GBH uncorks the news that City Hall is considering several "open container districts" where people could buy something adult at a local restaurant and then just walk around sipping like we're a common New Orleans or Las Vegas. Read more.
As Boston officials await word on whether the legislature will give last-second approval to more than 250 liquor licenses for the city, the Boston Licensing Board today approved plans by developer John Hynes IV to pay $600,000 for the liquor license of a defunct downtown bar to use it as an enticement to bring in somebody to run the restaurant he wants to have in his 18-story, $600-million Seaport office and life-sciences building. Read more.
Boston Police found the teen shot in the hip in the area of Northern Avenue and Pier 4 Boulevard around 11:45 a.m. after graduation ceremonies for Boston Collaborative High School in South Boston. Read more.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today tossed a lawsuit by the owner of the Davio's chain of Italian steakhouses against its insurer, which had told Davio's that its "all risks" policy did not, in fact, cover all risks, specifically losses from being forced to close or limit service in dining rooms during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more.
A put-out citizen files a 311 complaint about the situation at Courthouse on the Silver Line:
City of Boston or MBTA, please do something: 3 people smoking weed INSIDE the entrance to the Silver Line Courthouse station, top of escalator. At the same station, one person blasting music at the lobby practicing skate boarding for the Olympics. 5:45 pm, Thursday February 29, 2024.
Boston Police report arresting a Newton man on charges he reacted to being denied a drink at the bar at Lola 42, 22 Liberty Dr. by hurling some water at the bar then heading into the men's room to break a sink and set fire to a trash barrel. Read more.
The Washington Post takes a look at what is increasingly stagnant demand for life-sciences lab space - even in Kendall Square - in the Boston area, which saw a huge increase in demand as companies rushed to develop Covid-19 drugs and vaccines.
Rendering by Handel Architects.
Beacon Capital Partners last week filed plans with the BPDA for a ten-story life-sciences lab building on Northern Avenue at Channel Street, next to the similar building it's already constructing there as part of its 4.4-acre South Boston Innovation Campus, where the Seaport turns into the Raymond Flynn Marine Park. Read more.
Josh Bittker reported yesterday spotting his favorite Seaport commuter: A guy on an battery-powered one-wheel thing, this time accompanied by a fuzzy little dog throwing down major McKayla Maroney vibes.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a request from a chain called Museum of Ice Cream to open at 121 Seaport Blvd. and to buy the beer and wine license from Dig on Boylston Street in the Back Bay. Read more.
On the Channel considers and reviews the Summer Street Steps and wonders how, with all the billions of public and private dollars poured onto the blank slate that used to be the Seaport, that's what we wound up with - complete with loudspeakers pumping out pop music like some mall in the 1990s. Read more.
Update: Approved.
The Boston Licensing Board decides tomorrow whether to allow a New York restaurant that serves cheeseburgers with a kimchi-infused topping and other "Korean fusion" dishes open an outlet in the Seaport, with a bar that will serve what its lawyer said would be an extensive list of soju and other Korean liquors. Read more.
Did you notice it briefly got lighter for a bit a little after 1? Alisa Bokulich looked out from her office at BU and captured the rainbow that sprang up over Cambridge before it got dark and stormy again.
David Fisher spotted it, too, from his aerie in the Seaport: Read more.
The Boston Licensing Board today approved a liquor license for the proposed F1 Arcade at 87 Pier 4 Blvd., which will feature 69 F1 race-car simulators and, of course, a full-service bar. Read more.
A New York woman who sued America's Test Kitchen over Facebook-based "tracking" code on its Web site has agreed to settle the case without damages after the concern agreed to remove the code from its Web pages. Read more.
Nutter, McLennen & Fish today sued the owner of Seaport West, the tall curved brick office building across Seaport Boulevard from the World Trade Center, over what it says is an outrageous $1-million annual rent increase. Read more.
If nothing else, the clouds heralding Lee gave us an amazing sunset tonight, as Tim Babatz couldn't help but notice at Fan Pier on the harbor.
Up the harbor a bit, Adam Balsam got a good view in the North End: Read more.
Steve Klise spotted this young seagull at a Northern Avenue parking garage about to take a snort in disgust at the attempt to ban him from Castle Island.
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