Beacon Communities and the Pine Street Inn are teaming up on a plan to convert the YW Boston building at 140 Clarendon St. into 240 affordable apartments aimed at people trying to get out of homelessness or who cannot afford Boston's high rents. Read more.
Shelter for YWCA residents at Frisoli Youth Center. Photo by American Red Cross.
The Cambridge Fire Department reports a broken water main in the basement of the YWCA on Temple Street forced the evacuation of the building this evening.
The American Red Cross reports 98 residents were forced out. It's setting up a shelter at the Frisoli Youth Center for the residents - and trucking in blankets, cots and 40 pizzas.
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