West Roxbury Parkway
The city really needs to put up better signs to the George Wright Golf Course
By adamg - 4/21/11 - 10:08 pmAlertNewEngland reports the following BPD alert around 10 p.m for West Roxbury Parkway and Washington Street:
Large group of males dueling with golf clubs.
They must have played through, however; they were gone when officers arrived.
Apparently George Wright and McGolf were just a little too far away for them
By adamg - 6/17/10 - 7:49 pmThere were two guys hitting golf balls on the side of the West Roxbury Parkway by Weld Street this afternoon - one of which rolled under our car as we headed toward Roslindale. Idiots.
Best license plate of the week
By adamg - 1/17/09 - 3:39 pmSpotted on a Mini Cooper on the West Roxbury Parkway in West Roxbury: Mass. plates reading:
WKDSML
Avoid the left lane on the West Roxbury Parkway south at Washington
By adamg - 12/30/08 - 5:23 pmUnless you want to get a flat from all the broken glass left behind from an accident earlier today.
Big mess by Putterham rotary
By adamg - 9/29/08 - 12:21 pmThe Tab reports a big water main break at Grove and South streets is making a mess of traffic. Officials are working with Temple Emeth to minimize the impact on Rosh Hashahnah services.
Props to the contractor on the West Roxbury Parkway repaving project
By adamg - 9/26/08 - 11:24 amNormally, when a road gets torn up, you can expect weeks of unremitting commuting pain as you navigate among the barrels and raised grates. I was certainly expecting that when crews started tearing up the parkway between Washington Street and just past Bellevue Hill Road on Monday. But by last night, they were actually finished - the road is nice and smooth and all that's left is to put down the permanent lane stripes.
Poor woman
By adamg - 8/2/08 - 6:18 pm
Every time there's a heavy rain, this woman, who lives on the southbound side of the VFW Parkway, just past the West Roxbury Parkway, dons her boots and raincoat and goes out with a rake to try to keep the storm drain and "dry" catchbasin outside her house clear, to minimize the damage from flooding. She's been doing that a lot lately.
West Roxbury, South Brookline swept away by flooding, sinkholes
By adamg - 6/27/08 - 2:04 pmTammy must have one of those old Amphibicars. How else to explain how she survived flooding and a Florida-style sinkhole on the West Roxbury Parkway near where it meets the VFW Parkway after today's storm?
West Roxbury Parkway speed traps
By adamg - 6/8/07 - 11:11 pmCharles Glassberg flashes his lights:
Just a reminder to you Boston-area drivers that the traps at the VFW Parkway/West Roxbury Parkway rotary and by the Putterham Golf Course are still in full effect. ...
