Newbury Street

Fur wearers and people with sensitive eardrums might want to avoid Newbury Street at lunchtime tomorrow

adamg — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:38:34 +0000

Apparently naked women have lost their appeal, so PETA instead plans to station people with whistles along Newbury Street at noon tomorrow:

Blowing high-decibel whistles, wearing T-shirts emblazoned with anti-fur slogans, and shouting "Shame!" every time they spot someone dressed in fur, PETA members will congregate at busy intersections in Boston's upscale shopping district on Wednesday.

State orders Newbury Street sneaker store shut for lack of access for the disabled

adamg — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:48:28 +0000

The state Architectural Access Board has ordered Converse to close its year-old store at 348 Newbury St. because the entrance does not comply with state accessibility regulations.

In a cease-and-desist order issued yesterday, the board said the sneaker vendor has repeatedly refused to do anything about the lack of access and said the store can only reopen after an inspection shows the store is actually handicap accessible. The store says it has been unable to do the work because of more pressing problems fixing leaks from the neighboring Hynes Green Line station.

How do you even get on that thing?

adamg — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:35:42 +0000

Leslee watched bicyclists on some sort of protest ride down Newbury Street on Saturday (she wonders who they were).

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We each have our own way to express patriotism

adamg — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:22:24 +0000

Leslee spotted this man and dogs rolling down Newbury Street yesterday.

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Man arrested behind Newbury Street store linked to robbery spree along the swank street

adamg — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:12:26 +0000

Suspect at work at 179 Newbury on July 7.

Boston Police report a man arrested as he appeared to be getting ready to break into a Newbury Street shop early this morning will be charged with a series of other heists along the street.

Officers on routine patrol around 1:45 a.m. today spotted a guy jumping down from an air-conditioning unit in an alley behind BLVD Boston, 251 Newbury St. They asked him what he was doing there. He said he was just using the alley as a restroom, but their attention was drawn to a backpack up on the AC unit, police say:

Menino to Nike: Drop dope

adamg — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:22:05 +0000

The Herald reports the mayor is outraged about T-shirts at Niketown he says promote drug use.

John Carroll suggests the mayor leave Newbury Street fashion policing to the Back Bay Hysterical Society.

Half-naked Bostonians and the people who love them

adamg — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:48:49 +0000

The annual Santas in Speedos run (now formally known as SSRun for some no doubt perfectly good reason that I just can't figure out at 6:46 a.m.) starts at 1 p.m. this Saturday at Lir on Boylston Street.

The annual No Pants Subway Ride comes up on Jan. 9, between 2 and 4 p.m., at an exact location to be named later.

Freakiest Santa of the year, on Newbury Street

adamg — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:36:27 +0000

Hide the kids' eyes when you walk past the demonically possessed spirit of Marilyn Monroe in a Santa suit.

Cheap on-street parking for scooters starts today on Newbury, Boylston streets

adamg — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:29:59 +0000

The Globe reports on the 25-cents-an-hour spaces.

The chicken that wants to kill you on Newbury Street

adamg — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:07:23 +0000

Watch your step while passing the Ted Baker store, 201 Newbury.

Via.

Three sure signs of spring

adamg — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:08:50 +0000

The Singing Spare Change Guy (not the Grating Spare Change Guy) is back; he was outside DeLuca's on Newbury Street today.

The birds inside the Forest Hills T station were singing up a storm.

The "seasonal special" on sandwiches at the new bagel place in Quincy Market is now $6.96, compared to the $4.94 "seasonal special" for the same exact sandwiches two weeks ago.

Because walking down Dartmouth holding a large canvas could get tiring

adamg — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:17:34 +0000

Joel Brown reports the Boston Art Dealers Association now has a shuttle between "the Newbury Street and South End gallery districts," at least, on the first Saturday of every month.

Hey, kids: The police are onto the Thursdays at Daisy's thing

adamg — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:53:01 +0000

The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday what to do about underage drinking at Daisy Buchanan's on Newbury Street.

At a hearing today, Boston Police Det. Kevin McGill said that, after receiving tips from local college police departments, he and another detective paid the club a visit on March 5 - and promptly found two underage BU sophomores, drinks in hand.

Owner Joe Cimino pleaded guilty, agreed that, in hindsight, he should have been more vigilant after noticing a recent surge of college students on Thursday nights.

Last week, the board voted to suspend Rumor's liquor license for two days after police found a trio of underage Babson students inside.

Newbury Street has a used-book store again

adamg — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:39:06 +0000

Mike the Mad Biologist alerts us to yesterday's opening of Raven Used Books' Newbury Street outlet:

... Unlike most Boston area used book stores, Raven Used Books' business model isn't to sell really expensive rare books and then stock the rest of the shelves with crap. They actually have lots of books you want to read at very low prices, along with books that you either can't order online or would be really expensive to do so ...

City council to consider banning Segways from busy sidewalks

adamg — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:48:58 +0000

City Councilor Sal LaMattina (East Boston, North End, Charlestown) says he knows firsthand what it's like to get run into by a Segway - and wants to keep it from happening to people on busy commercial streets in Boston.

LaMattina told the council today that when he worked for the city transportation department, when Segways were new, he and transportation Commissioner Tom Tinlin went to Segway headquarters in New Hampshire to check them out. Company officials told them a pedestrian couldn't get hurt if hit by one - but he wanted hard proof, so he told Tinlin to get on a Segway and ram him.

"Let me tell you, it hurt," he said.