Brigham Circle

Shuttered Mission Hill eatery could become edgy sushi place

adamg — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:17:02 +0000

The owners of the Ginger Exchange in Inman Square go before the Boston Licensing Board on Wednesday for permission to buy the Savant Project's beer and wine license from the bank that now owns it and turn the 1625 Tremont St. location into a sushi joint that promises to "inject a not-so-subtle element of fun and interest in the pure enjoyment of good food."

Charring crosses up T riders

adamg — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:02:41 +0000

So far this morning, a charred 39 bus was towed from Huntington Avenue near Brigham Circle and buses had to be rolled out for the C line when an overhead power line came down near Cleveland Circle.

Trains die on three of four subway lines

adamg — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:01:48 +0000

So far this morning trains have had to be taken out of service on the Red, Orange and Riverside lines. The E Line is stopping at Brigham Circle because of a car accident further up the line. No word yet from the Blue Line.

Pickup flambe

adamg — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:26:11 +0000

A roving UHub photographer was in the right place at the right time to capture a BTD Denver boot pickup going up in flames off Brigham Circle yesterday.

Fire gives the boot to city pickup in Brigham Circle

adamg — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:23:37 +0000

Shawn Foster snapped the results of a fire this afternoon in a BTD pickup used to install and pick up Denver boots. Michael Ratty spotted the fire on the Brigham and Women's side of the circle from his office window.

10/26/11 - 1:20 pm

Citizen complaint of the day: First Hubway station smashing

adamg — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:47:50 +0000

An alert citizen reports this morning that somebody took offense to the Hubway bike-rental station outside the Brigham Circle Diner on Huntington Avenue.

Brigham Circle bank held up

adamg — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:20:45 +0000

12/10/10 - 9:30 am

Boston Police tweet the Sovereign Bank branch at 6 Francis St. was held up this morning by a man who escaped on foot.

The suspect is described as a dark-skinned black man, wearing a black hoodie, blue scarf and black backpack.

Those darn illegal bus-stop parkers! You know, the ones from the MBTA and the department in charge of parking tickets

adamg — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:00:50 +0000

The Globe reports a tougher law aimed at keeping people from parking at MBTA bus stops hasn't much worked. Then again, if MBTA and Boston Transportation Department workers are ignoring the law, why shouldn't the public? One of our roving reporters took these photos at Brigham Circle a couple weeks ago.

Trolley vs. bicyclist at Brigham Circle this morning

adamg — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:02:03 +0000

Bobby Main tweets he was on an inbound E trolley around 8:40 a.m.:

E line inbound stopped at brigham circle. T hit a bike. He's ok but a little banged up.

UPDATE: MBTA Transit Police report says bicyclist admitted blame for driving into the trolley, declined medical attention for scrapes and bruises.

Groper on the loose on the E line

adamg — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:57:11 +0000

The Herald reports at least four incidents of some guy groping or flashing young women on the Green Line between Brigham Circle and Government Center, most recently, yesterday.

Left-over Sta-Puft costume dipped in gold

adamg — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:05:56 +0000

How else to explain this, seen on an E trolley today?