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Man falls out of window during Marathon party in Allston student warren

By adamg - 4/15/24 - 11:07 pm

WBZ reports on the man's plunge at 72 Gardner St. in the GAP area mainly occupied by BU students.

Woman whose Allston home burned down wants to thank the two people who broke in to wake her and other residents; says smoke alarms didn't go off

By adamg - 3/7/24 - 9:38 am

Tyler Finney reports, in the Allston/Brighton Community Discussion group on Facebook, that she and other residents of 65 Ashford St. in Allston were sound asleep early Saturday when the house caught fire. She says he is likely only alive because of two strangers who noticed the fire, broke into the house and woke everybody up - because her apartment's smoke detectors didn't go off: Read more.

Dude in a floral cap sought for failed Allston break-in

By adamg - 11/2/23 - 1:45 pm
Surveillance photos of guy in floral cap

Surveillance photos via BPD.

Boston Police report they are looking for a guy they say tried unsuccessfully to break into a house on Pratt Street in Allston's GAP neighborhood, around 2:45 a.m. on Oct. 1. Read more.

Another residential tower proposed for Allston's GAP

By adamg - 9/15/23 - 12:22 pm
22-24 Pratt Street rendering

Drone's-eye view by Stantec Architecture.

Two developers this week filed plans to further the transformation of Allston's GAP from a warren of student-filled apartments and industrial buildings into a collection of taller residential buildings and towers, with plans for a 322-unit apartment building with a 16-floor wing off Pratt Street, next to the former Conrail train yard. Read more.

17-story apartment building approved for Allston's GAP; half its lot will be saved for use by MBTA's proposed West Station

By adamg - 9/13/23 - 9:29 am
Rendering of proposed Ashford Street building

Rendering by Embarc.

The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved City Realty's proposal for a 17-story, 254-unit apartment building at Ashford and Malvern streets in Allston. Read more.

Developer proposes 316-unit residential building in Allston's GAP

By adamg - 4/5/23 - 12:29 pm

A Houston real-estate company says it will soon file plans with the BPDA to replace an automotive warehouse and two-family house at 22-24 Pratt St. in Allston with a new residential building with 316 units. Read more.

Burglars target MacBook Pros in Allston/Brighton break-ins; police tell residents, especially college students, to lock their doors and windows

By adamg - 8/17/22 - 7:35 pm

Last Thursday night, somebody walked in through an unlocked front door at one of those student houses on Ashford Street in the GAP and made off with five MacBook Pro laptops - and $400 in cash - Sgt. Edward McMahon told the Allston Civic Association this evening. Read more.

Man robbed at knifepoint at Ashford and Pratt in Allston

By adamg - 1/31/18 - 10:35 pm

Around 10:10 p.m. by two men, one described as Hispanic, 5'8" to 5'10" with a slight goatee and wearing a gray hoodie. They took the victim's book bag, phone and wallet and fled down Ashford towards BU.

Allston apartments win approval after developer takes steps to prevent it from becoming part of the GAP student ghetto

By adamg - 5/23/17 - 12:54 pm

The Board of Appeal today approved a 129-unit, six-story apartment building at Brighton Avenue and Linden Street after developers said they would rent no more than a third of the units to students - and not allow students to occupy any unit at a density greater than one student per bedroom. Read more.

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