After spending the past eight years promoting and spreading public awareness of the Friends of the Public Garden as its director of communications and outreach, Susan Abell retired from the role at the end of December. Prior to joining the…
Author: Dan Murphy
’23: Looking Back At The Year On Beacon Hill
• On Jan. 4, the Beacon Hill Civic Association Zoning and Licensing Committee hosted a virtual meeting to discuss the ill-fated Ono Bistro, which was poised to take over the basement-level space at 89 Charles St., formerly occupied by Artu.…
BHAC Denies Garage Door for Jordan Mansion
On a controversial application for the Eben Jordan Mansion at 46 Beacon St., the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission voted unanimously to deny the installation of any garage door on the building’s rear façade while approving as submitted the repaving of…
Upcoming Lecture Looks at Madeline Yale Wynne’s ‘Garden of Hearts’ Chest and the Arts and Craft Movement
A lecture sponsored next month by the Nichols House Museum will examine Madeline Yale Wynne’s recently rediscovered ‘Garden of Hearts’ chest in the context of the Arts and Crafts Movement, which came to prominence in Deerfield, Mass., during the early…
Teuscher Chocolates Returns With Pop-Up Inside DeLuca’s
Although Teuscher Chocolates closed its Newbury Street retail shop in July, the Swiss candy company has returned to Boston for the holidays with a pop-up location inside DeLuca’s Market on Charles Street. From now through at least mid-February, Teuscher –…
FOPG Announces Future Installation of Plaque Honoring Kershaw
The 85th-birthday luncheon for Tom Kershaw held Nov. 29 at the Hampshire House brought a major announcement that the Friends of the Public Garden intends to honor the venerable Beacon Hill businessman and philanthropist this spring with the installation of…
Boston Restaurateur Icon, Tom Kershaw, Turns 85
A true Boston icon, Tom Kershaw, the venerable Beacon Hill businessman and philanthropist, as well as longtime owner of Hampshire House whose basement pub inspired the classic sitcom, ‘Cheers,’ turned 85 on Friday, Dec. 1. In 1969, Kershaw, then a…
Lecture at Atheneum Explores Evolution Of West End Over Past Nearly 400 Years
For his sold-out lecture on Friday, Dec. 1, at the Boston Athenaeum, Bob Potenza, the curatorial manager for the West End Museum, will discuss how that neighborhood has changed and evolved over the course of the last nearly 400 years.…
BHAC Denies Request for Enlarged Garage Door on Rear Façade of 46 Beacon St.
A controversial proposal to create an enlarged door opening on the rear building façade for an internal garage, which came as part of an application for a full brownstone restoration of 46 Beacon St., was denied without prejudice at the…
BPDA Now Seeking To Overhaul Article 80 Review-Process
After repeatedly hearing from community members, developers, and even its own staff over the years that Article 80 can be unnecessarily complicated and unpredictable, the Boston Planning & Development Agency is now seeking to overhaul and streamline its regulatory process…