Suffolk University has honored its agreement with the Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) by vacating all students from the Holiday Inn at Blossom and Cambridge streets, according to John Nucci, the school’s vice president for government and community affairs. Suffolk began providing housing at the hotel about 10 years ago “due to overages based...
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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Farmers’ Market Still Busy!
The City Hall Farmers’ Market is still going strong and will operate for six more weeks. An ever changing selection of produce, specialty foods, meat, baked goods, and flowers will arrive on City Hall Plaza each Monday and Wednesday until Thanksgiving.
Wedding
POTTER/ECKERT Lydia Livingston Potter married Frank Eckert Snyder on Aug. 27 in Newport, R.I. Lydia is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Wood Potter (Cornelia V.H. Ferber) of Revere Street and a granddaughter of the late Mrs. Elise Van Hook Ferber of Pinckney Street.
‘Antiques Roadshow’ Appraiser Views Rare Piece in Nichols House Museum Collection
Leigh Keno – an American antiques expert, author and on-air furniture appraiser for the PBS series “Antiques Roadshow”- was on hand at the Nichols House Museum last Tuesday to view a rare piece in its collection. Keno came to see a painted pier table crafted by famed cabinet-makers John and Thomas Seymour that Robert...
Columbus Day 2011
At the time he lived and sailed during the 15th Century there was no man dead or alive who was more gifted at navigating the seas than Christopher Columbus. When speaking or writing about him, the same things have been chronicled about him throughout the centuries. He was brave. He was bold. He was...
Steve Jobs
The death of Steve Jobs at 56 brings to an end the life of an extraordinary American inventor. Ironically, the i-Phones held by so many millions across the face of the earth announcing his death were designed by him. He was an artist in a way. He chose to work outside the box, was...
BHCA Zoning and Licensing Committee Vote Not to Oppose Variance for 3 Sentry Place
The Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) Zoning and Licensing Committee unanimously voted Wednesday not to oppose a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) variance requested by the homeowner of 3 Sentry Place on the conditions that the applicant reach an agreement with abutters on the design of a proposed head-house and enter into a “good neighbor”...
Meeting House Square Proposal Meets with Less Than Enthusiastic Response
Meeting House Square plans met with a less than enthusiastic response from the standing-room crowd at Hill House last Tuesday during the first public meeting to vet the proposal. The Joint Charles Street Committee, co-chaired by Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) board member John Corey and Beacon Hill Business Association (BHBA) President Susan Symonds,...
Police Briefs 10-04-2011
Breaking and Entering – Non–Residence 09/22/11 – A Cambridge Street restaurant manager reported that unknown person(s) stole two safes containing U.S. currency from the store overnight. Breaking and Entering – Residence 09/23/11 – A South Russell Street resident reports unknown person(s) forced open the front door to her apartment and removed a laptop, Mp3...
Overall Crime Statistics Take Pleasing Plunge
Boston Police crime statistics released last week revealed that crime on Beacon Hill, Charlestown, Chinatown and in downtown dropped by an extraordinary 18-percent in violent crime and property crimes respectively. Between January 1 and September 18 of this year, there were 1976 incidents compared with 2,397 during the same time period last year. The...