By adamg - Tue, 03/11/2025 - 1:42pm

A distraught person filed a 311 complaint this afternoon seeking help with a trash container outside the Four Seasons Hotel: Read more.

By adamg - Sun, 03/09/2025 - 4:24pm

What started as a small group of people protesting the acting president outside his Prudential Center vehicle showroom last month has grown into an increasingly large and vocal protest along Boylston Street. Brian H. videoed today's demonstration. Read more.

By adamg - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 7:41pm

Live Boston News reports that a man who chased two other people from the Chipotle on Boylston Street into the Chick-fil-A a couple doors down and was about to stab them refused a demand from an off-duty officer who happened to be there to drop the knife, so the officer pulled out his service revolver and shot him, around 5:30 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - Sat, 03/01/2025 - 4:31pm

Ron Newman took in what has now become a regular Saturday-morning protest outside the Tesla showroom on the Boylston Street side of the Pru: Read more.

By adamg - Tue, 02/25/2025 - 12:00pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved plans by Cisco Brewers to turn the old Tasty Burger on Boylston Street in the Fenway into a year round beer hall and its parking lot into a seasonal beer garden with live entertainment. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 02/13/2025 - 6:18pm

Isabel Ravenna posts some video of people protesting the acting president's Tesla car and truck lines outside his showroom in the Prudential Center on Boylston Street today. Small group, but next time they should try more publicity in advance.

By adamg - Sun, 02/02/2025 - 12:05am

Boston firefighters responded to 205 Boylston St. in Jamaica Plain for what turned into a three-alarm fire, around 11:10 p.m. on Saturday. Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 01/24/2025 - 11:51am

The Boston Business Journal reports Apple has bought its glass-front store on Boylston Street in the Back Bay (where the Copy Cop used to be) for $88 million.

By adamg - Sun, 01/19/2025 - 12:37pm

Trout House Comics snapped the bouquet somebody put in ol' Edgar's hand in honor of his birthday today. We were going to ask if the flowers were a bit too cheery, but it turns out Poe loved flowers.

By adamg - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 12:47pm

The Boston Licensing Board next week considers an application by a local restaurant operator to re-open Little Steve's Pizzeria at 1114 Boylston St. - and with just the sort of late-night hours that used to bring in customers before it was shut to make way for a pot shop that then never opened. Read more.

By adamg - Fri, 12/13/2024 - 4:19pm

For the second time in two days, a water main along Boylston Street burst, this time in front of the new office building going in where Shreve, Crump & Low used to be at the corner with Arlington Street, but possibly extending as far down as the benighted and condemned Tannery building several doors down. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 11/07/2024 - 4:13pm

The Boston Sun reports a chain called First Watch, which offers blunchy stuff, is looking at space at 777 Boylston St. for its first Boston location. They'll be seeking a liquor license, because what's breakfast without a bloody Mary?

By adamg - Tue, 10/29/2024 - 3:01pm
Montes

Boston Police are looking for a Worcester man who wore a red hat and red clothes when he allegedly held up Wild Duck Marketplace, 717 Boylston St. in the Back Bay around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 09/12/2024 - 10:10am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Dani's Queer Bar opens tonight at 907 Boylston St. in the Back Bay, in the space where the Pour House used to be.

By adamg - Thu, 08/15/2024 - 11:14pm

Roving UHub photographer Patrick Snyder couldn't help but noticing all the dorm fridge/microwave combos being unloaded on Boylston Street by Emerson College today.

By adamg - Fri, 08/09/2024 - 2:21pm

The Boston City Council this week agreed to consider a proposal by Councilor Sharon Durkan (Fenway, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill) to amend an ordinance aimed at preventing some city parks and parkways from being overwhelmed by tall buildings next to them to allow a tall residential building next to the Charlesgate section of the Emerald Necklace. Read more.

By adamg - Tue, 08/06/2024 - 1:18pm

First up, we have the Globe's Brian McGrory, who argues Boylston Street bike lanes are a major mistake, that even pedestrians love the sheer exuberance of a traffic-clogged thoroughfare full of life and the essence of Boston, and man, who doesn't love just driving down the boulevard looking up at all the tall buildings and it's where the Marathon bombings were and besides, there are bike lanes on parallel streets, leave Boylston Street alone! Read more.

By adamg - Thu, 08/01/2024 - 1:32pm

The Berkeley Beacon reports Emerson College has reached a deal to house some Boston Architectural College students in its Little Building at Boylston and Tremont streets this fall.

BAC will continue to provide all academic and student support for its students, but those living on Emerson’s campus must abide by Emerson’s policies, the announcement said.

By adamg - Fri, 07/26/2024 - 9:22am

Boston Police report seizing more than 20 scooters in take-out-heavy areas in the Back Bay, Fenway and the South End yesterday. Read more.

By adamg - Wed, 07/10/2024 - 10:31pm

Boston Police report arresting somebody they say stabbed a man in the leg outside the firehouse at 941 Boylston St. shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, possibly after a fight around the corner on Newbury Street near Massachusetts Avenue. Read more.