Nick Schmidt has a clear view of where the Government Center garage used to be, but which is finally gone after months of disruption to Green and Orange Line riders and nearby residents - and the death of one worker - to make way for another Bulfinch Crossing tower.
A federal judge yesterday issued a preliminary order of forfeiture for the London flat owned by Vladislav Klyushin, convicted last September of orchestrating a hacking scheme that netted him and employees of his Moscow firm some $93 million in profits through advance looks at corporate financial statements via a data center in the Downtown Crossing Macy's building. Read more.
Tony Ursillo watched the sun go down over the Common and the Charles River this evening.
Further upstream, in the ever aptly named Watertown, Pat Miguel Tomaino watched a nice sunset over the Charles as well: Read more.
A North Carolina man who was staying with his girlfriend at the InterContinental Boston last November faces charges of assault and battery on a family member after his arrest at their room, where police were called because of a loud argument and found his girlfriend with "multiple bruises" on her chest, back and arms - standing near a bed with what appeared to be blood stains. Read more.
There's a switch near South Station that's decided to take the day off, so delays are starting to pile up on commuter-rail lines into and out of the station. Read more.
WCVB reports on the body found near East India Row around 10:25 a.m. on Saturday.
Nichole Davis gets the scoop: The be-tuxed bird spotted moving around the harbor wasn't a penguin but a thick-billed murre, a black-and-white Arctic bird that is not completely unheard of in these parts in the winter. So it also wasn't a heron.
Boston Stone (lower left) on Marshall Street sometime before 1930.
The Boston Landmarks Commission resorts to pesky facts to show that the Boston Stone might have had a more mundane origin than being the point to which all Boston-area mile markers refer - although it is possibly an indicator of how long Masshole drivers have been around: Read more.
This morning, Lisa Green walked from the North End to Rowes Wharf, where Boston Harbor was a lot closer than it usually is, like at the Aquarium, where the harbor consumed the harborwalk.
Kevin Whitely forwarded a friend's video of flooding on Commercial Wharf in the North End: Read more.
It was pretty dark and stormy looking over the Charles as our own Ron Newman made his way over the Longfellow around 1:30 p.m.
Earlier though, roving UHub photographer David Fisher captured a rainbow over Jamaica Plain, then a full up Fort Point Channel (on the South Boston side): Read more.
Walking down Washington Street this morning, Antonio Caban couldn't help but notice the giant head wedged into the alley (technically, Harlem Place) next to where Felt used to be.
"Boston, what is going on here?" he naturally wondered.
Johnmcboston reported on the situation on the Red Line at Park around 7 a.m.:
The joys of the morning Red Line commute. 15 minute wait, then train out of service.
Myron Freeman took in the family fireworks over Boston Common tonight - after first watching some ice skating under the lights at the Frog Pond.
Photos of Tremont Street suspects by BPD.
Police have released photos of two men the suspect were involved in stabbing a worker at Royale on Tremont Street in the Theater District around 2:10 a.m. on Christmas Day. Read more.
The MBTA alerts us, and more important, Green Line riders:
Following up on the previous announcement from December 21, the MBTA is today reminding riders that Green Line service on the B branch between North Station and Babcock Street, on the E branch between North Station and Heath Street, and on the C and D branches between North Station and Kenmore station will be suspended all day from start to end of service for 10 days from January 3-12 and for 13 days from January 16- 28.
In December, 1895, construction of what would be the nation's first subway was well under way along and under Tremont Street, but that didn't stop busy Bostonians from making their rounds.
Compare to the view today: Read more.
After protesters dumped the tea into the harbor 250 years ago, they tossed the chests it had been in into the harbor as well. J.L. Bell posts a copy of an account by Rev. Dr. John Prince of Salem, who watched the Tea Party and then returned to the wharf the next morning: Read more.
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