Fenway

Fenway sports bar strikes out

By adamg - 12/3/19 - 2:35 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports Tony C's, which replaced Jerry Remy's on Boylston Street, has closed for good.

With its longtime Fenway home set to be bulldozed for apartments, comedic theatrical troupe moves to South Boston

By adamg - 11/11/19 - 12:59 pm

The Gold Dust Orphans, who have been performing at Machine on Boylston Street in the Fenway since 1995, are moving to the Lithuanian Club, 368 West Broadway in South Boston, where they will open with "Christmas on Uranus," starting Dec. 5. Read more.

Coca Cola driver avoids having to taste the feeling of explaining to his bosses why his truck no longer has a roof

By adamg - 11/1/19 - 11:56 am

Coke truck being turned around on Storrow Drive

Frog Lane Harpy had no choice but to watch State Police help the driver of a Coke truck turn around and not storrow:

Spent 7 minutes watching this vehicle do a U-turn at 7:20 this morning. Just past Fenway exit WB.

Wunderbar! German president in town, will take in a concert at Symphony Hall

By adamg - 10/31/19 - 5:48 pm

If you happen to be downtown or in the Back Bay or the Fenway this evening and wonder about the Major Motorcade and all the police and stuff, it's because German Präsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Hubbing it to conclude "the official end of Wunderbar Together, the Year of German-America Friendship," with a joint concert by the BSO and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester tonight. Read more.

Candidates to replace Zakim square off in forum

By adamg - 10/29/19 - 8:54 am

The Boston Sun reports on a recent forum with Kenzie Bok and Jennifer Nassour, who are running for the District 8 (Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Fenway, Mission Hill) seat that Josh Zakim is retiring from.

Fenway wha hae Robert Burns again, next week

By adamg - 10/24/19 - 10:11 am

The US chapter of the National Trust for Scotland announces that the Fenway's long missing statue of Robert Burns and his dog, Luath, will be formally re-unveiled in its original location in the Back Bay Fens on Wednesday. Read more.

One car in the Fenway not going anywhere anytime soon

By adamg - 10/17/19 - 10:10 am

As you might expect, Boston 311 is getting lots of reports about downed trees, including this one on a car on Symphony Road in the Fenway.

Boston's giant heads

By adamg - 10/15/19 - 9:39 am

Boston has tons of statues, but only a select few are giant heads rising from the ground. The other day, we went on a tour of the city to take a look at some of these bad boys and girls: Read more.

As BU students turn to scooters to get around, school asks city for help

By adamg - 10/10/19 - 9:25 am

The Daily Free Press reports growing numbers of BU students are using scooters - most of them non-electric - to get from A to B on the elongated BU campus; quotes a BU official as saying there's only so much they can do to keep scootin' scholars from getting flattened on public roads in a city with no formal scooter regulations.

First case of measles in a Bostonian since 2013 confirmed; officials list South End, Back Bay, Fenway spots where others might have been exposed

By adamg - 10/9/19 - 5:11 pm

The Boston Public Health Commission reports a Boston resident who was out and about last week has been diagnosed with measles, and is urging anybody who doesn't know their measles vaccination status to get a new MMR shot if they were at any of the following locations: Read more.

Company that once wanted to build a single private dorm tower in the Fenway instead proposes more than 1,300 apartments across three buildings in the neighborhood

By adamg - 10/8/19 - 3:39 pm

Architect's rendering of Boylston building.

Scape, a British company that initially wanted to build a 533-bed private dorm building on Boylston Street, has filed new plans with the BPDA that now call for a Boylston Street building with 477 market-rate apartments - and for 445 apartments in a new Audubon Circle building and another 220 apartments in a new building on Charlesgate West. Read more.

Popeyes chickens out of Kenmore Square

By adamg - 9/30/19 - 11:02 am

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that even as work continues on a new Popeyes in West Roxbury, the outlet in Kenmore Square has apparently flown the coop.

Obligatory Red Sox reference here.

The first rule of Cheese Club is: Eat cheese

By adamg - 9/27/19 - 11:09 am

The Huntington News reports on the formation of Northeastern's newest student organization: Cheese Club. And it's just what it sounds like.

Treble in paradise: Verb Hotel wants to expand nationally, but first sues Hard Rock Cafe over its planned hotel chain called Reverb

By adamg - 9/24/19 - 9:15 am

The owners of the Verb Hotel in the Fenway, which uses old Phoenix covers to help create an homage to the Boston music scene, is suing Hard Rock Cafe to block it from opening a chain of music-themed hotels called Reverb. Read more.

Zakim endorses possible successor

By adamg - 9/21/19 - 11:23 am

City Councilor Josh Zakim (Fenway, Mission Hill, Back Bay, Beacon Hill) yesterday endorsed Kenzie Bok in Tuesday's preliminary election for the District 8 seat he's giving up. Read more.

Uptick in homeless population in Charlesgate following Methadone Mile crackdown

By adamg - 9/21/19 - 11:19 am

The Boston Sun reports residents living near Charlesgate and the Bowker Overpass are reporting more homeless people setting up camp there following the city's "Clean Sweep" along Methadone Mile.

North Shore Republican makes endorsement in Boston district council race

By adamg - 9/18/19 - 9:00 pm

Gov. Baker today endorsed fellow Republican Jennifer Nassour for the District 8 City Council seat (Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway, Mission Hill) being given up by Josh Zakim. Read more.

Council elections: Forums, Latino candidates

By adamg - 9/16/19 - 8:56 am

The Ward 10 Democrats are hosting a forum for candidates for the District 8 (Fenway, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Mission Hill) seat that Josh Zakim is giving up, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Tobin School, 40 Smith St. on Mission Hill. Read more.

Court upholds turn over of Jersey Street to the Sox; says BPDA doesn't have to put land sales out to bid

By adamg - 9/13/19 - 10:56 am

The Supreme Judicial Court today dismissed a lawsuit by a Revere lawyer challenging the way Boston gave the Red Sox permanent access to Jersey Street, saying he was not directly harmed by the sale and so had no "standing" to sue. Read more.

Apartments, condos approved as replacement for parking garages, lots on Kilmarnock and Queensberry streets in the Fenway

By adamg - 9/10/19 - 10:48 am

Architect's rendering.

The Zoning Board of Appeal this morning approved a plan by developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes to build 440 apartments and condos in three buildings on Kilmarnock and Queensberry streets in the Fenway. Read more.