A federal judge ruled today that Northeastern students who filed a class-action suit over the way they had to start taking classes online due to Covid-19 have now made a good enough case to warrant further consideration in court. Read more.
The catering business in 1921, from the Architectural Forum. Compare to a more recent view.
Update: Century-old ghost of long gone Fenway caterer makes brief appearance on Boylston Street.
Photos of 1270 Boylston St. - and the neighboring and larger 1252-1268 Boylston St. - being torn down this week brought back memories of the clubs and bars that used the space over the last few decades. Read more.
Kim memorialized what's left of the buildings that used to house Machine and the Baseball Tavern (and an assortment of first-floor stores), being torn down to make way for an apartment building that will include an LGBTQ-themed performing-arts theater, in memory of the clubs that were torn down for the new building.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the West End and Fenway Johnnie's have gone into hibernation for the winter.
Dart Adams provides some background on Davis's performance with the Pops in 1988:
Sammy Davis Jr. first came to Boston's South End/Lower Roxbury as a child and lived there for years with his father and his "uncle" Will Mastin as part of the Will Mastin Trio.
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the hibernation of the entire Time Out Market Boston at Landmark Center in the Fenway - which only opened for business last summer.
A federal grand jury recently indicted Dennis Taylor on charges he robbed a Santander Bank branch at Massachusetts and Westland avenues in April even as he was on federal probation following his release from a sentence for robbing another bank, the US Attorney's office in Boston reports. Read more.
The driver of a Frugal Furniture rig showed how it's done this morning on the Fenway off ramp from Storrow Drive outbound, delivering what passing photographer Charley A declared a solid storrowing.
The challenges faced by the Boston housing market have been well documented in 2020. The pandemic has caused massive shifts in urban population distribution in metropolitan areas all across the country, and Boston is no exception. It effectively took one of the nation’s hottest real estate markets and caused it to come to a grinding halt as apartment vacancies soar all over the city.
Related Beal, which is re-doing the Citgo Sign block in Kenmore Square, has asked the BPDA for permission to shift about 12,000 square feet of planned ground-floor retail space in one building to laboratory space for the biotech R&D companies it hopes to attract. Read more.
A federal judge today gave several Boston University students, all trying to lead a class action against BU over the way it moved classes online this spring due to Covid-19, two weeks to show that they personally were harmed by the change in class assignments or have their cases tossed for good. Read more.
Around 7:35 p.m. People on the neighboring Northeastern campus were asked to shelter in place.
Rendering by Khalsa Design
An Everett developer has proposed adding four floors to an existing three-story building at 601 Newbury St. in the Fenway and turning it into a building with 36 micro apartments and 49 "executive suites" - longish term, temporary housing for professionals on assignment in Boston or out-of-towners on extended visits to the city. Read more.
BC captured the non-metaphorical flames rising from two dumpsters behind the Target on Boylston Street in the Fenway around 2:30 this afternoon.
Ng captured the bird's eye view of the twin fires: Read more.
Huntington News reports only a few exceptions will be made, for people who fall into high-risk Covid-19 categories - although Northeastern says age is not one of them - or who live with somebody who is in a high-risk category.
Dark Pru. Photo by Martin Lim.
Update: Lights started coming back on around 10:48 p.m.
Back Bay residents started reporting a power outage around 10:10 p.m., from Mass. Ave. all the way to Arlington Street, and down to Columbus Avenue in the South End. Traffic lights are out - and even the Citgo Sign fell dark. Read more.
With fewer BU students around, the Starbucks at 500 Commonwealth Ave. is calling it quits, at least until next semester, the Daily Free Press reports.
It's not clear if Awake MFA Baby is enjoying the taste. Spotted yesterday afternoon.
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