Mike Barnicle, of course he has to weigh in on anything non controversial in the city. Of course he has to relate it to himself and 'growing up as a boy'. he makes me puke a little in the back of my throat.
The thought of the gentrification is the movement of the city. The expansion of BU/BC is inevitable. Granted, it isn't necessarily a positive thing but they have been pushing on Kenmore for years.
Every year we see this same article.

Isn't a "Yankee fan" something hung from the ceiling of a Cape Cod house, while a "Yankees fan" is someone a Yankee might like to hang from the Yankee fan?

Wait until tomorrow when the Names and Faces and the Manatees from the Inside Track boldface all the hacks that are at the game right now, including Mrs. Mike Barnicle and the White Bot Crew that bail out Barnicle. Ugh. You only see these people at Fenway (a) on Opening Day, (b) at Yankees series and (c) durng playoffs. I doubt you'll see George Regan or Jack Connors yukking it up on a Tuesday night when we're playing the Royals.