Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s (BWH) parking garage and park project in Brigham Circle is expected to be completed this summer, according to spokesperson Lori Schroth. The Brigham Green project, which is located at 15 Francis St., will create an underground 400-car parking garage and a park above that will have green space with benches....
What’s Happening on Main Street
Spring finally arrived after an unusually miserable winter, and Mayor Marty Walsh drove a spade into Mission Hill soil breaking ground for the long-awaited Roxbury Crossing Senior Center on March 29. This 40-unit affordable rental housing development for seniors over age 62 has been on hold for several years due to the recession. It...
Teen accused of firing gun
A 17-year-old from Roslindale was arrested March 4 for allegedly firing a handgun on a Mission Hill street. The male teen is accused of firing multiple rounds from a Ruger P85 9mm semiautomatic handgun in the area of Gurney and Tremont streets in Mission Hill just before 3 p.m., according to Suffolk County District...
Victim shot to death in Mission Main
A male victim was shot to death yesterday morning in the Mission Main housing development, according to the Boston Police Department. The unidentified victim was found just before noon in the area of 17A Smith St. suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He later died at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Mission Main has been the scene...
BLC: tavern demo hearing not required
According to the Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC), the demolition of a historic former tavern at 804-810 Huntington Ave. earlier this month did not require a community hearing. The demolition of the former home of Burke’s Tavern earlier this month took local officials and residents by surprise. The apparent lack of notice led to a...
Hill leaders react to Menino cancer news
Former Mayor Thomas Menino is being treated for “advanced” cancer, the Boston Globe reported tonight, triggering early words of shock and support from local leaders. “I’m in shellshock right now,” said state Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, who long worked for Menino, including as an adviser on Mission Main issues, starting in the mid-1990s. “One thing...
Race for Governor: Avellone lays out ‘progressive’ platform
Three months ago, Democratic candidate for governor Joe Avellone attended a forum at Jamaica Plain’s Doyle’s Café, where he told the crowd he was not the most progressive candidate. But during a recent sit-down interview at the Gazette office, Avellone laid out a platform that he suggested many people would deem progressive. “I want...
Race for Governor: Berwick aims to create community
Don Berwick, a Democratic candidate for governor, grew up in a small town in Connecticut called Moodus, where he said he learned the value of looking out for each other. Berwick said he wants to bring that philosophy to the Governor’s Office. “We were in it together,” Berwick said about his childhood in Moodus....
Historic tavern demolition surprises
The sudden demolition of a historic former tavern at 804-810 Huntington Ave. last week took local officials and residents by surprise. The lack of notice led to a City stop-work order and questions about historic review. And it is unclear what is planned to replace it. “That place was a landmark,” said state Rep....
Nuevo jefe de HHS habla de asuntos de salud
El antiguo consejero municipal Felix G. Arroyo, el nuevo jefe del departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) de la Ciudad, habló a Gazette sobre su nuevo puesto y sobre sus metas para el futuro de la ciudad. Como uno de los 12 miembros del gabinete del alcalde Martin Walsh, Arroyo dijo que su...
BRA approves Art Park project
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) board approved last month the Art Park redevelopment, which is a project to turn City-owned land between Parker and Terrace Streets into community gardens and residential and retail space. The developer, Sebastian Mariscal Studio, Inc. (SMS), has proposed to redevelop the Art Park site into 44 apartments with 10...
Sex assault suspect dies mysteriously
Patrick Barry, a former Mission Hill resident and Northeastern student who was charged with two attempted sexual assaults locally and a third in Arlington on Valentine’s Day, died on Feb. 21. His death is currently under investigation by the Middlesex Attorney General’s Office. A statement released by the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office said that Barry...
11 years later, ‘interim’ LMA guidelines sticking around
LONGWOOD MEDICAL/ACADEMIC AREA—The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) Longwood Medical and Academic Area Interim Guidelines, a vague and controversial set of development rules, are becoming de facto permanent guidelines as the BRA has no plans to replace or amend them a decade after their implementation. The guidelines are a kind of zoning overlay district that...
LMA tower to be completed by year’s end
LMA—The Longwood Center, an 11-story medical research building located at the corner of Brookline and Longwood Avenues, will finish construction in the last quarter of this year, according National Development managing partner Jack O’Neil. National Development is one of four partners for the project. The other partners are Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Charles River...
YMCA plans April reopening
The Huntington YMCA is planning its April reopening following over a year of construction work for Northeastern University’s (NU) controversial GrandMarc dorm. “We have been renovating the rest of our facility, so come April, our pool, basketball courts, handball racquetball courts, steam and sauna rooms, three types of locker rooms, and studio space...
New HHS chief talks city health issues
Former City Councilor Felix G. Arroyo, the City’s new chief of Health and Human Services (HHS), spoke to the Gazette about his position and his goals for the City’s future. As one of Mayor Martin Walsh’s 12 cabinet members in his capacity as head of HHS, Arroyo described his average day as “drinking water...
Trust accepting grant applications
The Mission Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Trust is accepting grant applications from local organizations until March 28, according to board chair Lauren Dewey Platt. The trust will disburse its grants in June. The trust was founded by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 1995 as a condition of the hospital buying the former Massachusetts College of...
NU youth program accepting applicants
Northeastern University is now accepting applicants for its highly successful Youth Development Initiative Project (YDIP). The project only accepts 30 member families into a cohort every seven years. YDIP is aimed at students currently in sixth grade and their families from housing developments neighboring Northeastern. The program provides the students with academic and counseling...
Hill Agenda, March 7-April 3, 2014
The deadline for Hill Agenda listings is noon, April 1 for the April 4 issue. Email listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Roxbury Heritage State Park community visioning workshop, provide input into the vision for the future of the Roxbury Heritage State...
Participación, March 7-April 3, 2014
La entrega para la sección de Participación es mediodía el 1 de abril para la edición 4 de abril. Escribir news@missionhillgazette.com. Note: Todos los números tiene 617, a menos que dice otro número. Reuniones Community Alliance of Mission Hill, agenda pendiente, tercer miércoles del mes, 7-8:30pm, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington...
Editorial: Reviewing historic reviews
The vanishing of a charming 1926 tavern building from Huntington Avenue is yet another case study of why Boston’s historic review processes need reform and better support. Whether the building merited saving is beside the point. This was a well-liked building on a prominent street, its fate a matter of general neighborhood and city...