Downtown

A German magazine takes note of the MBTA's rebooted train service to Cape Cod, or, as it's called in German, Cape Cod.

Die Züge starten von der South Station in Boston und sind damit gut ans MBTA-Netz, den öffentlichen Nahverkehr der Hauptstadt, angebunden. Nach Zwischenhalt in Buzzards Bay erreicht der Zug nach zweieinhalb Stunden Hyannis auf Cape Cod.

WFXT reports a man exiting Hurricane O'Reilly's, 150 Canal St., early Saturday was beaten and kicked so badly by a group of men that he spent two days in the Mass. General ICU with head injuries.

A Boston Police report shows police responded to the incident around 2 a.m.

The bar is down Canal Street from another bar that recently got a five-day license suspension after an incident in which two bouncers put four people into the hospital.

The owner of the now shuttered Purple Shamrock across from Faneuil Hall says he's in a furious search to find a new location in which to revive the watering hole.

"After 34 years, we'd like to open up another Purple Shamrock," Michael Glynn told the Boston Licensing Board this morning.

Kelly snapped this photo of Old South Meeting House around 6:30 a.m. Not long after, Daniel Guzman at WBUR replied:

Boston Fire Dept tells us at @WBUR this is steam and they are investigating.

UPDATE: Citizens Connect for the win - The DPW now reports National Grid has removed the upended cone and put a proper cover on the hole.

Yesterday, we introduced you to the Jammed-In Cone of Atlantic Avenue Complaint. Somebody at City Hall promptly marked the complaint "closed" and noted "Taken care of."

Only as you can see from the above photo, taken this morning, City Hall has a different definition of "taken care of" than your average concerned citizen does, since the cone is still there, uglifying the up-and-coming Wharf District neighborhood. City Hall promptly marked this complaint "closed" as well, but this time explained that "taken care of" actually means reporting the problem to National Grid, since it's a gas-company hole and so something the city of Boston is powerless to do anything about.

MBTA say this guy is wanted for indecent assault and battery for an incident that happened last Tuesday at Park Street.

According to police, "a female victim was inappropriately assaulted" by him while they were getting on a C trolley.

He's described as 25-30. In addition to his red T-shirt, he wore a gray hoodie with black horizontal stripes, blue jeans and sneakers.

If you know him and are disgusted, contact Transit Police at 617-222-1050 or send an anonymous text tip to 873873.

Kristie Helms took in the Japan Festival at City Hall Plaza today.

Patrick Rosso photographed the Haitian American Unity parade on Blue Hill Avenue.

Thomas Linger enjoyed Porchfest in Somerville yesterday.

Joe Maxwell went to the Assembled Market in Somerville yesterday:

Photographynatalia watched protesters demand the shutdown of the Guantanamo prison at Park Street.

Copyright Photographynatalia. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

WBUR reports on plans to finally hide that ugly blank front wall of the Garden with two mixed-use buildings featuring retail space, offices and, of course, 500 luxury apartments and a 200-room hotel.

Faneuil Hall Marketplace notes somebody made sure Red Auerbach was ready for today's opening Bruins/Rangers playoff game.

FilenesHole is your place for daily photo updates on construction work at the Filene's Memorial Hole.

Ed. note: I may have had something to do with setting up that account, but Dave Hunt will be taking most of the photos.

Transit Police report a surveillance camera captured a man in the act of stealing a worker's T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 phone out of a North Station information booth around 12:20 p.m. last Thursday.

They've posted a series of the photos in the hopes of tracking down the man, whom they describe as white, about 35, 5'5" to 5'7" with a heavy build. He was wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt with a black and blue stripped tie and black pants and had a black backpack.

WBZ reports.

The Boston Licensing Board last week ordered Grand Canal, 57 Canal St., to shut for five days as punishment for a March 24 incident in which one bouncer was videoed repeatedly kicking a customer in the head and in which a second bouncer inflicted severe enough injuries on three other patrons to warrant sending them to the hospital as well.

Arturo Gossage captured South Station in its Mother's Day finest.

Copyright Arturo Gossage. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

The wheels on the bridge go round and round - well, they used to, anyway.

Read about the "retractile draw" design that makes the bridge unique.

Library of Congress photos.

H/t Doug Shugarts.

Look at the traffic on North Street.

Shortly before 9 a.m., firefighters and police responded to 16 North St., which houses the UBurger across from Faneuil Hall Marketplace, on a report of a guy on the roof, just sitting there, dangling his feet off the edge of the building.

Erin B. snapped the resulting traffic jam on North Street, which ended not long after firefighters made their way to the roof and determined the guy was just a maintenance worker doing some maintenance, as maintenance workers are wont to do.

Rev. Laura Everett photographed the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Tremont Street after it turned on its new nautilus pediment for the first time tonight.

More on the project.

Ed Hatfield came upon this scene downtown.

Copyright Ed Hatfield. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

A video showing a Grand Canal bouncer stomping a patron's head grabbed public attention, but police say a second bouncer inflicted the injuries that sent three other bar customers to the hospital early on March 24.

At a Boston Licensing Board hearing this morning, BPD Officer Daniel Nash said that while Grand Canal bouncer Sidney Phillips, 31, of Avon, has been charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon - his shod foot - the other bouncer has yet to be identified, other than being short, black, bald and goateed. Bar manager David Murray, however, told the board today he knows who the bouncer was and that he promptly fired both him and Phillips.

Seems a group of Leafs fans got jumped after Saturday's game at the Garden - and one of them was punched into unconsciousness.

"I had a cat scan done, I got three staples in the back of my head, swollen cheek, cut the inside my mouth, and concussed. I don't remember the end of the game because of it."

Via Stephanie.

The BPL has posted more train photos by Leslie Jones, including this one of a steam engine pulling out of South Station in 1937, and another one of a train leaving North Station sometime in the 1940s:

Chris Walton shows the Cathedral Church of St. Paul has installed its new pediment, the one designed by Donald Lipski.

Limeduck reports the Cuppacoffee being built on what used to be a Merrimac Street parking lot is close to opening.

Holey moley.

Kelly photographed workers doing something at the Filene's Memorial Hole this morning.