Owner intends to convert four West End office buildings into apartments
As Universal Hub first reported last week, the owner of four office buildings in the West End intends to convert them into apartments while benefitting from a city program that offers tax breaks for such conversions.
Equity Residential has filed plans with the city to convert 2 and 5 Longfellow Pl., into a total of 36 apartments, along with 1 and 10 Emerson Pl. into 33 units.
All four buildings are now being used as medical offices for Mass General practices, according to Equity Residential, with all of the tenants slated to move out soon.
The proposed apartments would be a mix of studios and one-bedrooms, according to Equity, while five units at Longfellow Place and seven units at Emerson Place, respectively, would be rented as affordable.
Parking for tenants would be provided at an existing 490-space Mass General garage beneath the buildings, according to Equity.
Equity is “seeking approval for their conversions under a Boston pilot program aimed at bringing people back downtown by giving them a place to live rather than to work,” Universal Hub reported.
WECA to meet March 13 at Amy Lowell Apartments
The West End Civic Association (WECA) will meet on Thursday, March 13, at 6 p.m. in the Community Room of the Amy Lowell Apartments, 65 Martha Road.
The planned meeting guests will be a team from Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM), who will present their current planning for the Hurley-Lindemann Redevelopment as they prepare to issue a new Request for Proposals for the site.
All West End residents are welcome, and masks are encouraged.
The West End Museum to sponsor upcoming events
The West End Museum will offer West End Women: A Walk Through History, with an in-person walking tour on Wednesday, March 19, at 5:30 p.m.; and a virtual ‘tour’ and lecture on Thursday, March 20, at 6 p.m.
Join the museum, located at 150 Staniford St., Suite 7, on a tour in honor of Women’s History Month. Trace the footsteps of women who lived and worked in the West End – featuring Susan Paul, Eliza Ann Gardner, Nancy Gardner Prince, Fanny Goldstein, Elizabeth Peabody, Maria Stewart, Annie Londonderry, Kittie Knox, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Rebecca Lee Crumpler, Bashka Paeff, Harriet Hayden, and more.
Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/west-end-women-a-walk-through-history-virtual-tickets for more information and tickets.
Also, Conversations With… Alexander Ludwig, Ph.D., takes place on Thursday, March 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the museum.
At this time, Beacon Hill Village and The West End Museum will welcome Berklee College of Music Professor Alexander Ludwig, Ph.D., to present on the history of film music. Ludwig teaches topics in music history, ranging from Mahler and Schoenberg in fin-de-siècle Vienna to the Beatles in countercultural America. His main focus is the history of film music, which is also the topic of his book, ‘Hearing Death at the Movies: Film Music and the Long History of the Dies Irae.’
Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversations-with-alexander-ludwig-phd-tickets for more information and tickets.
Nichols House Museum offers program at Grogan & Company
The Nichols House Museum at 55 Mt. Vernon St. will offer ‘Meeting Marian: A Life in Service, Served Well’ on Tuesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. at Grogan & Company, 20 Charles St.
Marian Clarke Nichols waged a lifelong battle against government corruption. Toni Armstrong, the Nichols House Museum’s 2024 Linsdell Fellow, will share her research on Marian, including Marian’s efforts to reform local government, her commitments to the Beacon Hill neighborhood, and her lifelong interest in art and education.
Admission is free, but registration is required for this event.
For more information and to register for programming, visit nicholshousemuseum.org
Prescott House upcoming event and tours
The William Hickling Prescott House at 55 Beacon St. is hosting a public event, ‘Bundle Up! 100 Years of Outerwear,’ on Friday March 21, from 6 to 7 p.m.
This hour will be filled with costume collection highlights that would be used to keep warm from the 1820s through the 1920s from the costume collection at the Prescott House.
Tickets range from $8-$18, and can be purchased at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bundle-up-tickets
Also, the Prescott House will be offering First Friday Tours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the first Friday of the month starting in March. Tickets can be purchased on site, and no reservations are needed.
Visit https://nscdama.org/properties/william-hickling-prescott-house/ for more information.
Free lessons in American Mahjong offered at West End Branch Library
The Friends of the West End Library will be offering lessons in American Mahjong to new and experienced players at no cost.
The group meets on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m., on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month in the Community Room of the West End Branch Library, 151 Cambridge St.
To sign up or for more information, email Audrey Tedeman ([email protected]) or Julia Forbes ([email protected]).