Leaders of Old South Church in Copley Square shifted planned in-person services on Christmas Eve to online only due to rising Covid-19 numbers and the way the omicron variant spreads so easily. Read more.
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By adamg - 12/15/21 - 11:24 am
The Boston Licensing Board tomorrow considers granting licenses for another Guy Fieri restaurant on Tremont Street near Boylston Street and what would be Gordon Ramsay's first, but not last, restaurant less than a mile away on Boylston Street in the Back Bay. Read more.
By adamg - 11/27/21 - 8:52 pm
Boston Restaurant Talk pours out the news: The owners of the Pour House, which closed at the start of the pandemic, are looking to turn the place over to a new group to re-open the Boylston Street watering hole. Read more.
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 - 6/24/21 - 8:48 pm
Greta the roving UHub photographer was among the people in Copley Square at the Donna Summer disco party tonight.
By adamg - 6/15/21 - 10:19 pm
The annual Donna Summer Disco Party, in honor of Boston's own, returns this month after being canceled last summer. The free party starts at 6 p.m. on June 24 in Copley Square.
No roller rink this time, but, yes, a disco ball - along with glow sticks and lots of lights. Also, hand sanitizer (attendees are encouraged to wear a mask, although one isn't required).
By adamg - 3/22/21 - 9:01 am
Tim Murphy reports spotting this rabbit on the Green Line tracks at Copley Square last night.
By adamg - 3/8/21 - 10:11 pm
Rendering by Elkus Manfredi Architects.
A Florida-based developer yesterday filed plans with the BPDA for adding five floors to the three-story buildings that now house Abe & Louie’s, Crate and Barrel and the Atlantic Fish Co. on Boylston Street in the Back Bay. Read more.
By adamg - 2/19/21 - 9:05 pm
The MBTA reports 20-minute delays on the Green Line due to "a train with a mechanical problem approaching Copley eastbound."
This comes a few hours after the Green Line was completely stopped after a trolley lost its pantograph at Park Street.
By adamg - 2/6/21 - 9:23 pm
DEA agents and Boston Police arrested three men at the Allston DoubleTree Hotel Thursday as part of an effort to break up a drug ring selling meth, cocaine and fentanyl, Live Boston reports. Read more.
By adamg - 12/11/20 - 9:53 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports Oak Long Bar + Kitchen, in the Copley Plaza, has shut down for the winter. The hotel itself remains open and will continue to provide room service for guests.
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