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Arboretum road renamed after enslaved woman in ceremony at intersection with street that remains named after a slaveholder

By adamg - 10/27/24 - 11:58 am

New Flora Way sign at intersection with Walter Street.

Roslindale and Jamaica Plain residents gathered with city and Harvard officials yesterday to dedicate the new name of the street that bisects the Arnold Arboretum, in honor of an enslaved woman who lived nearby. Read more.

Boston officially renames Bussey Street in the Arboretum as Flora Way in honor of enslaved woman who lived nearby

By adamg - 10/10/24 - 12:59 pm

The Boston Public Improvement Commission today approved renaming the road that bisects the Arnold Arboretum as Flora Way, to honor a Black woman enslaved by a nearby landowner in the 1700s, the Rename Bussey Street group of Roslindale and Jamaica Plain residents reports. Read more.

Road that bisects the Arboretum could be renamed for an enslaved woman who once lived nearby

By adamg - 8/16/24 - 1:48 pm

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department, which owns the Arnold Arboretum, and Harvard University, which has 858 years left on its lease of the land, have petitioned the city Public Improvement Commission to change the name of Bussey Street to Flora Way. Read more.

Move on to change name of road in the Arboretum that now honors a man with ties to slavery

By adamg - 3/18/24 - 11:34 am

Jamaica Plain News reports on efforts to rename Bussey Street, which splits the two main halves of the Arnold Arboretum and which is named for the man whose estate eventually became the arboretum, which he assembled in part on profits from businesses that profited from slavery. Read more.

City limits parking to two hours on Roslindale side of the Arboretum, causing uproar among healthcare workers who used to park there

By adamg - 2/27/24 - 9:37 am

WFXT reports the new BTD regulations along Walter and Bussey streets, aimed at making spaces available for Arnold Arboretum visitors, are causing problems for workers at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center and Faulkner Hospital.

Pickup, bus collide at tricky Roslindale intersection

By adamg - 1/9/17 - 8:57 am

Crash at Bussey and South streets in Roslindale

Around 7:30 a.m., Chris found himself stuck behind this collision at Bussey and South streets in the Arboretum. The Globe reports a bus monitor was taken to the hospital for observation and that the one student on board was uninjured.

As flakes the size of baseballs fall, city shuts mountain pass through the Arboretum

By adamg - 2/13/14 - 1:41 pm

Conditions are so bad on Bussey Street through the Arboretum that both police and fire have requested barriers to just shut the road entirely.

Only two cars crashed, but police report numerous other drivers are barely able to stay on the road and on nearby South Street, and firefighters report the road isn't safe even for them to drive on.