When Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced on Sept. 16 that the city would extend the outdoor dining season past the original Halloween end-date in response to the ongoing pandemic, it came as welcome news to Charles Street restaurants struggling to…
Author: Dan Murphy
Walsh to Allow Halloween Trick-or-Treating in the City While Urging Residents to Take Extra Precautions
Following much speculation about how Halloween would move forward in Boston this year, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced Tuesday that trick-or-treating would be permitted in the city on Saturday, Oct. 31, but he is urging residents to use extra precautions…
Revitalized West End Branch Library Could Contain Affordable Housing Component
The city is now considering the creation of affordable housing in redeveloping the West End Branch Library, according to members of the design team who unveiled the plan as part of the city’s “programming study” for the branch library that…
Happenings on Charles Street: Upper Crust under New Management
When the opportunity arose to help restore The Upper Crust to its past glory as one of city’s most beloved and widely renowned pizzerias, it was a chance Anthony Ackil said he couldn’t pass up. “When I was growing up,…
BHAC Approves EV Charging Station With Caveats
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission unanimously approved the requested installation of an EV (Electric Vehicle) charging station at the street-level as part of an application for 6 Louisburg Square during its most-recent monthly public hearing, which took place virtually on…
Limestone Applied to Comm Ave Mall to Improve Soil
The white powder seen last week dusting the Commonwealth Avenue Mall wasn’t evidence of the season’s first snowfall, but rather a sign of the steps that the Friends of the Public Garden continually takes to improve soil health. The Friends…
Proposed West End Monument Would Pay Tribute to Former Neighborhood Resident Leonard Nimoy
A monument proposed for the West End would pay tribute to one of the neighborhood’s favorite sons, Leonard Nimoy, while also honoring Mr. Spock – the character he immortalized on “Star Trek” and whose signature Vulcan hand salutation (along with…
Happenings on Charles Street Hill: Resident Pays Forward After Crediting Black Ink for Rekindling his Interest in Origami
Gregory Skaff credits his rediscovering the craft of origami after a 37-year lull to a November 2016 visit to Black Ink, a longstanding shop at 101 Charles St. specializing in paper goods, where he acquired, in exchange for a nominal…
GroundBeat Nominated for Boston Music Award
The third season of GroundBeat – the Esplanade’s free Riverfront Music Series, which went virtual for the first this summer in response to the ongoing pandemic – has been nominated for a 2020 Boston Music Award in the category of…
Longfellow Bridge to Receive International Award for Historic Preservation
The Longfellow Bridge, which underwent an extensive, $300-million-plus restoration that wrapped up in 2018 after five years of construction, will receive the prestigious Abba G. Lichtenstein Medal later this month in recognition of “a recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering…