On Wednesday, April 8, the Friends of the Public Garden held its 45th annual meeting. More than 150 members and neighbors gathered at the First Church in Boston to hear from Friends and featured speaker Boston Parks Commissioner Chris Cook…
Category: News
Community Waiting for Meeting on Event at Common
Although “Outside the Box” is scheduled to return to the Boston Common this summer, the event organizer has yet to discuss potential impacts of the free performing arts festival with the Beacon Hill community. “There have been no meetings or…
Downtown View:Curiouser and Curiouser
In the last three weeks, one vehicle on my block was not towed on street cleaning days. This has never happened in the last decade. The debris under those cars sat there for two weeks. A South End resident said…
BHWF Celebrates Style and Women in Fashion
From left: Beacon Hill Women’s Forum members Shannon McAlister and Ashley Breed, Karen Fabbri of Moxie, Rebecca Hall of Crush and Danielle Frissell, also of BHWF, are filled with ideas to make the second annual Charles Street Couture fashion show…
Suffolk Forum on Ride Sharing Companies
The Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents “A Bumpy Ride,” a discussion on the controversy surrounding the ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft and the taxi companies in Boston, from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April, 23, 2015, at the C. Walsh…
Mayor Walsh to Be in Beacon Hill on May 21 for Annual Coffee Hour
Mayor Martin J. Walsh will join the Boston Parks and Recreation Department in hosting the 17th Annual Neighborhood Coffee Hour Series in local parks citywide from May 6 to June 17. The site for this year’s event will be at…
Downtown View:Big Question
Do San Diego residents experience joy? I don’t know the answer and I’m not sure I would believe a SanDiegoan if they told me. I’m talking about the sublime feeling, the rush, the pure happiness we Bostonians feel when the…
Landscape Company Donates Services to Esplanade
As part of the annual Arbor Day of Service, the Cambridge Landscape Company donated its arborist services, expertise and equipment to The Esplanade Association on Thursday to help care for trees along the park. “We pride ourselves on being a…
Friends of the Public Garden Welcomes The Warmth with Green and White Ball
The Friends of the Public Garden and Taj Boston will host the annual Green and White Ball on Friday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Taj Boston ballroom. The annual event raises funds to provide care for the Boston…
Downtown View: Picture L.A.
Picture the skyline of Los Angeles. How about Minneapolis, Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Phoenix, even Chicago? You can’t? Oh, well. Now picture Washington D. C., Seattle, Toronto or New York. You know those skylines, don’t you? There might be a gimmick—Seattle’s…