Van Ness Street

Taco place with 2 a.m. closing time approved in the Fenway over opposition of neighborhood association

By adamg - 5/4/23 - 11:39 am

The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans for a Bartaco at 100 Van Ness St. in the Fenway, with indoor hours until 2 a.m. and seasonal-patio hours until 11 p.m. Read more.

Jersey Street would become a permanent pedestrian mall as part of plans for nearly nine acres of redevelopment around Fenway Park

By adamg - 6/3/21 - 10:54 pm

Bird-enhanced rendering of new building at Brookline Avenue and Jersey Street by Morris Adjmi.

A key player in the development of the Seaport, the Red Sox and the D'Angelo family, which owns stores on Jersey Street across from Fenway Park, today filed plans with the BPDA for a 2.1-million-square-foot redevelopment of several parcels around Fenway that will include residential units, new retail space, offices and, of course, life-sciences research space. Read more.

Developer, Sox plan large redevelopment around Fenway Park

By adamg - 1/29/21 - 11:42 pm

The developer behind the 23-acre Seaport Square project in the Seaport says it will soon file plans to redevelop a total of eight acres around Fenway Park - including a deck over the Massachusetts Turnpike - that will include eight new buildings with offices, residential space, restaurants and stores. Read more.

After a year of pandemic-related closings, a bit of good music-venue news: Fenway could get a new music hall

By adamg - 1/27/21 - 2:03 pm

Rockwood telling the Boston Licensing Board of his plans

Ken Rockwood talks music-hall buildouts with the licensing board.

The operator of a small Manhattan music hall hopes to open a similar facility at Van Ness and Kilmarnock streets in the Fenway. Read more

Fenway hotel to add faux mobile homes

By adamg - 8/27/19 - 9:56 am

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a plan by the owners of the Verb Hotel to add ten rear units along Van Ness Street in the Fenway for people who have always wanted to stay in a mobile home without worrying about getting carried away by a tornado. Read more.