Though the Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA) now seems like the natural center of large institutions in Boston, it was originally intended to be luxury housing like the Back Bay. Before famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted got to…
Author: Rebeca Oliveira
NU plans many new buildings, dorm tower
The several major new buildings in Northeastern University’s (NU) new Institutional Master Plan (IMP), filed Dec. 21, favor more academic and research space over new on-campus housing, though 550 or more dorm beds are still planned by 2023. NU’s focus…
T restores Green Line runs, but more cuts loom
By Rebeca Oliveira and John Ruch/Gazette Staff The MBTA has quietly restored some of the Green Line streetcar’s runs to Heath Street, which had been eliminated last year as part of controversial budget-related service cuts. But the MBTA’s budget crisis…
WIT introduces Sweeney Field project
Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) was expected to announce the development of an “endowment campus” research and office building on Sweeney Field, bordered by Huntington Avenue, Parker Street and Ruggles Street, at a Jan. 8 meeting after the Gazette’s deadline.…
Hotel completes $25K donation to Jamaica Pond
S. HUNTINGTON—Four years after first committing to do so, the enVision Hotel at 81 S. Huntington Ave. has completed its promised $25,000 donation to the upkeep and maintenance of Jamaica Pond Park. “It’s meant exclusively for the maintenance and restoration…
NU to honor student neighbors
Northeastern University (NU) is asking the community for nominations for the best student neighbor living off-campus. NU’s Office of Off-Campus Community Services created the “Good Neighbor Award” to “recognize Northeastern students that value the community they live in and strive…
S. Huntington ‘vision’ plan discussed
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) first community meeting about creating a “corridor vision” for upcoming S. Huntington Avenue redevelopment drew both questions and support from about 80 residents, officials and developers on Dec. 12 at the Hennigan School at 200…
S. Huntington ‘vision’ plan questioned, praised
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) first community meeting about creating a “corridor vision” for upcoming S. Huntington Avenue redevelopment drew both questions and support from about 80 residents, officials and developers on Dec. 12 at the Hennigan School at 200…
Wheelchair soccer league comes to Tobin
Mission Hill has a new sports team to cheer for: the Boston Brakers, the city’s first league “power soccer” team. Power soccer involves the use of electric wheelchairs outfitted with bumpers to direct soccer balls. The Brakers had their inaugural…
BRA ‘corridor plan’ meeting scheduled
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) was scheduled to host a community meeting Dec. 12 to “start the conversation” on the first draft of a S. Huntington Avenue “corridor plan,” BRA spokesperson Melina Schuler told the Gazette. The meeting was scheduled…