617 Images captured the French tricolor atop the Lenox Hotel on Boylston Street tonight.
Back Bay
WHDH reports you can expect to see more police outside the French consulate on St. James Avenue after the attacks in Paris.
In a statement, Boston Police say:
The Boston Regional Intelligence Center continues to monitor the situation in Paris and is working closely with federal and local law enforcement. As of now there is no credible threat to Boston; however, we are encouraging officers to remain vigilant as they conduct their patrols. Additional law enforcement resources have been deployed throughout the city.
State Police say they've bolstered around the State House and increased their vigilance at Logan Airport, although they add "there is no intelligence that suggests specific threats to Massachusetts."
EDITOR'S NOTE: I've closed comments on this post because it's clearly difficult for people to discuss this calmly or, in some cases, rationally.
Earlier:
Boston is Charlie.
Around 1:45 p.m. at Castle Island.
The view across Pleasure Bay towards the Kennedy Library was equally dramatic: Read more.
Kim photographed the truck that got stuck on St. James Street at Berkeley shortly after 5:10 p.m.
Rob, on foot, watched the scene for awhile, reports:
He finally made the reverse angle park into loading dock. There was applause.
BPL trustees today agreed to rent space in the renovated Johnston building to WGBH, which will build a news bureau and studio, and the library's existing cafeteria operator, which will build a new cafe.
A tentative contract calls for WGBH to build an 800-square-foot bureau and anchor desk, where library visitors will be able to watch WGBH news people talk into microphones.
Also, BPL says: Read more.
WBZ reports an outbound trolley died in the tunnel near Copley around 1:30 p.m. yesterday, forcing riders to be evacuated back to the station and bollixing up service for everybody else.
Tweet Cheeks reports from the Back Bay City Sports: They've only marked stuff down 10%. Ditto at the Downtown Crossing outlet, MG reports. Savvy going-out-of-business-sales fans know the deep discounts don't start the first day - and even when they do, be wary, because liquidation pros sometimes mark stuff up first so they don't lose out that much when they mark it down.
Katia was on the Esplanade this evening when three Santas in a camo gun boat came roaring by. Nobody better mess with Santas in speedboats.
Melissa Sullivan shows us the line outside the Newbury Street H&M, where people are dying to get their hands on some of the Balmain clothes worn by Kardashians and their ilk.
Karen Kast-McBridge was on Stuart Street in front of the Transportation Building at just the right moment to catch the setting sun today.
Woman says guy videoed her and other women - and girls - on Newbury Street, so she returns the favor
Then she posts her video.
A concerned citizen complains about the situation on Clarendon near Back Bay station:
For the past 3 hours there has been a vague ringing tone in the Back Bay/ South End border near the Back Bay Station/ Mass Pike, but the source is unclear. Please investigate. It can be heard for several blocks around the neighborhood.
Quality Mart on Mass. Ave. at Beacon Street reports it was held up this morning by this guy - and is asking anybody who sees him to contact Boston Police.
Have a happy, haunted Halloween!
Image: The Ghost in the Library. McKim building, Copley Square. Photograph by Stephen Bastide, 2014.
John Kerry is paying a little visit to the Hub. Last night, he had dinner at Davio's - while his SUVs and police escort waited outside. This morning, Dasha Rojkova spotted him ambling about the Back Bay, again accompanied by a heavy security detail.
Only a few hours after the Silber footbridge decapitated a truck, a slightly more alert truck driver narrowly managed to avoid a similar fate - and luckily for him, fellow commuters, such as Scrams, were in no mood to get out of their cars and tell him what they thought of having their rush hour extended.