Mission Hill will get one of the city’s first “parklets” next year in a new pilot program. A parklet is a small, semi-permanent public space that resembles a deck, created from two to three parking spaces. It may include tables…
Author: Rebeca Oliveira
Mission Hill remembers its ‘Queen of Disco’
A week after the death of disco icon and former Mission Hill resident Donna Summer, her old home on Parker Hill Avenue still bore flowers and notes in memoriam of the star. Donna Summer was a five-time Grammy award winner…
Senior housing project nets City funds
An affordable senior housing project planned for Roxbury Crossing has been awarded $279,000, but still needs other funds before construction can begin. The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) board agreed to commit up to $279,386 in Housing Linkage funds for the…
Brigham Green project breaks ground
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) planned to break ground on a new 400-space underground parking garage and surface park at Brigham Circle on May 30, after the Gazette’s deadline. The Brigham Green project will create an underground 400-car parking garage…
Wheelchair ‘power soccer’ comes to Tobin
Fourteen people in wheelchairs got a chance to score some goals during the U.S. Power Soccer Association’s soccer clinic at the Tobin Community Center on May 12. Power soccer involves the use of electric wheelchairs outfitted with bumpers to direct…
Apartment project faces delay, opposition
S. HUNTINGTON—Eleven out of 13 members of the city-appointed Impact Advisory Group (IAG) for the proposed apartment building at 161 S. Huntington Ave. have signed a letter opposing the project. The site of the project, while in Jamaica Plain, abuts…
NU Task Force aims to engage communities
Northeastern University’s (NU) new community Task Force wants to engage the surrounding communities to a much larger extent than during the last institutional master plan (IMP) process. “We want to make sure neighborhoods that are impacted have representation,” said Task…
NU hopes for academic expansion
Northeastern University (NU) would like to build a lot more classrooms in the next decade, though it doesn’t have the funds to build as much as it would like, spokespeople said at the first Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) NU Task…
Dorm construction to start soon, NU says
Northeastern University (NU) officials say the controversial Grandmarc dorm project likely will start being constructed this summer, despite the fact two lawsuits are still pending. The development partners “have finished the financial deal,” John Tobin, NU’s vice president of city…
BWH trees removed for garage project
Bus stop to be moved BRIGHAM CIRCLE—Construction on Brigham and Women’s Hospitals (BWH) new garage project has begun with the removal of old fir trees and excavation of the site. Residents can also expect the MBTA bus stop on the…