The Esplanade Association (EA) has issued a call for artists to submit their proposals for four new murals on electrical boxes along the park. Through this public art opportunity, which EA is sponsoring in partnership with the Department of Conservation…
Author: Dan Murphy
Accomplished Restaurateur Ponders Future of City’s Dining Establishments
While Mayor Michelle Wu opting to extend the outdoor dining through the month of December undoubtedly gave the city’s restaurants a much-needed boost amid the still-ongoing pandemic, one accomplished restauranteur also sees it as a promising sign for the future…
First Night Boston Celebration
After going virtual last year due to the pandemic, First Night Boston – the largest New Year’s Eve celebration in New England – returned as an in-person gathering to usher in 2022. Copley Square was again center stage for the…
2021 Year in Review
While the pandemic continued to dominate the news in 2021, it also proved to be a watershed year as the City of Boston elected former City Councilor Michelle Wu as the first female, as well as the first woman of…
City Considering Making Changes to Five Intersections Around Public Garden
After making changes to walk signals and creating separated bike lanes on the streets around the Public Garden last year via its multi-phase Connect Downtown project, the city is now considering making permanent design changes at five intersections near the…
Chestnut Street Residents Featured in Ongoing Art Exhibit
As one of the three artists featured in “Messaging Nature” – an exhibit on display through Dec. 29 at Fort Point Arts Community Gallery in the Seaport that looks at human nature both in terms of how people relate to…
BHAC Denies Application for New Front Door at Future Home of Beacon Hill Books and Café
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission voted three to one to deny an application to replace the existing front door at 71 Charles St. – the future home of Beacon Hill Books and Café – “with an exact replica in mahogany…
Beacon Hill Books and Café Lands Chef Colleen Suhanosky
When the highly anticipated Beacon Hill Books and Café opens at 71 Charles St., (tentatively set for May), Colleen Suhanosky will be at the helm of its garden level café, marking a return to the neighborhood where the head chef…
Civic Association Unanimously Votes to Support Motion to Make Amendments to Beacon Hill Historic District Language
At its Dec. 13 meeting at the Boston Athenaeum – their first in-person gathering since the pandemic struck – the Beacon Hill Civic Association board of directors voted unanimously on a motion to support the enactment of a Home Rule…
At Boston Premier Dentistry, Patients Are Like Family
What sets Boston Premier Dentistry, PC (formerly Ficociello and Ficociello D.D.S, PC) apart from the competition, according to Dr. Kourosh Asha, DMD, the owner of and one of the practitioners at the longstanding downtown dental office, is the warm, familial…