Financial District

Larry Cheng explains how he gets his finger on the pulse of the economy by chatting with the owner of the Grassroots Deli on Devonshire Street - and he reports that pulse is still weak:

Fall 2009: Hopes of a pick-up in business after Labor Day have now faded. Business is still very slow. She said her paper supplier who has been working the Boston and Cape Cod region for 38 years said his business in Cape Cod fell by more than $1 million year over year. It's at its worst point in 38 years.

H/t Jason Butler.

The Boston Real Estate Observer reports on a scam involving an alleged $800-a-month rental in a fancy downtown building.

The bomb squad is at One Boston Place in the Financial District this morning to deal with a "suspicious package," Boston Police tweet, suggesting, "avoid the area."

Kalim Saliba shows off the view from his West End apartment (see it large).

Copyright, Kalim Saliba.

Aaron Donovan covered dual protests this morning in the Financial District against AIG and Bank of America.

Copyright Aaron Donovan.

The Financial District at sunset the other day.

Cool photo from the Financial District.

Anomie666 alerts us:

... Be careful crossing Franklin and Devonshire streets. There is a hole in the street where they have been doing construction and I fell right into it and bruised up my legs pretty good.

The hole is about 6 inches around and my entire left leg up to my knee fell in as I toppled face forward into the street. Then, I was stuck and could not stand up without the help of a couple of people that were around me. ...