Centre Street

West Roxbury has a busker of its very own

adamg — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:58:40 -0400

For the past couple of months, Mike Greenstein has been playing saxophone outside the Real Deal and iScream Works on Centre Street, surprising people unaccustomed to seeing live performances on this most quiet and suburban of Boston shopping streets.

Greenstein says he actually prefers playing in a neighborhood setting, rather than someplace like Harvard Square or downtown (and he says he's heard of some guy busking down by the Starbucks). When not playing for tips, he teaches music.

Further proof Boston needs a functioning civilian review board for police

adamg — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:11:25 -0400

Mike Ball looks at what we know about that cruiser-hitting-baby-stroller incident in Jamaica Plain on Thursday, concludes:

Where were the Boston police department and union officials during responsibility lessons? It looks like they didn't take, much less pass, them.

In what could well be a short-term incident of physical pain for a baby and anguish for the mom, another city cop seems to have put on an artificial halo. The undisputed aspect is that a cop drove a patrol car around the corner, hitting a stroller while not yielding to mom and kid in a marked crosswalk. ...

West Roxbury's secret garden

adamg — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:51:56 -0400

Andy Watson discovers the BPL main branch isn't the only one with a courtyard.

More crowded than Roche Bros. the day before Thanksgiving

adamg — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:18:58 -0400

Around 7 p.m. tonight, the line outside the newly opened iScream Works on Centre Street in West Roxbury stretched to the end of Real Deal. Even at 9:30, there was still a line outside. You'd think Centre Street hadn't seen ice cream in years.

Oh, wait. It hadn't.

Inside, the store is kind of small, but cool, what with exposed brick and the original tin ceiling. All the ice cream is from Brigham's (even the frappe and ice-cream cups say "Brighams"). Considering the place only opened today, the line moved remarkably quickly.

Cute is in for new Westie, Rozzie joints

adamg — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:47:06 -0400

IScream on Centre Street has taken down its Friday the 13th banner and put up its new sign.

Over in Roslindale, Washington Street is getting a new seafood takeout place - in the same general vicinity as Yucatan Mexican Grill and BBQ Town, but on the other side of the street:

Centre Street in West Roxbury becoming ice-cream hot spot

adamg — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:04:30 -0400

David Ertischek reports the Local Scoop Ice Creamery opens next week next to Papa John's in the Roche Bros. plaza (basically, across from the Hallmark). No seats, though.

This is in addition to iScream Works on Centre Street which, as you can see above, opens Friday the 13th in June - where Imagine That used to be (note: Kidlet wants it noted she is not actually scared of either ice cream or Friday the 13th) - and Champs, which is slated to open next to where Tai Ho used to be.

New Westie ice-cream place impresses with its vocabulary

adamg — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:19:15 -0400

OK, but what does it mean?

The harassing traffic signal

adamg — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:26:49 -0400

Andrew Watson posts a photo of the light near Faulkner Hospital.

Don't toy with us, DCR

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:40:54 -0400

Either the state is getting ready to put Rte. 1 back on its proper path along the Arborway/VFW Parkway or somebody has been inhaling too many paint fumes at the Department of Conservation and Recreation sign shop. How else to explain this sign, which recently went up where Centre Street turns into the VFW Parkway in Roslindale - 19 years after the state decided Rte. 1 was going to go south via 128 North?

Thanks to Bob Ward for the tip.

When Massholes internalize their anger

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:33:25 -0400

The West Roxbury Transcript reports on an accident at Centre Street and the West Roxbury Parkway in West Roxbury this past Saturday:

... Numerous officers responded to a motor vehicle accident in the Holy Name rotary in which a woman fighting with her friend allegedly lost control of her car and hit a police cruiser and a police van. ...