Boston Police report they are looking for a guy they say tried unsuccessfully to break into a house on Pratt Street in Allston's GAP neighborhood, around 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 1. Read more.
Pratt Street
Two developers this week filed plans to further the transformation of Allston's GAP from a warren of student-filled apartments and industrial buildings into a collection of taller residential buildings and towers, with plans for a 322-unit apartment building with a 16-floor wing off Pratt Street, next to the former Conrail train yard. Read more.
A Houston real-estate company says it will soon file plans with the BPDA to replace an automotive warehouse and two-family house at 22-24 Pratt St. in Allston with a new residential building with 316 units. Read more.
The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by the owner of the Linden Street block that houses the Garage nightclub with a three-building complex with 349 tiny apartments, including some lofts set aside for artists. Read more.
Around 10:10 p.m. by two men, one described as Hispanic, 5'8" to 5'10" with a slight goatee and wearing a gray hoodie. They took the victim's book bag, phone and wallet and fled down Ashford towards BU.