What began as a pre-Halloween costume party at a North Station club ended in early morning mayhem, with two cops injured, an EMT whacked with a boot, a club manager hit in the face with a purse, at least one woman's wig ripped off her head, three arrested and a group of about 20 women assembling to brawl in the street outside, police told the Boston Licensing Board today. Read more.
In a monochromatic city, the one copper tower stands out, in rendering by Gensler.
A Newton real-estate investment firm today filed plans for a 40-story tower with 400 residential units, 320 hotel rooms and a two-level garage underground garage with 150 parking spaces between Causeway, North Washington and Medford streets - a block that forms the top angle of the Bulfinch Triangle. Read more.
A Newton real-estate investment firm says it will soon file plans to tear down three buildings at Causeway and North Washington streets to make way for a 40-story building with roughly 300 hotel rooms and 420 residential units. Read more.
Shamus Moynihan was on Causeway Street yesterday afternoon and watched the ride and escort a kid from Dorchester got from the Make a Wish Foundation on his way to fulfill his wish to meet the Celtics.
A Randolph man faces a variety of charges after he allegedly ran a woman down outside North Station early this morning, while a couple of his pals face charges that they made asses of themselves at the scene and then again at the police station, where they were arrested after allegedly chest bumping cops and challenging them to a fight, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Bomb-squad member near the pressure cooker. Photo by Live Boston.
In a city with a bad history with pressure cookers, police took no chances when a report came in about a suspicious device just sitting on Causeway Street in front of the Garden and North Station around 1:30 a.m. Read more.
Banker & Tradesman reports a Newton developer is considering building a 700-foot-tall tower at the corner of North Washington and Causeway streets. No plans filed with the BPDA yet.
Richard Auffrey vows to return to Momosan Ramen at Hub Hall, where he went for lunch recently:
The Karaage ($12) is Japanese-style fried chicken with a spicy garlic soy sauce. ... First, this dish was ample, with plenty of pieces of fried chicken, and was large enough to share. Second, the fried coating was crunchy and flavorful, enhanced by the spicy garlic soy. There was plenty of moist chicken inside the crisp coating, and the dish definitely is near the top of my favorite karaage dishes.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Rodey's Pizzeria and Pasta, across from the O'Neill Federal Building, is now Boston Döner, serving up döner (like shawarma, but Turkish) and other Turkish and Middle Eastern dishes.
Boston Police report a man was stabbed on Causeway Street at Canal Street around 5:40 p.m. on Saturday.
Rob Baird watched this morning as firefighters doused the flaming T that used to help spell out "Tavern in the Square."
Firefighters didn't just spray water on the burning letter, though. They also checked to make sure the fire hadn't spread to the rest of the alphabet, as a roving UHub photographer shows us: Read more.
Board says nope.
The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a billboard company's plan to stick a 24-hour electronic billboard on top of the Dunkin' Donuts on Causeway Street at Lancaster Street, across from the Tip O'Neill Building. Read more.
Victim identified as Fouad Baghdad-Zouggagh, 25, of West Roxbury.
Boston Police report a man was fatally shot around 2 a.m. Read more.
Steel beams lying on the ground instead of being where they should be.
Teo posted this photo at 3:04 p.m., reports:
A crane’s cable snapped right outside of hub on causeway causing massive steel beams to drop several stories. Doesn’t look like anyone was injured. Building shook violently.
Earlier:
Construction debris falls off building and onto woman in the North End.
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