The Boston Globe plays “hero” today with an editorial about a case of class-warfare going on in the South End. Or so they would lead you to believe. If you remember, I blogged about an article appearing in the Globe this weekend profiling Mario Nicosia,...
You know, we like to think that nothing ever changes in Boston. (Or, if you’re like me, you constantly complaining that nothing ever changes in Boston.) Actually, sometimes things do change. Here’s a funny story. Real funny. Meaning, tragic. East Brookline...
I was hoping, praying, that December 15th would bring closure to the Alexandra Hotel mess. Nope. The long and the short of it is, the hotel was in receivership, I think meaning that the city (the BRA) was suing to take ownership of the decrepit building, an eyesore at...
Tenant’s Development Corp is about to begin a fifteen-month project to bring 100 units within 20 Victorian rowhouses back to life, in the South End. The project will include the restoration of the buildings’ exteriors, including the masonry, roofs,...
Local historian Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, who has made a career from writing awesome books on each of Boston’s neighborhoods (and beyond) is giving a talk on the history of the South End, in support of the release of his new book, Boston’s South End (Then...