It was standing room only at the Friends Annual Meeting on April 12. After the usual Board business, Executive Director Liz Vizza gave an inspiring summary of the year’s accomplishments to the attending members. Thanks to the generous donations of…
Downtown View:Boston’s Future Mobility
By Karen Cord Taylor The city published its Go Boston 2030 report in mid-March. It is 223 pages long. I read it so you don’t have to. It’s taken me awhile. It is available electronically at http://goboston2030.org/en/. Suggestions are accompanied…
BHCA Community Corner
Spring Cleaning Days April 28 & 29 “Love Your Block,” formerly Boston Shines, takes place on Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29. Beacon Hillers are encouraged to come out and join the fun as neighbors work together to clean…
Jack Gurnon Looks to Raise Funds for BHV, and Chop the Mop
Everyone in the neighborhood has an opinion about Jack Gurnon’s long, gray hair, and that opinion is usually not good. Cassie, Jack’s wife, was especially tired of his mid-life look, so she persuaded him to CHOP it all off—for a…
BHWF Receives Virtual Tour of BPL in Boston’s Secret Stash
Vivian Spiro grew up loving to visit libraries in her hometown; and when she entered the Central Library in Copley Square for the first time, she was astounded. Greeted by a sculpture of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edward Austin Abbey’s…
BVNA Votes in Favor of Proposed Stuart Street Tower
By Beth Treffeisen After a long, arduous debate among Bay Village residents, the Neighborhood Association voted to not oppose the proposed 19-story tower slated for 212 Stuart Street. In a Bay Village Neighborhood Association (BVNA) general meeting that took place…