LMA—The Friends of the Prouty Garden, a group dedicated to saving the green space at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) campus, has hired a law firm and is asking the state Attorney General’s (AG) Office to stop the demolition of it.…
Month: September 2015
No competitive Council races for most Hill residents
There will be no competitive City Council races for most residents living in the Mission Hill area to vote on during the City’s preliminary election Sept. 8. District 8 City Councilor Josh Zakim, who represents most of Mission Hill, is…
Informe: Boston 2024 subestimó el costo de las Olimpíadas
Aunque se ha retirado la oferta olímpica de Boston 2024, un análisis del propuesto recientemente terminado por el Brattle Group indica que las estimaciones para albergar las Olimpíadas faltaban casi un billón de dólares para llegar a una predicción más…
BCH proposes elevated walkway over Longwood Avenue
LMA—Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) is seeking to build an elevated walkway over Longwood Avenue that would connect a parking garage to its main building, according to an Institutional Master Plan Notification Form (IMPNF) filed last month with the Boston Redevelopment…
NU agrees to $2.7 million fine over research funds
Northeastern University (NU) has come to an agreement with the federal government to pay a $2.7 million fine over allegations the university failed to properly account for federal research funds that it had received from the National Science Foundation (NSF),…
Construction Underway
City launches heating program to assist seniors
The City last month launched Seniors Save, a program that will help financially eligible seniors replace failing or inefficient heating systems before winter begins, according to a press release. Replacing an aging heating system with a new energy efficient system…
Report: Boston 2024 underestimated cost of Olympics
While the Boston 2024 Olympic bid has been withdrawn, a recently completed analysis of the proposal by the Brattle Group suggests cost estimates for hosting the Olympics were almost $1 billion short of a more realistic prediction. State leaders had…
McLaughlin Park’s renovation underway
The renovation of McLaughlin Park began July 1 and is expected to be mostly completed in the fall, according to Boston Parks and Recreation project manager Allison Perlman. The project has a budget of $430,000. McLaughlin Park is located between…