The Ruggles T Station is slated for a $20 million renovation that will use federal funds to construct a new 800-foot commuter rail platform, according to a press release. Construction is expected to start in fall 2015 and last two…
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6 Hill properties make City’s ‘distressed’ list
Six Mission Hill properties have made the City’s annual list of vacant and “distressed” properties. The City’s 2013 “Distressed Buildings Report,” compiled by the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND), actually lists those six properties as being in Jamaica Plain. But…
Report: Health care, education dominate local economy
Mission Hill’s business economy is dominated by its health care and educational institutions, according to a new business report by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). Released by the BRA in August, “Boston’s Neighborhood Business Patterns” offers statistics on the local…
Goya retrospective comes to MFA
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) will host the largest retrospective of Spanish artist Francisco Goya’s works in America in 25 years starting Oct. 12. “Goya: Order and Disorder” will feature more than 160 paintings, prints and drawings. Goya…
Best of Mission Hill 2014 Winners
The following are the “Best of Mission Hill” as chosen by Gazette readers. In the fourth annual reader survey, most categories had many nominees, especially “Friendliest Business.” Best Place To… Enjoy live entertainment Flann O’Brien’s See art Museum…
Heath St. parcel RFP due soon
A request for proposals (RFP) to redevelop 10 City-owned parcels along Heath Street will likely be issued next week, an adjustment of the originally announced deadline for the end of August, John Feuerbach, City’s Department of Neighborhood Development senior development…
MFA presents ancient Greece in new light
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is highlighting its freshly reorganized ancient Greek collection in new galleries. The galleries opened Sept. 16 and showcase 230 works, focusing on three themes: “Homer and the Epics,” “Dionysos and the Symposium” and…
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JP group: Developer is fulfilling lawsuit path promise
The developers of a large apartment project at 161 S. Huntington Ave. are “drawing up plans” for a pedestrian path as agreed to in a lawsuit settlement, Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) member Kevin Moloney has told the Gazette. The…
Simmons prof pens book on yoga and trauma healing
When Simmons College professor Becky Thompson began training to become a yoga teacher, she said, she would hear whispers in the hallways and after sessions about people suffering from depression, loss, sexual abuse and other traumas. The traumas always seemed…