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Mayor, with words, dooms private St Marc dorm project

Effectively killing the project, Boston mayor Thomas M Menino has voiced his opposition to a developer’s plans to build a 24-story, 800 bed “private dorm” on land near the Huntington Ave branch of the YMCA.
According to Banker & Tradesman:
“It’s not a viable project anymore,” Menino told Banker & Tradesman Tuesday. “I still don’t know who [...]

09/16/08 | 1 Comment »



BC neighbors to BC: mostly, “No.”

Boston College has filed a 10-year expansion plan with an estimated price tag of $1 billion. The college owns property in the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston, as well as in the town of Newton, next door.
Some people, namely those who live nearby, don’t like the idea so much.
Well, those people who live in Allston-Brighton [...]

09/11/08 | Leave a comment »



Surprising no one, Boston landlords scoff at student housing law

A couple months ago, Boston city councilors unanimously approved a new regulation that limited to four the number of students allowed to rent any apartment in Boston. (So, even if an apartment has five, six, or twelve bedrooms, only four students can live there.)
The new law was met with joy from neighbors who no [...]

09/01/08 | 1 Comment »



Let the people drink

From the AP:
College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth, and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age to 18 from 21, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
The movement called the Amethyst Initiative began quietly recruiting presidents more than a year [...]

08/19/08 | Leave a comment »



Mayor wants more money from BC

From the Globe:
In the latest clash in an increasingly public quarrel, Mayor Thomas M. Menino called on Boston College yesterday to increase its voluntary payments to the city to offset tax revenue lost as a result of the school’s recent $67 million purchase of a high-rise apartment complex on Commonwealth Avenue.
“He believes BC should make [...]

07/09/08 | Leave a comment »



Boston College praised for housing all undergrad students

For no good reason except to build good will in the community, Boston College has vowed to house all of its undergraduate students on campus, by the year 2010.
Well, almost all its students.
Several hundred students will live in college-owned off-campus housing, including 2000 Commonwealth Ave, which the college has just signed an agreement to buy.
You’d [...]

07/01/08 | Leave a comment »



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