The Boston Landmarks Commission recently designated the Jewelers' Building at Washington and Bromfield streets as the city's newest official landmark. Read more.
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By adamg - 1/17/25 - 11:10 am
Top of the building, from Landmarks Commission report.
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By adamg - 1/11/25 - 11:47 am
Celtics1985 wandered around downtown Boston and the Back Bay this morning, snapping scenes in the snow, including the satellite smashed into an Altima on Washington Street and a trash truck coming through an alley: Read more.
By adamg - 1/10/25 - 10:53 pm
Matt Frank looked up while walking around downtown Boston tonight, and framed the moon and what might be Jupiter in the middle of a Downtown Crossing illuminated star design (Jupiter is a little hard to see, but is to the right of the moon and down a bit).
By adamg - 1/10/25 - 3:44 pm
There's an art installation of what looks like a satellite crashed into the hood of an Altima parked on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing (not to be confused with one of the art installations that look like giant pink blobby guys). Of course, you're not supposed to park on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing, even if a satellite just crashed into you car, so somebody at BTD wrote it a ticket.
By adamg - 11/27/24 - 10:10 am
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved developer Greg McCarthy's plans to convert a vacant six-story office building at 129 Portland St. into 25 apartments. Read more.
By adamg - 10/31/24 - 1:52 pm
West Roxbury Roche Bros. this afternoon.
Members of the family that owns Roche Bros., which grew from a Roslindale Square meat market in 1952 into today's Roche Bros. and Sudbury Farms chains, are selling controlling interest in the company to a Connecticut food-delivery concern that has long been the chains' principal supplier of food and other products. Read more.
By adamg - 9/3/24 - 12:53 pm
You can't tell from a photo, of course, but Sebastian Stockman checked in from Downtown Crossing this morning: "Downtown Crossing smells…clean?!?"
By adamg - 8/27/24 - 10:46 am
The Supreme Judicial Court today thew out a state law barring people from going out in public with a switchblade, concluding the knives are "arms" under the Second Amendment and that means people can legally pack them for self protection. Read more.
By adamg - 8/18/24 - 5:09 pm
For the past couple of days, at-large Councilor Henry Santana has been listing interesting and fun stuff to do in Downtown Crossing and across Tremont on Boston Common. Read more.
By adamg - 8/14/24 - 11:13 am
A man was stabbed on Winter Place off Winter Street in Downtown Crossing around 8:15 a.m.
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By adamg - 8/13/24 - 1:49 pm
The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved the conversion of offices in buildings on Washington, Water and Devonshire streets downtown into 95 apartments, under a city tax-abatement program aimed at encouraging that. Read more.
By adamg - 8/11/24 - 7:56 pm
Remains of the sign, by roving UHub photographer Karyn Regal.
NBC Boston reports the woman was hit in the leg and was able to limp away before being transported to a local hospital for care around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday.
By adamg - 8/8/24 - 11:18 am
The Boston Licensing Board today conditionally approved a food-serving license for a Raising Cane's at 101 Arch St. in Downtown Crossing that would let the chicken-finger chain fling breaded fingers until midnight. Read more.
By adamg - 7/30/24 - 2:29 pm
As a large group on Mother's Day celebrated a man's college graduation at Estella, 49 Temple Pl., two attendees at the bar got into an argument over who had dibs on the man that escalated into a large roving brawl on Temple Place and Washington Street, police and restaurant managers told the Boston Licensing Board today. Read more.
By adamg - 7/16/24 - 6:11 pm
Sweltering riders can't get to the Kendall platform because it's already full of other sweltering passengers waiting for the Godot Line. Photo by Johnmcboston.
Yes, of course, on one of the hottest, most humid days of the year, a train would jam up the already partially not running Red Line by dying (of heat exhaustion?) at Downtown Crossing. Read more.
By adamg - 7/11/24 - 1:07 pm
Roving UHub photographer Meghan Perdue snapped the line yesterday evening to get into Fajitas & 'Ritas - as it readies to close forever on Saturday after 35 years serving up, well, fajitas and margaritas.
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