North End
North End musical chairs could mean more space for Eliot School
By adamg - 1/26/12 - 8:10 amNorthEndWaterfront.com reports on a possible building swap involving the North Bennet Street School moving into two now dormant city buildings and give its current buildings to the Eliot School so it could expand.
Citizen complaint of the day: Mitt Romney's giant shredder truck
By adamg - 1/23/12 - 4:49 pm
Looks like Mitt Romney's campaign has found a new way to keep little kids out of the parking lot of his North End campaign headquarters. A disgusted citizen reports:
Mitt Romney's giant Shredder Truck illegally parked outside his office on Commercial Street. This giant shredder truck often parked in tow zone in front of Romney National HQ, yet never towed or ticketed. Maybe he's shredding the parking tickets too?
H/t to the one person who scans Citizens Connect even more obsessively than I do!
How Beacon Hill can cram as many people in as parts of Manhattan without skyscrapers
By adamg - 1/21/12 - 9:26 pmMike the Mad Biologist riffs on Bostonography's population density maps and ponders how much of Beacon Hill, the Back Bay and the North End approach Manhattan levels of density without anything approaching Manhattan-style building heights:
Boston has two things going for it that most other cities don't have: narrow streets and sidewalks. Not a lot of space is wasted in residential areas. Sidewalks at most are about nine to ten feet wide, and skinnier in other places (e.g., Beacon Hill). The streets typically are very narrow–about ten Mad Biologist paces (my pace length is about average)–if you factor in parked cars, add about four paces. Not only does this making walking around easier, but the real estate is used to house people, not air or cars. That allows much higher densities (although it makes drivers crazy at times) without skyscrapers.
Ed question: Would that also apply in Somerville, still one of the most densely packed cities in America?
Cop at center of Michael Cox beating case fired over another case involving excessive use of force
By adamg - 1/19/12 - 8:46 amThe Globe reports (paid subscription required) on the firing of David C. Williams for putting a man in a prohibited choke hold during a North End traffic stop, then lying about it.
This is the second time Boston Police have fired Williams. The first time was after the beating of Michael Cox, an undercover cop whom other cops beat, allegedly because they thought he was a homicide suspect, in 1995. Williams won his job back on appeal; his lawyer says he plans to appeal the latest firing as well.
Citizen complaint of the day: Sticky stinky berries
By adamg - 1/18/12 - 8:13 amSomebody pleads with the city to clean up the sticky stinky berries on Morton Street in the North End before the next snow.
Ed. note: Oh, who am I kidding? I just like saying "sticky stinky berries" over and over again. Yes, my middle name is Zippy.
Nick Varano gets on famously with North End Neighborhood Council in bid for license to serve beer, wine, cordials
By adamg - 1/11/12 - 10:36 amNorthEndWaterfront.com reports the restaurant owner has the backing of the neighborhood group in his effort to get a partial alcohol license at his Famous Deli on Cross Street. Whether the Boston Licensing Board has any left to hand out, however, is another matter.
The site also reports a Salem Street barber shop won the council's approvals for its plans to amend its services to shave and a haircut, tattoos.
North End third graders agree: Pizzeria Regina has super great pizza
By adamg - 1/5/12 - 10:23 pmNorthEndWaterfront.com posts reviews of the North End pizza place by third graders at the Eliot School.
Man robbed at knifepoint on Hanover Street
By adamg - 12/31/11 - 1:54 pmNorthEndWaterfront.com reports a man coming out of a Hanover cigar bar was forced into a doorway by two men, one of whom put a knife to his neck and demanded his money, around 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday.
BRA: Downtown, North End will get its supermarket
By adamg - 12/27/11 - 8:13 amKaren Cord Taylor interviews the BRA official in charge of getting a supermarket for the Bulfinch Triangle.
Citizen complaint of the day: Attack of the phone books
By adamg - 12/25/11 - 11:30 amA North End resident files a complaint:
Stacks of yellow book phone directories are lying everywhere, dozens and dozens of yellow books left on doorsteps and sidewalks, how is this not littering?
Poll: We got two different phone books yesterday - which to toss in the recycling?
