By Rebeca Oliveira and John Ruch/Gazette Staff A daily morning stop at Mike’s Donuts at 1524 Tremont St. inspired a Boston Latin School teacher to pen a poem, now on display at Mike’s, about Mission Hill and the Longwood Medical…
Author: Rebeca Oliveira
Owners of rotting homes take fix-up deal
Owners of Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC)-constructed homes on the Back of the Hill that were considering legal action against the developers have decided to take the JPNDC’s offer of repairs. Homeowner Sergio Morales told the Gazette that the…
Owners: Condos rotting after 10 years
Owners of Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC)-constructed homes on the Back of the Hill are claiming that shoddy construction is responsible for a myriad of problems, including leaky roofs and rotting porches. They are considering legal action against the…
NU speeds up dorm-building schedule
Northeastern University (NU) has revised its institutional master plan (IMP) to accelerate the construction of more student housing. NU plans to build enough housing to accommodate 1,000 more students in on-campus housing in its new IMP, which would bring its…
New sushi restaurant opens on the Hill
A new sushi and stir-fry restaurant has opened in Mission Hill. Mission Sushi and Wok, located at 1625 Tremont St., offers sushi and stir-fry dishes as well as chicken wings, bao bao buns and a specialty item: sushi pizza. A…
Senior Life: MFA offers custom tours for seniors
Thanks to programs offered by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), seniors are getting to experience art in new ways. The MFA’s Access to Art program lets residents take customized tours of the museum. The tours are tailored for…
WIT to create ‘endowment’ tower
Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) announced an amendment to its institutional master plan (IMP) that would create three new buildings, including an 18-story “endowment” tower, on the corner of Huntington Avenue and Ruggles and Parker streets. WIT spokespeople sat at…
Parklet plan is delayed
A “parklet” proposed for Tremont Street will come to Mission Hill later than expected, in late summer or early fall, following a community design process, City Transportation Department (BTD) Director of Planning Vineet Gupta told the Gazette. “Now that we…
NU to fund student housing study
Northeastern University (NU) will pay for an in-depth student housing impact analysis of its surrounding neighborhoods as part of its Institutional Master Plan (IMP) process, currently under way with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). The BRA decided to require the…
Affordable units to stay at 75 St. Alphonus
Following negotiations with City Councilor Mike Ross and state Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, the owner of 75 St. Alphonsus St. has agreed to maintain 13 units as affordably-priced for another 15 years. The retail apartment tower will also see five ground-floor…