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By adamg - 9/7/22 - 2:26 pm
Scammer

Boston Police report they are looking for a man they say convinced one grandparent he was a public defender who needed several thousand dollars in cash to spring his grandson from a reckless-endangerment charge. Read more.

By adamg - 8/17/22 - 1:04 pm
Bicyclists wanted for attack

Surveillance photo via BPD.

The Boston Police Department reports it is looking for a group of bicyclists it says attacked a motorist on Tremont Street near Union Park Street - one with a fist to the driver's face - shortly before 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday. Read more.

By adamg - 8/15/22 - 2:04 pm

WCVB reports on Boston's latest ruptured water main this time at Northampton Street and Massachusetts Avenue.

By adamg - 8/3/22 - 9:11 pm

A person jumped from the top of the Tufts Medical Center garage at 274 Tremont St. in Chinatown around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, in an apparent suicide, Tufts told its employees. Read more.

By adamg - 7/25/22 - 10:19 am
Wanted for bank robbery

Constellation of moles and a partial tattoo in surveillance photos.

The FBI has released photos of a guy they say held up the Bank of America branch at 6 Tremont St. around 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Read more.

By adamg - 7/18/22 - 12:52 pm
Elevator room fire at 216 Tremont St.

The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters went up to the top of 216 Tremont St. for a fire in the elevator room on the roof around 9:15 a.m., then quickly came down after extinguishing the fire. No injuries.

By adamg - 7/2/22 - 8:59 pm
Stabbing suspect on the ground

Suspect on the ground. Photo by Live Boston.

Live Boston reports (with some graphic images) a man was stabbed numerous times on the Common along Tremont Street across from Avery Street around 3 p.m. Read more.

By adamg - 6/27/22 - 4:05 pm

A federal judge ruled today that four people at a George Floyd vigil on the Common on May 31, 2020 can try to convince a jury that Boston Police officers violated their First Amendment rights by attacking them with pepper spray, fists and a bicycle afterwards and that the city created a culture where such a thing could happen. Read more.

By adamg - 5/26/22 - 4:20 pm
Shooting scene at Winter and Tremont

Shooting scene. Photo by Tony Ursillo.

Stanley Stacos reports a person was shot at the corner of Winter and Tremont streets around 3:20 p.m. and that the suspect ran into the Park Street subway station, possibly to get on the Red Line.

By adamg - 5/16/22 - 5:58 pm

Guy Fieri set up one of his restaurants in the old Masonic Building on Tremont at Boylston, you know, the one with the signs warning you about hollow sidewalks and the large old Mason's Lodge logo done in tile that's been there for decades. Guy Fieri thinks his mug, and his need for workers, is more important, though, so he's wheat-pasted a garish help-wanted ad right over it.

What the mosaic used to look like.

By adamg - 5/5/22 - 11:02 am
Tremont and Park streets in 1843

In 1843, William Sharp created this lithograph of a Boston street scene, specifically, Tremont Street, looking past the Park Street Church and Boston Common on the right.

From the BPL arts department. Posted under this Creative Commons license.

By adamg - 5/3/22 - 9:46 pm
Protest march down Tremont Street

Adriana Lacy watched the large pro-abortion march down Tremont Street after a rally at the State House: Read more.

By adamg - 4/8/22 - 3:32 pm

Associated Press reports Jody Kipnis and Todd Ruderman yesterday bought 125 Tremont St., a three-story building across from Park Street, with plans to turn the building into a Holocaust museum, which would be separate from the Holocaust Memorial along Union Street near Faneuil Hall. Read more.

By adamg - 3/24/22 - 3:00 pm

A Boston health inspector yesterday shut Sushi Today, 1562 Tremont St., after finding numerous things wrong in the kitchen, including rodent "droppings on food prep counters, cabinets, ledges, and around equipment," improper thawing, food meant to be refrigerated being left at room temperature and no soap at a hand-washing sink. Read more.

By adamg - 3/17/22 - 1:30 pm

Najee Herbert, 23, was arraigned in a hospital bed today on charges he stabbed his mother to death in her apartment at Roxse Homes sometime before Tuesday morning, when a relative found her body, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

By adamg - 3/16/22 - 11:27 am

Victim identified as Donna Lamb, 58.

Boston Police report a woman was stabbed at 1050 Tremont St. Tuesday morning, and that a suspect is in custody. Read more.

By adamg - 3/14/22 - 9:37 am

Boston Police report arresting an Attleboro man they say spent part of his Sunday night "brandishing a firearm" inside Slade's Bar and Grill, 958 Tremont St. Read more.

By adamg - 3/4/22 - 12:04 pm
Rendering of 1558 Tremont St. proposal

Rendering by Embarc Studio.

The developers who bought two small buildings and a parking lot on Tremont Street from the order that runs Mission Church across the street have filed plans for a 139-unit residential building with 54 parking spaces - 44 set aside for the church and the remaining 10 for residents of the building - and room for a cafe. Read more.

By adamg - 2/8/22 - 1:16 pm

The Zoning Board of Appeal today rejected a proposal for a cannabis shop at 1441 Tremont St., citing its proximity to the Tobin Community Center and another proposed marijuana mart on Terrace Street. Read more.

By adamg - 2/2/22 - 10:06 pm
Rendering of proposed hotel

Rendering by RODE Architects.

City Realty filed plans today to open a new downtown hotel by adding nine stories to what is now a run-down 19th-century office building next to the entrance to the Orpheum Theatre. Read more.

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