Hyde Square

All the murals of Hyde and Egleston squares in one handy place

adamg — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:36:55 +0000

Mike Ball recently wandered around Hyde and Egleston squares, taking photos of all the murals.

Posted under this Creative Commons license.

Homage to the Titanic or the Red Sox?

adamg — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:11:16 +0000

Auto-Titanic.

Gretchen van Ness forwards this photo of an homage to 1912 serenely sailing through Hyde Square in Jamaica Plain.

Moments later, of course, it hit some ice and disappeared into a storm drain.

JP man gets stolen bike back - after getting punched in the head

adamg — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:29:02 +0000

1/6/12 - 6:09 pm

Boston Police report that when a bicycle rider stopped into Alex's Chimi Restaurant in Hyde Square for some food Friday evening and spotted some guy riding away on his bike, he ran after him - and caught up with him:

As officers got closer, officers observed the male chasing behind the bike (the victim) take a punch to the head just before he regained control of the bicycle.

Carlos Tirado, 24, was charged with armed robbery for the incident shortly after 6 p.m.

Innocent, etc.

Santa riding a Harley through Hyde Square

adamg — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:52:01 +0000

Mike Flynn provides the proof.

At-large candidates don't have much to say about Whole Foods issue in JP

adamg — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:26:22 +0000

The Jamaica Plain Gazette quizzed the seven candidates on some JP-specific issues. Only JP resident Sean Ryan had any criticisms of the way the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council handled the matter.

Speaking of the neighborhood council, the Gazette also reports that among the Whose Foods protesters outside the new store on its opening day earlier this week was Ben Day, the council's new chairman.

Day said that he was there to support locally owned businesses, affordable housing and culturally appropriate food in Hyde Square.

The Gazette did not say when Day is planning protests outside the Rent-a-Center or CVS or whether he considers Scottish food culturally appropriate for Hyde Square.

JP's last video store hangs on

adamg — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:11:30 +0000

Jamaica Plain Patch interviews the new owner of Video Underground in Hyde Square, determined to make a go of it in an era of online downloads and DVD-dispensing boxes in supermarkets.

Baltimore murderer arrested for 2004 stabbing of gay man on a 39 bus

adamg — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:43:28 +0000

A man arrested but never tried for stabbing and spitting on a man on a 39 bus in Jamaica Plain in 2004 will finally face charges after police tracked him to his new home in Roxbury.

Michael Hughes, 64, never went before a jury because not long after his arrest, he was turned over to Maryland authorities to face trial on charges he killed a man preparing Christmas baskets for the poor in 1974. Convicted of second-degree murder in 2005, he spent three years in a Maryland prison, then at some point after his release came back to Boston.

According to a report by MBTA Transit Police, Hughes went berserk on a 39 bus at South and Centre streets around 4 p.m. on Sept 5, 2004 when he thought the "openly gay" man behind had deliberately kicked his seat. He allegedly whipped out a knife and began slicing the man's arm as he also spit at him and began screaming anti-gay epithets at him.

Boston Police first noticed Hughes was back in town last fall, Transit Police report: A Boston Police detective noticed a man he thought was Hughes in a homeless shelter on Massachusetts Avenue in November.

But Hughes evaded the two police forces until yesterday, when the same detective spotted him entering 6 Hartford St. in Roxbury. He alerted Transit Police, who found a default warrant for the 2004 attack and sent several detectives and officers to the address yesterday afternoon.

Police say Hughes tried to slip out the back door and then by denied any knowledge of the 2004 incident or of the alias he used at the time. His tattoos and physical characteristics, however, did him in, police report.

Innocent, etc.

Shuttered JP taco place to re-open

adamg — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:31:36 +0000

Tacos El Charro, 349 Centre St., will re-open as soon as the city issues an inspection certificate, owner Aida Luz Navarro said this morning.

Navarro told the Boston Licensing Board she was forced to close the restaurant earlier this year due to financial problems - she didn't have enough to pay for a required permit in December, and in January, NStar shut off power due to a $7,000 unpaid bill.

Navarro said she's worked out a payment plan with the electric company and has raised enough money to buy the food and supplies needed to re-open. She said she is only awaiting an Inspectional Services Department inspection. In the meantime, she said, she has been cleaning and updating the restaurant.

Navarro was before the board for non-use of her common victualer's license.

Pro-Fooders to run for seats on Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council

adamg — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 04:01:57 +0000

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports supporters of the Whole Foods market are organizing a slate of candidates for the council in the September elections for the advisory group.

Rising rents force out another Hyde Square business

adamg — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:04:41 +0000

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the Jamaica Plain Laundry Centre, across from where the Hi-Lo used to be, is shutting down this weekend rather than pay a rent increase that could be as much as 200%.

Latest dispatch from the JP grocery wars: Could the neighborhood soon have too many stores catering to Latinos?

adamg — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:26:14 +0000

The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports from the front: The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp. is thinking of renting space on Centre Street to a Latino-focused market - that could employ 50 people - but the city-sponsored Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street program says that with ten bodegas already in the area, one of the last things the neighborhood might need is another bodega.

The Gazette also recalls the last time a large grocery chain set up shop on Centre Street.

Pooh had finally had enough of Tigger and his stupid laugh

adamg — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:23:41 +0000

Rob Sheppard witnessed the carnage at the annual pillow fight on Cambridge Common today.

Meanwhile, people gathered in Jamaica Plain's Hyde Square for, well, you know why:

Tigger photo posted under this Creative Commons license.

Townie charged with early-morning break-in at Jamaica Plain check-cashing place

adamg — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:52:00 +0000

3/22/11 - 3:03 am

Boston Police report arresting a Charlestown man on charges he used a bolt cutter to break into the Checkcashers store at 362 Centre St. in Hyde Square.

Police say they arrested Brett G. Callahan, 20, of Charlestown on the roof of the store shortly after 2 a.m. when he attempted a rooftop getaway. Although officers were able to keep him from trying out any parkour skills, they needed help from the Boston Fire Department to get him down from the roof, police say.

Callahan was charged with breaking and entering in the nighttime and, of course, possession of burglarious tools.

Innocent, etc.

The road to Jamaica Plain starts in Brighton

adamg — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:02:25 +0000

Mark reports his wife took this photo in the Whole Foods in Brighton. He adds:

1) my wife and I own a home in JP; 2) my wife is in fact a Latin American; and 3) we used to shop at Hi-Lo to purchase goods from her homeland; yet, we are wholeheartedly (bad pun not intended) behind the opening of the Whole Foods Store on Centre Street.

An online petition in favor of Whole Foods in Jamaica Plain

adamg — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:12:19 +0000

JP for All.