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By adamg - 6/17/17 - 7:41 pm
Stevil attended the memorial service on the Commonwealth Mall today, on the 45th anniversary of the death of nine Boston firefighters when the fire-weakened Hotel Vendome at Dartmouth Street collapsed.
Copyright Stevil. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 5/30/17 - 8:23 pm
Two development companies teamed up today to file preliminary plans for new hotels at the intersection of Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue that would house up to 763 rooms in two separate towers. Read more.
By adamg - 5/30/17 - 11:04 am
The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday what action to take, if any, about an underage Boston University student served a vodka drink at Eastern Standard on May 2 and an underage BU student served a Red Bull and vodka the next night at T's Pub. Read more.
By adamg - 5/12/17 - 9:23 am
The Daily Free Press reports the Panera at 888 Commonwealth Ave. is shutting down because, basically, the rent is too damn high. Last year saw several Boston-area Paneras shut down, including the one in West Roxbury and the one near Faneuil Hall.
By adamg - 5/4/17 - 7:19 pm
K-Rock photographed this crash involving a truck and a car on Commonwealth Avenue at the BU Bridge around 6:45 p.m.
By adamg - 5/1/17 - 8:12 pm
Car looks like this, but with orange license plates and damage.
Family and friends of Rick Archer say he died today, after being hit by a car whose driver then kept going early Sunday. Read more.
By adamg - 4/30/17 - 8:53 am
WBZ reports the crash happened at Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street around 3:30 a.m.
By adamg - 4/10/17 - 1:05 pm
State officials announced today they'll be shutting Commonwealth Avenue near the BU Bridge July 26 to Aug. 14 as they work to replace the increasingly creaky bridge where the street crosses over the turnpike and the tracks used by the Worcester Line and Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited service.
Paths will be kept open for pedestrians and bike riders, MassDOT announced today. Read more.
By adamg - 3/30/17 - 9:30 am
The Daily Free Press reports several students have been hit by a scam in which a stranger comes up to them at an ATM on Comm. Ave. and asks them to deposit a check, withdraw some money and keep the rest of the check. Don't do that, BU Police is warning students.
By adamg - 2/21/17 - 2:23 pm
A roving UHub photographer came upon the scene of a crash on Commonwealth Avenue at Hereford around 2 p.m.
Hmm, maybe Comm. Ave. in the Back Bay isn't the best place to park?
By adamg - 2/15/17 - 9:56 am
We're going to hope the Allston baby this belongs to has aged out of it, because thinking a parent would rip it away from a tot is just too horrible to imagine, especially a parent who clearly couldn't actually be bothered to clear out the space first. Zef spotted it on Comm. Ave. this morning.
By adamg - 2/9/17 - 10:31 am
Bird-enhanced architect's rendering.
A developer is proposing to tear down Harry's Bar and Grill, a convenience store and a Subway shop to make way for a seven-story, 37-unit residential building.
Unlike in South Boston, however, where bars have just disappeared, developer Yan Schechter says he'll leave space for Harry's Bar and Grill to return. Read more.
By adamg - 1/7/17 - 5:41 pm
Tamas K-L wasn't the only one out on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall today.
Michele B watched an intrepid kid ski down New Haven Street in West Roxbury: Read more.
By adamg - 12/16/16 - 8:45 am
The Green Line is back and running between Packards Corner and BC after some unspecified power problem knocked out service and got the T to bring in shuttle buses.
By adamg - 12/10/16 - 10:12 am
WBZ reports how the Lyft driver who caused that multi-car pileup on Comm. Ave. in October only has $30,000 worth of damage caused to all the cars and a Boston firetruck, because he hadn't turned on his Lyft app.
By adamg - 11/21/16 - 11:56 am
Sarah Pekala shows us the aftermath of the two-car crash on Comm. Ave. at Sutherland shortly after 8:30 a.m. that resulted in Green Line trolleys having to just sit there.
By adamg - 11/15/16 - 5:18 pm
The T is reporting "moderate" delays on the B Line due to a trolley that, if it's lucky, won't just be pulled out back and shot.
By adamg - 11/15/16 - 9:27 am
State Police report a marked State Police cruiser at Commonwealth Avenue and Berkeley Street around 2:50 a.m.
The crash also caused two other vehicles to be struck, one of them parked, before the taxi fled the scene. The crash also caused damage to a light pole and fence.
There were no injuries, State Police say.
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