PHOTOS BY LYNNE DONCASTER Somerville residents squawk about the state of infrastructure, deteriorating public art Around Christmastime, a mirrored box the size of a telephone booth appeared on Davis Square’s Statue Plaza. People wondered … [Read more...]
2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE
In last week's column looking back at "2018: The Year in Global Warming," I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following: The big question for Bostonians and anyone else … [Read more...]
FAIR HOUSING WHACKED: TUFTS STUDENTS FIGHT ADMIN PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH “CLASSIST” DORM SYSTEM
More than 200 Tufts University students, faculty, and allies from surrounding communities held a march and demonstration last week to protest a new campus housing policy, according to the Boston Herald. Over the summer, the Tufts … [Read more...]
FAIR HOUSING?
For developers in Boston, it may pay off to blow off inclusionary building requirements It was another condo building rising in Southie. The development at 135 Athens Street/160 West Broadway was approved by city officials in 2014, … [Read more...]
LESS BUILDING, MORATORIUM
Photo courtesy of HSM Magazine Hundreds of Roxbury residents speak out against displacement at landmark hearing Last Tuesday, Roxbury residents filled the Bruce C. Bolling municipal building auditorium for the first Boston … [Read more...]