Water began pouring out of the older of two water tanks atop Bellevue Hill in West Roxbury on Sunday, but the MWRA says it was a minor mishap, not something more serious. A spokesperson says: Read more.
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Bellevue Hill
By adamg - 1/28/17 - 3:32 pm
The top of Bellevue Hill - at 338 feet, the highest natural point in Boston - is home to two water standpipes used to maintain water pressure in West Roxbury, Roslindale and some suburbs to the south. One, built in 1915, is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites and one is more modern and featureless - you can probably tell which is which.
By adamg - 11/15/15 - 1:16 pm
Every once in awhile, the DCR holds an open house for the Bellevue Standpipe, atop the highest natural point in Boston - 388-foot Bellevue Hill. David Parsons went to the one yesterday and took some pictures.
Copyright David Parsons. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 4/4/14 - 2:39 pm
Michael Loconto reports some homes in the area of Cowing and LaGrange streets were broken into this morning, all entered via basement windows after their residents had gone off to work.
By adamg - 11/30/06 - 1:03 pm
Imagine being a police captain in Roxbury who gets re-assigned to West Roxbury, that one of the first things you have to do is try to calm down several hundred anxious residents upset over a crime spree consisting of three house break-ins and an attempted break-in - and that you have to tell them that they could help stop the break-ins by locking their doors before they go to bed at night.
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