Universal Hub - River Street

Hyde Park getting fourth supermarket

adamg — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:48:17 +0000

In a development project that's actually happening, construction is now proceeding at a snappy pace at the new mall going up where the old paperboard plant used to be on River Street, near the Mattapan line. And there's now a "coming soon" sign for a PriceRite supermarket. It'll join the Shaw's and Americas' Food Basket, both on Hyde Park Avenue, and the baby Stop & Shop on Truman Parkway.

Fire at Hyde Park YMCA construction site

adamg — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:16:57 +0000

Local 718 tweets a two-alarm fire broke out around 6 a.m. on the third floor of YMCA, 1137 River St. The Y is closed for renovation and expansion.

Major Mattapan street shut down by fake grenade

adamg — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:18:25 +0000

Boston Police shut down River Street near the Dorchester line around 11 a.m. when somebody discovered what appeared to be a live hand grenade. It turned out to be an inert training grenade.

The disappearing mill

adamg — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:57:34 +0000

Fans of the decaying industrial look need to get themselves down to River Street on the Hyde Park/Mattapan line pronto, before what's left of the old Bay State Paper plant is completely carted away as a developer turns the property into a mall (granted, a mall that sounds pretty cool). Already, about half the property consists of large mounds of dirt and gravel rather than hulking machinery and mysterious objects and buildings that look like they could cave in at any moment.

Like the valve says, the mill is closed:

How many fried-chicken joints named after other cities does one neighborhood need?

adamg — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:40:20 +0000

If the neighborhood is Hyde Park, the answer is two. Both are on River Street; the New York one is in Cleary Square; the New Orleans version just outside Logan Square.