Park Plaza
Israeli consulate evacuated as firefighters remove suspicious envelope
By adamg - 1/23/12 - 1:30 pm
Hazmat truck and firefighters outside the building.
Firefighters this afternoon cleared the tenth floor of 20 Park Plaza - which houses the Israeli consulate - after a worker discovered a suspicious envelope in the regular daily mail. The worker immediately placed the envelope in an incubator-like box designed for just such occurrences.
Firefighters and police cleared the building lobby so that the envelope could be put in a secure container for transport to a state lab for analysis. The rest of the building was not evacuated, but nearby workers, including the one who took the above photo, were told to stay in their offices.
Occupy Lobby: Scott Brown vs. anti-Israel protesters
By adamg - 11/6/11 - 10:54 pmA small group of Occupy Boston protesters marched from Dewey Square to Park Plaza Friday evening and held a brief sit-in in the lobby of the office building that houses the Israeli consulate.
The protesters, who chanted against "Israeli apartheid," did not actually get up to the consulate and were ushered out by police after about 15 minutes.
Sen. Brown, however, today denounced this "invasion of the Israeli consulate in Boston:"
It was shocking to hear the protestors chanting anti-Israel slogans in support of the terrorist-backed intifada uprising, which has created so much misery and death in Israel. There should be no mistaking which side America is on in the fight against terror, and I want to make it clear that I stand with Israel.
Plan to convert Park Plaza school into apartments moves forward
By adamg - 7/8/10 - 10:41 pmThe BRA reports that developers have filed their detailed project notification form for the proposed conversion of the Boston Renaissance Charter School into roughly 128 rental units.
The school is selling the 13-story building at Arlington and Stuart streets to finance the conversion of an old factory on Hyde Park Avenue in Hyde Park into a new school - expected to open this fall.
Developers say the new residential building will have no parking for residents, but that they have negotiated to make 200 spaces at the 200 Stuart St. garage made available to residents. They add they will work with the city to encourage residents to take advantage of the nearby Back Bay and Arlington subway stops or to get around by walking and bicycling.
Man charged with two rapes in Radisson garage
By adamg - 5/1/09 - 10:35 amA man charged with raping two women in the garage of the Radisson Hotel on Stuart Street was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail following his arraignment today, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.
Jose Rivera is charged with raping one woman on April 19 and another early this morning, the DA's office says, adding the April 19 victim was a worker at the hotel going to her job. Rivera's probation on an unrelated assault conviction in West Roxbury District Court was also revoked.
Innocent, etc.
Say, we don't get many turkeys in here
By adamg - 4/16/09 - 8:47 amAnd with prices like these ...
Ahem. The Berkeley Beacon reports on a turkey found wandering around the state Transportation Building early Tuesday:
Havoc almost broke out at City Place Plaza Tuesday morning due to the presence of a distraught wild turkey outside the Stuart Street entrance. At 6:15 a.m. baristas at the City Place Starbucks spotted what was either a genetically altered starling or Ben Franklin's favorite bird.
With exclusive photos of the city fowl.
Women out late at night targeted by criminal cabbies
By adamg - 12/17/08 - 10:36 amBoston Police report five incidents since October involving women who say they were attacked or raped by taxi and limo drivers between 11:50 p.m. and 5:30 a.m., most recently, the case of the Northeastern student picked up and allegedly raped in a cabbie's van on Dec. 7.
Two of the incidents involved women picked up in Park Plaza; the others were in Uphams Corner, on Atlantic Avenue and in Saugus (the Northeastern student). In two cases, the victims gave similar descriptions: A man, 5'8" and speaking with a foreign accent (in one of those cases, the woman described the driver as "Middle Eastern," in the other, she described him as "tan").
Police say women should avoid walking alone late at night, should not wear high heels, shouldn't accept rides from men in non-Boston cabs or personal vehicles and should never sit in the front seat. Also: Car keys make a useful weapon.
Skip to my loo
By adamg - 1/17/08 - 8:55 amFenix shows how nice the restrooms at the Park Plaza are.
