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Mission Hill: Party central
By adamg on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 7:05pm
But Boston Police say they're trying to do something about it. Police report busting up 37 soirees between March 22 and May 9, with 20 arrests, one summons and 46 civil citations. With list of all the allegedly offending addresses:
Not only does this disrupt what has traditionally been a family neighborhood by keeping working people awake until early morning hours, but many times deteriorates into criminal behavior such as vandalizing private property, lewd behavior and assaults.
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I lived on the Hill. Years
I lived on the Hill. Years ago, I partied in some of the houses on that list. Saying it's "traditionally been a family neighborhood" hasn't been accurate for years. It's a neighborhood split between long-time residents and college-age residents.
I do empathize with long-time residents, but let's not paint a rosy picture of what Mission Hell really is for the students who live there.
Too many landlords let too many absentee management companies dominate and destroy the neighborhood.
Stupid college students do what stupid college kids do: sleep odd hours and socialize. Loudly.
Landlords/mgmt groups who only care about the $3,000 rent check on the 1st of the month contribute, via their negligence, to the real and perceived problems of the neighborhood.
And yet!
It's September. Over half a million people move on the same day. It's a shit-show. School starts, you're trying to get up to speed, and ...
Suddenly it's October. A few things are wrong with the apartment. Nothing major, but when college-age tenants send requests on the broken laundry equipment, squirrels in the walls/ceiling, rodents, broken front/back door locks, water heater set at 80 degrees and locked in a cage, etc., it's a "WHO THE FUCK CARES, PAY YOUR DAMN RENT AND SHUT THE FUCK UP" response from the landlord/mgmt groups.
Suddenly, it's November, and you're in a contract that most don't know how to get out of, the place was kinda a shithole when you moved in, but what can you do other than suffer 'till May, then get a subletter for the summer?
By December it's the de facto party house (especially when all three floors of those triple-deckers know each other) and anyone "responsible" for the building is completely absent until the letter in late April demanding 7% rent increase to re-up for September.
I'm not saying the shit that goes on in some of these houses is right, I'm just giving a different point of view. A $36,000 a year point of view.
I wish the long-time residents of the Hill would think about who the "enemy" really is. I wish Councillor Ross would do the same.
Ironically enough, I think the cops get it (at least from my conversations with B-2 when I ran into them back in the day).
I completely agree with you.
I completely agree with you. I lived there back in the day and it was the same song and dance of bad landlords and the college kids vs the long term residents.
Maybe the poor little
Maybe the poor little students could consider using their problem solving and critical thinking skills they pay so much in tuition to acquire and direct their frustration toward the proper authorities. That would include the Boston Housing Commission. Grow up and figure it out. Stop taking out your BS on the neighbors. With freedom comes responsibility. Did your patents not teach you ?
Absentee Landlords
I am not big on irresponsible student behavior. Yes they are getting ripped off (in some cases) by greedy landlords but that does not give them carte blanche to destroy property and commit anti-social behavior. But if you want to control the problem, chasing after students is not the way. You need to hold the property owners responsible for the actions of their tenants. Absentee landlords own tons of rental property in Boston. This is not in itself a bad thing—no one is against business. However, if tenants in a property that you own are a nuisance to others, that is a problem—you are costing other taxpayers money and wasting precious police time, not to mention ruining the character of neighborhoods.
The following are the owners of the properties list in the B-2 police report. Where there is an asterisks this is the actual property address (there are separate mailing addresses, the actual parcel has another address). I was frankly surprised at the number of property owners on Mission Hill who have the last name LLC (yeah, I know it is limited liability Corp). All this is publicly available information (Assessors Office, Attorney General's Office, etc).
394 RIVERWAY Apt. 12: ASHOUACH DROR, 130 FULTON ST 7B NEW YORK, NY 10038-2505
812 PARKER: TRELL MANAGEMENT & REALTY
(IAN & SANDRA COTTERELL, 810 PARKER ST.,BOSTON, MA 02120)
1574 TREMONT: 1572-1574 TREMONT LLC, (JOHN E COPPOLA, 3 DARLING ST., BOSTON, MA 02120)
47 HILLSIDE* 47 HILLSIDE LLC
(BHASKAR RAY, 6 MORTIMER DRIVE, ANDOVER, MA 01810)
11 CARMEL: BARKLEY LLC (STEPHEN A GREENBAUM, SHARON M & STEPHEN A PETRILLO, 103 HEMENWAY ST. BOSTON, MA 02115)
7 JUDGE : JUDGE STREET LLC (JOSEPH LAROSA, 850 PLEASANT ST.
NORWOOD, MA 02062)
163 CALUMET: SAVAGE JASON B, 1607 TREMONT ST ROXBURY CROSSING, MA 02120-1615 (617) 427-0190
8 CARMEL: REED AVERY H, 252 PULPIT RD BEDFORD, NH 03110-4112
162 HILLSIDE: ORMSBY JOSHUA R
2 FOLSOM* : MAHONEY PHILIP P SR
64 FISHER: SIXTY 4 FISHER AV RLTY LLC (STEPHEN J EISEBERG, 57 GAINSBOROUGH ST. BOSTON, MA 02115)
70 HILLSIDE: SEVENTY HILLSIDE CD ST LLC (JOSEPH DIGANGI, 58 GAINSBOROUGH ST BOSTON, MA 02115-4512)
222 CALUMET: SASSER WILLIAM M, 900 ADAMS CROSSING
CINCINNATI, OH 45202
5 SACHEM Apt. 2: MARCHEWKA MARTIN C, 915 OCEAN AVE APT 205
SANTA MONICA, CA 90403-2424
13 SACHEM: HANDWERK, STEPHEN, 5 TIMBERLINE DR, WALPOLE, MA 02081-1630
99 CALUMET: JULIER ROBERT C., 48 STONEY HILL LN
VINEYARD HAVEN, MA 02568-7329
731 PARKER: OSWALD PROPERTIES LLC. (JASON SAVAGE, 1607 TREMONT ST ROXBURYCROSSING, MA 02120-1615) (617) 427-0190
806 PARKER JASON SAVAGE, 1607 TREMONT ST ROXBURY CROSSING, MA 02120-1615, (617) 427-0190
1633 TREMONT* : FABIANO FRANCIS
64 LOUIS PRANG: ROIFF PAUL, 1180 S OCEAN BLVD, MANALAPAN, FL 33462-5508
1548 TREMONT ST*: KOLODNER, ANNA, 26 COLUMBIA ST, BROOKLINE, MA 02446-2408
34 CHEROKEE: SIRCAR, ANUP, 2157 MIDDLE RD, EAST GREENWICH, RI 02818-1137
17 ELDORA: FINN STEPHANIE
9 COPENGER: POLLACK JASON TS, 157 E 18TH ST APT 5BC
NEW YORK, NY 10003-2411
140 ST ALPHONSUS ST: ALPHONSUS REALTY LLC
( MONTY E GOLD, ANNA KOLODNER, 26 COLUMBIA ST BROOKLINE, MA 02446-2408)
38 CHEROKEE: MCELHINNEY HELENA C TS
21 BUCKNAM: BANKS CHRISTOPHER J, 582 CALIFORNIA ST
NEWTON, MA 02460-1243
8 ELDORA: TOOMEY ADAM SMITH TS, 45 CHEROKEE ST
BOSTON, MA 02120-3306
91 CALUMET ST*: MISSION HILL LLC (EARL N HENRY III, 57 WABAN HILL RD N CHESTNUT HILL, MA 02467-1023; STUART LIATSOS, 35 RUTLAND SQ APT 5, BOSTON, MA 02118-3175; DAVID J SCHWARTZ, 15 SOLOMON PIERCE RD, LEXINGTON, MA 02420-2535)
166 HILLSIDE: PAYZANT TODD, 9 HELEN RD
BRAINTREE, MA 02184-5919
256 PARKER HILL AV*: POLLACK JASON TS, 157 E 18TH ST APT 5BC
NEW YORK, NY 10003-2411
819 PARKER ST*: TRELL MANAGEMENT & REALTY (IAN & SANDRA COTTERELL, 810 PARKER ST., BOSTON, MA 02120)
17 PARKER HILL: KEW MANAGEMENT LLC (ERIC D SHAPIRO, 2 SHAKER RD. #B218 SHIRLEY, MA 01464; KENNETH A SHAPIRO, 460 HILLSIDE AVE, NEEDHAM, MA 02494)
1605 TREMONT: PARKER DEVELOPMENT CORP, (SANDRA COTTERELL, 810 PARKER ST., BOSTON, MA 02120; FRANK J & MAUREEN MUCCI, 828 PARKER ST., BOSTON MA)
I read this blog, and as an
I read this blog, and as an outsider, I have to say it's pretty amusing that you won't post your own name and address but you will post everyone elses. The purpose of blogs are to discuss issues and express yourself, but I find it to be slightly tasteless to post people's personal information out there for everyone to see. It doesn't resolve anything, and frankly, it makes you look just as bad.
I'll make a deal with you
When several squad cars' worth of Boston cops show up at my door and take me away for disturbing the peace, you have my permission to post my address.
I live on the Hill as well...
And I can tell you the idea that the Hill is somehow worse than any other college neighborhood is bunk.
I can sit on my porch at 2 a.m. on a Saturday and not hear a peep.
How do they know all these calls are specifically for students? There is a difference between people who go to college and young people who live and work in a city.
JP, Allston and Brighton have the same exact problems, and given the value of the universities to the city, I for one think it is a very fair trade to put up with a little noise on the weekends.
And let us also not forget that before the students were in the Hill, it was a dumpy drug neighborhood, not this alleged family friendly utopia that the BPD love to talk about.
Completely agree
I'm a college student living on the Hill now. The folks below us are completely destructive and yet no matter how often we complain we get "we're going to talk to them about it" from our management company. The next Thursday through Sunday its the same thing, its incredibly frustrating.
Mission Hill sure has changed!
When I was a student in the 1970s, Mission Hill's reputation was not 'Allston South' or 'Party Central' or 'student ghetto'. It was 'dangerous place you should stay away from'.
(I mostly ignored this, and got my exercise biking up the hill on St. Alphonsus Street. The reward was a nice view of the city skyline.)
you guys are all forgetting
you guys are all forgetting that Mike Ross now lives on the hill, so its a utopia!
Whats worse, a few college kids being loud at night, or the wonderful "residents" that rob, assault, stab and shoot said college students? Great neighborhood that mission hill is. Tell that to the kid who got a 15k medical bill because a group of 10 "residents" knocked him out with a baseball bat, robbed him, then proceeded to kick his face in while he lay unconscious.
These are the kind of people Ross is apparently trying to protect. Ridiculous!
yeah, that's how we roll
frequently my neighbor (the old lady that has lived on the street since 1954) teams up with my gay neighbors (who have been on the street since the '80s) and the grandmother (moved in the 70's) roam the streets in packs looking to victimize defenseless Coeds from New Jersey.
Great way to characterize an entire neighborhood pal.
Funny i ( one of the gay
Funny i ( one of the gay neighbors ) thanks for the credit ...was just comming on to the web to research some info from the city of boston (my neighbors on the other side of me are making a huge noisy party tonight) and low and behold someone is on here giving me credit for trying to help my neighborhood get some sleep tonight .
nice to see someone notices my efforts
Source please?
When did this attack happen? Any information would be most helpful. As written,this post smacks of "Mission Hill has brown people in it and is therefore Scary To Me". Which is kind of amusing, because according to the Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services site,"[t]he Mission Hill population is 19% African America, 48% White, 16% Latino, 14% Asian and 2% other."
Besides, in a neighborhood of 18,000 residents, 10 is really a very tiny percentage.
(Note: I'm not trying to say that Mission Hill is perfect. But I live on Fort Hill, and I walk through Mission Hill all the time, and I'm not afraid of it. Two of our favorite pizza places and two of our favorite packies are in Mission Hill. Yes, we subsist mainly on pizza and beer; no, we're not college students anymore.)
Hm, this is interesting...according to citydata's educational information, Mission Hill has a higher percentage of residents than Massachusetts as a whole in three categories: residents with less than a high school diploma, residents with a professional degree, and residents with a doctoral degree. Interesting scatter.
maybe...
they included the Baptist Hospital for this group...
"and residents with a doctoral degree. "