Does news of major crimes cause some people to rule out living in certain neighborhoods? Perhaps. That’s the theory of a Herald reporter and a media-happy Northeastern professor: Home prices are rising in Boston’s fancy neighborhoods but falling in...
This much we know is true. The majority of Boston, Boston Proper that is, is landfill – more accurately called “in-fill”. Parts of the North End, South End and South Boston (and East Boston) are man-made, as is just about all of the Back Bay. All of...
Back in 2004, the city was facing a summer of violence (as it has, ever summer since, btw). Seeing as we were about to be invaded by the national press during the Democratic National Convention, the Mayor did whatever he could to quell the threats to the city’s...
ONEin3 is a city-run (actually, Boston Redevelopment Authority-run) organization which connects Boston’s younger citizens with resources related to home-buying, business development, professional networking, and civic engagement. As they put it: ONEin3 works on...
My final post (I promise) on The Boston Foundation’s newly released report, “Boston Bound”, references an opinion piece in today’s Globe, written by two of the study’s authors. Not only does Boston rely on the state to approve any new...