Eric Esteves was among those calling for immediate action tonight to prevent more pedestrian fatalities around the Forest Hills MBTA station, following the Oct. 12 death of Glenn Inghram as he crossed Washington Street and was hit by an MBTA bus.
The vigil was held on Tower Street at Washington, near where Ingrahm was fatally hit.
Rendering by Helicon Design Group.
A developer is circulating plans to replace the one-story building that now houses Forest Hills Pizza at Washington and Tower streets in Jamaica Plain with a six-story, 35-unit residential building with retail space on the ground floor. Read more.
Forest Hills residents have organized a vigil to honor both Glenn Inghram, who struck by an MBTA bus turning left out of the T station on Oct. 12 and to call on the state and city to take steps to make that and nearby intersections safer for pedestrians.
The vigil starts at 5:30 p.m. at Washington and Tower streets, where Ingrahm was fatally struck, just a few blocks from his Arborway apartment.
Glenn Inghram died from injuries suffered under the wheels of an MBTA bus turning left onto Washington Street from the lower busway at Forest Hills at Tower Street this past Saturday - just a short walk from his home around the corner on the Arborway. Read more.
An exhausted citizen files a complaint about a sleep-depriving smoke detector on Tower Road in Forest Hills.
Block cannot sleep. Over 37!hours with smoke detectors blasting!!!!Please shut off power to unattended residence, likely not occupied. (3 units and no one home in 36 hours?) please do something about it!!! Super noisy!!! Can hear oneself think!
The morning squall line brought trees down across the region, including this one photographed by Casey on Tower Street in Forest Hills - where another large tree snapped and plunged to the ground in July.
John Godfrey couldn't help but notice this tree down across Tower Street in Forest Hills.
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