Beacon Hill
Remember our fallen soldiers
By adamg - 5/23/12 - 10:20 pm
Neil the roving UHub photographer captured some of the 33,000 flags planted in the Common to commemorate Massachusetts servicemen and women who've died in the line of duty since the Civil War.
No attack on Lechmere tonight
By adamg - 5/22/12 - 5:53 pmNorthEndWaterfront.com reports somebody's gotten permission to shoot off fireworks over the Charles by the Museum of Science for about 10 minutes tonight, starting around 9:30 p.m.
People in wheelchairs chain themselves across Beacon Street to protest T fare increases
By adamg - 5/21/12 - 12:21 pmSteve Annear at BostInno posts a photo of chained Ride riders across Beacon Street today, protesting fare increases scheduled to go into effect on July 1. Alternatives for Community and Environment has more photos.
State Police have asked the city DPW to send somebody over with a bolt cutter.
2012 Make Way for Ducklings parade
By adamg - 5/13/12 - 5:34 pmIt's one of Boston's most endearing celebrations - the annual Make Way for Ducklings parade from the State House to the Public Garden. Today was an almost perfect day for a waddling procession - the only problem was it was so warm some kids were getting out of their costumes even before they made the turn from Beacon Street onto Joy.
Beacon Hill could lose its burrito joint
By adamg - 5/9/12 - 9:58 amBoston Restaurant Talk reports the Zoning Board of Appeals squashed Villa Mexico's request to move from its current location in a Cambridge Street gas station around the corner. Maybe a bank could move in instead.
Ross fights to keep Beacon Hill from being overrun by bank branches
By adamg - 5/8/12 - 9:02 amCity Councilor Mike Ross (Beacon Hill, Back Bay) wants to make it tougher for banks to open along Beacon Hill's main shopping street.
The City Council tomorrow considers a request from Ross for a hearing on a measure that would require banks to go before the zoning board for permission to open new branches. Currently, any bank can just waltz right in, sign a lease and open up, which created a neighborhood brouhaha recently when a Charles Street landlord proposed kicking out a beloved convenience store for a Capital One branch. Under Ross's plan, banking would become a "conditional use" along the five blocks of Charles Street through the heart of Beacon Hill, which would require banks to explain themselves to the zoning board.
In his hearing request, Ross said Beacon Hill is "a vibrant neighborhood with a diverse business community consisting of non-franchised, locally owned businesses that meet the needs of residents" and that "the proliferation of many large banking institutions that would replace small retail stores threatens to erode the character of Charles Street."
The heist that left Beacon Hill reeling
By adamg - 4/24/12 - 8:43 am
Something fishy: State Police detective with recovered Cod.
Late in the evening on April 26, 1933, a call came into the State House press room - the Sacred Cod was gone. The reporter who took the call at first thought it was just a joke, but he alerted security guards, who checked the House of Representatives. And sure enough, the 4'11 pine carving of a cod, which had overseen legislative affairs since 1784, was missing. As the Globe reported at the time:
White duck is pet on Beacon Hill
By adamg - 4/14/12 - 10:02 am
Just put the piano on his bill.
Somewhere on Beacon Hill in 1941, a boy had a white duck as a pet, and Leslie Jones was there to chronicle it.
From the BPL Leslie Jones collection. Posted under this Creative Commons license.
