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By adamg - 2/13/24 - 11:05 am

So a couple of white teens think nothing of going into a cosmetics store and doing some blackface. Oh, right, but it's really 2024.

Sephora responds to the video: Read more.

By Sasha Patkin - 11/7/23 - 2:54 pm
Jamaica by Just Bloom'd Weddings

"Jamaica" by Just Bloom'd Weddings.

Even as the weather outside hurtles ever forward toward the wrong side of fall, the inside of the Prudential Center was full of flowers and life for Voyage, a temporary installation created in partnership with Fleurs de Villes and featuring the work of local floral artists. Eighteen mannequins, each decorated by a different florist, were adorned with stunning arrays of flowers to represent different global destinations. Read more.

By adamg - 8/11/23 - 1:12 pm

A New Hampshire woman headed for a free-sample table at Eataly at the Pru last fall says she never made it because she slipped on a slice of prosciutto - and now she is suing over the fractured ankle she says she suffered. Read more.

By adamg - 2/4/23 - 8:50 pm
Crowd outside the Wang

Angry Wang customers demand to be let back in. Photo by Live Boston.

So far tonight, burst pipes caused by the sudden freeze have forced three hospitals to send patients elsewhere, left Wang Theatre patrons out in the cold, angrily yelling to be let back in, and flooded a floor at the Prudential Center mall. Read more.

By adamg - 1/11/23 - 7:07 pm
Bluish top to the Prudential building

Scott marvels at the Pru's current blue lighting:

Dare I say the new lighting actually makes the Pru look...nice?

By adamg - 10/26/22 - 5:35 pm
An apocolyptic looking Boston

BLVCK.machina looked out the window of his office next to the State House around 4 p.m. and spotted an apocalyptic hellscape - and only partially because of the window tinting.

A calmer view further down the Charles: Read more.

By adamg - 7/14/22 - 12:40 pm

Harvard Book Store owners Jeff Mayersohn and Linda Seamonson announced today they're opening a second branch across the river - in the Prudential Center space Barnes & Noble vacated in June. Read more.

By adamg - 5/10/22 - 3:35 pm

Law 360 covers today's acquittal of Mario Batali on a sexual-assault charge for an incident at a bar next to the Italian food court at the Pru that used to have his name on it.

By adamg - 5/6/22 - 5:00 pm

Mario Batali, who used to come up to Boston to promote his Eataly food court at the Prudential Center, returns to Boston next week for jury selection for his trial on a charge of indecent assault and battery for an incident involving a fan at a now closed bar next to Eataly back in 2017. Read more.

By adamg - 4/23/22 - 4:03 pm

The Pru Barnes & Noble says a rent dispute means it's closing June 19th: Read more.

By adamg - 3/29/22 - 10:13 am

Boston Police report arresting a pair of alleged thieves who made off with $4,000 worth of sunglasses from the Prudential Center Mall before being arrested behind a parked car a few blocks away where they were trying in vain to hide from officers looking for them. Read more.

By adamg - 2/1/22 - 2:23 pm

Boston Police report arresting a Hyde Park man on charges he held up the Santander Bank branch on the Huntington Avenue side of the Prudential Center around 12:15 p.m. on Monday. Read more.

By adamg - 10/12/21 - 10:14 am
Fog breaks up over Back Bay

Ryan spotted the Pru and 1 Dalton emerging from the fog this morning.

By adamg - 8/31/21 - 7:10 pm

The Boston Fire Department reports that around 3:45 p.m., firefighters responded to a report of a car fire on the turnpike in the Pru tunnel - which sent smoke into the first floor of Copley Place - and found the flaming car and two separate crashes, one involving six cars, the other two cars.

By adamg - 6/29/21 - 8:00 pm

Boston Police report a bicyclist working for a food-delivery service was attacked by another bicyclist with a knife around 9:40 p.m. on Monday outside a Prudential Center entrance. Read more.

By adamg - 2/9/21 - 9:04 am
Prudential building through snow-covered trees

Matthew Ireland snapped the Pru through the snow-frosted trees of the Southwest Corridor Park at Holyoke Street after the snow stopped on Sunday.

By adamg - 10/29/20 - 9:45 pm

Pru management sent a memo to tenants that they can expect to see boarded-up entrances, barriers and increased security starting today.

By adamg - 9/30/20 - 9:47 pm
Harvest moon over the Prudential building

Sasha captured an epic harvest moon over the Pru this evening.

Also: Read more.

By adamg - 6/25/20 - 11:47 pm

Boston Police have released photos of numerous people captured on security cameras at Neiman-Marcus, 100 Huntington Ave., looting the place in the rampaging that took place on May 31 into June 1 following a peaceful protest march from Nubian Square to the Common. Read more.

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