Boylston Street

The telltale Poe memorial to beat again - across the street

adamg — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:35:41 -0400

Mike Mennonno updates us on why the Poe memorial transformer box suddenly disappeared: It wasn't that the spirit of the Boston-hating writer suddenly struck it down but that the artist painted the wrong box.

He exchanged e-mail with her and reports she painted over the box by the Common herself and plans to re-create the wrapped mural on another circuit box near the Boloco across from Common.

No word on why she couldn't just leave the four-sided mural where it was, but no doubt some vitally important city regulation was involved.

City: New Boylston Street building doesn't need new approval even with changes

adamg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:08:17 -0400

What a pigeon flying high over the Public Garden would see.

Developer Ron Druker has hired a new architect, who's made changes to the exterior design of his proposed nine-story, $120-million building at Boylston and Arlington streets, but the structure still has the same basic dimensions and doesn't really look all that much different, so it doesn't need to go through a new city review process, members of the Boston Civic Design Commission told nearby residents and preservationists tonight.

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Good Albanian restaurants are hard to find

adamg — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:33:44 -0400

OK, Albanian restaurants of any kind are hard to find. Anali explains why she loves Vlora on Boylston Street. It's not just the food.

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About all those flashing blue lights by the Hynes

adamg — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:29:38 -0400

Monday-morning suspicious package.

Nob draws crowd at Copley Square bank, but who was it?

adamg — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:47:22 -0400

A curious onlooker e-mailed around 4:45 p.m.:

Some VIP was just visiting the Citizen's Bank on Boylston Street at Dartmouth. With a police escort of several cars and motorcycles, and wired Secret Service guys in a couple of Chevy Tahoes. A big crowd was watching for at least 20 minutes, and no one had any idea who it was, although rumors of everyone from Ben Affleck to General Petraeus were flying. Customers were going in and out of the bank and even they couldn't tell what was going on.

Despite the temperatures today, Boylston Beach was still closed

adamg — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:26:56 -0400

And you don't want to risk the undertow out past the curb.

Earlier:
No swimming at Kenmore, either.

He gets back on the scooter what threw him

adamg — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:07:14 -0400

Scooterdude (the guy you see sailing around Copley Square on the wind-powered scooter) reports yesterday was a great day for sailing - aside from the two spills caused by a collapsing sail:

... The gusts were sustained but also in the correct direction. For long rides and skillful maneuvers there’s nothing that can beat a strong westerly flow from the Tower, across the front of the church and then down Boylston St. ...

Painting the town blue

adamg — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:55:00 -0400

A group of volunteers trying to show you the importance of clean drinking water will be painting a three-mile-long blue line down Boylston and Newbury streets today. They're promoting the Tap Project, which attempts to bring clean water to folks around the world not fortunate enough to be served by the MWRA, by getting restaurant goers to donate money for UNICEF water projects.

Organizers say the paint is actually based on a chalk compound that will disappear by month's end.

Can we get a courtesy flush, please?

adamg — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:26:19 -0500

The Berkeley Beacon reports the Boston Fire Department and the city hazmat team responded to a report of a gas odor at 120 Boylston St. on Feb. 22:

The source of the smell appeared to come from the women's bathroom at Remington's. Remington's was closed and the area was vented. The source of the smell was not found, but did diminish.

Fire-ravaged seafood place to reopen Jan. 14

adamg — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:28:12 -0500

No, not James Hook, they've been re-open for awhile now, albeit in trailers. Sam Baltrusis dishes on the Atlantic Fish Co., the Boylston Street restaurant gutted in a three-alarm fire in November.

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