Photo between 1955 and 1959 by Nishan Bichajian. See it larger.
What's now a little used alley across Tremont Street from Lagrange Street (so obscure the Google Street Views car has never been down it) was once an entrance to a nightclub that was part of a restaurant complex where Boston's elite would meet to greet and eat - and until 3 a.m., if you can imagine. Read more.
A Dorchester man faces federal drug charges after, investigators say, he used a scooter to ferry 30,000 fentanyl pills and more than four pounds of other narcotics from his Dorchester apartment to a Mission Hill parking lot on Friday. Read more.
A Dublin man was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail after he was charged with raping a woman at the Omni Parker House, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
1899 ad (source).
Long, long before the AMC Boston Common went up at the corner of Tremont and Avery streets, the site was the home of the Tremont Theatre, where an enterprising Swedish immigrant put in a swimming pool and a Turkish bath in the basement - open all night, at least for men. Read more.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports the two bodies found yesterday in a room on the 13th floor of the Moxy Hotel, 240 Tremont St., were those of a man, 43, and a woman, 24.
Both victims sustained bullet wounds. A firearm was recovered at the scene. The incident remains under investigation by Boston police and the Suffolk DA’s office.
WCVB reports on two bodies found on the 13th floor of the Moxy Hotel, 240 Tremont St. shortly after noon.
Trevor Michaels spotted a Masshole inbound on Tremont Street at Ruggles this morning. He adds:
This dipshit nearly cut me off because they were in the wrong lane and turned left in that incorrect lane.
Photos of Tremont Street suspects by BPD.
Police have released photos of two men the suspect were involved in stabbing a worker at Royale on Tremont Street in the Theater District around 2:10 a.m. on Christmas Day. Read more.
In December, 1895, construction of what would be the nation's first subway was well under way along and under Tremont Street, but that didn't stop busy Bostonians from making their rounds.
Compare to the view today: Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a 19-year-old they say shot Fermin Baez to death on June 7, 2021. Read more.
Rendering by Stantec.
Two non-profit groups have filed formal plans for a 12-story residential building with all the units rented or sold as affordable on what is now a parking lot at 290 Tremont St. in Chinatown. Read more.
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about a Nissan Rogue parked in the bike lane on Tremont Street inbound just past Mass. Ave. in the South End with a very special message for bicyclists yesterday.
The long view: Read more.
Police who initially responded to a report of what appeared to be a pedestrian hit by a car instead found two teens stabbed at Tremont and Camden streets in Roxbury around 5:45 p.m. Read more.
A Weymouth woman was ordered held without bail at her arraignment today on second-degree murder charges for the fatal stabbing of Jazreanna Sheppard outside the Park Street T stop July 20, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a Dorchester woman for the stabbing murder of Jazreanna Sheppard of South Boston outside the Park Street T stop shortly after 11:30 p.m. on July 20. Read more.
Seized gun with laser sight and bullets. Photo by BPD.
Boston Police report arresting a man from the Philadelphia suburb of Upper Darby on various gun charges after performing two illegal driving maneuvers where Tremont Street turns into Columbus Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.
Boston Police report arresting a man in Downtown Crossing this afternoon on charges he stabbed Jean Casseus, 78, to death on Rugby Road in Mattapan around 11 a.m. on Oct. 19. Read more.
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