy of seven Indian Trails buses was headed straight for a storrowing tonight. Fortunately for the passengers, however, the drivers of the two buses that actually close enough to Storrow to realize the doom that awaited them stopped in time and managed to back up on Berkeley. Unfortunately for all the other drivers in the area, that caused a backup.
First responders ready for possible action. Photo by Jason Wells.
Police shut the intersection of Berkeley Street and St. James Avenue around 1:50 .m. to let the bomb squad take a look at. Around 2:15 p.m., the bomb squad determined it was harmless.
This long trail of trash at Tremont and E. Berkeley in the South End has actually prompted several concerned citizens to complain this morning.
Emily Cervone forwards a photo, taken by a co-worker, of the guard for Ted on Berkeley Street in the Back Bay this morning (can't be too careful with Johnny Depp maybe still running around all balding and everything).
Ed Coppinger notes the cop on the left is his brother, Mike (and we note that Ed is not the state rep - that's his cousin, Ed).
The caption for the original Leslie Jones photo from Jan. 29, 1937 reads:
Auto driven by Richard Kent turns over at Newbury and Berkeley.
The Boston Business Journal reports that one of our local power couples (he's a former BRA director, she's on the Kennedy Greenway Conservancy board) have sold a 206-room hostel at 40 Berkeley St in the South End to a developer for roughly $6 million more than they paid for it four years ago.
A roving UHub photographer came across this scene at Berkeley and Chandler in the South End, moments after the Sox game ended.
Teddy Kokoros photographed part of the aftermath of a three-car smashup at Berkeley and Stuart streets in the Back Bay around 7 a.m.
One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Andrea Estey was also on scene:
Restoration Hardware is betting it can entice you to buy patio sets by helping you enjoy some adult beverages as you lounge around on floor models at its impending store on Berkeley Street in the Back Bay.
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday granted Restoration Hardware permission to buy a beer-and-wine license for the store from the Channel Cafe on Summer Street. The chain hopes to open its extensively renovated store next month.
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