The MBTA reports service on the E Line is back to normal after a trolley died at the Longwood Medical Area stop and caused delays of up to 20 minutes.
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By adamg - 2/12/19 - 7:27 pm
The MBTA reports a driver somehow got his or her car stuck on the E Line tracks between Northeastern and Brigham Circle, which means trolleys can't go anywhere and riders are being told to take the 39 bus instead.
By adamg - 12/22/18 - 6:46 pm
Lisa McColgan reports somebody at Northeastern made this gingerbread homage to the fabled and now closed Huntington Avenue watering hole.
She adds the interior was "terrifyingly accurate:" Read more.
By adamg - 10/24/18 - 8:59 am
A 39 bus and an E Green Line trolley had a little love bump on Huntington Avenue near Brigham Circle shortly before 7:30 a.m. Lena, who captured the scene, reports there didn't appear to be too much damage, but that some of the Boston Latin School students on the 39 "charter" from Forest Hills appeared shaken up. Plus, of course, traffic came to a halt.
By adamg - 8/15/18 - 10:27 am
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the West Roxbury-based Pizzeria Uno has shut its location at 280 Huntington Ave. The Kenmore Square Uno, however, remains open.
By adamg - 7/28/18 - 12:37 am
Matthew Ireland watched Boston firefighters put out a flaming Jeep around 10:30 p.m. on Friday on Huntington Avenue at West Newton Street. He reports the crowd cheered when the flames were doused. Read more.
By adamg - 7/23/18 - 9:51 pm
In the leg in the parking lot behind Symphony Hall on St. Stephen Street shortly before 9:45 p.m. Police found him in front of Symphony Hall a few minutes later. His injuries do not appear life threatening.
By adamg - 7/20/18 - 11:05 am
The T reports it's canceled service on the E Line between Brigham Circle and Heath Street due to a "power problem near Mission Park."
By adamg - 6/21/18 - 4:31 pm
Paint the World watched the slow progression of a giant pipe across Brigham Circle and the Green Line this afternoon.
Colleen got a closer view: Read more.
By adamg - 6/14/18 - 5:17 pm
The Globe reports the Christian Scientists, who own the land on which the low-rise, low-cost hotel sits, are planning to put the land up for sale.
By adamg - 5/3/18 - 5:55 pm
The MBTA reports dead trains aplenty on the E Line past Brigham Circle, and is advising riders to try to squish onto a 39 bus instead, at least until 7 p.m.
By adamg - 1/1/18 - 8:21 pm
Jessica Feldish got some video of an MWRA water main turned geyser on Huntington Avenue outbound, at the Brookline line just past where it goes under the Jamaicaway. Needless to say, avoid the area.
By adamg - 12/15/17 - 11:49 am
WBUR reports the BPDA approved plans by a developer to put up a 32-story residential tower on the old BU Theatre property on Huntington Avenue.
The approval includes creation of new theater space in the tower for the Huntington Theatre Co., which would lease the space for $1 a year. The theater company now needs to raise roughly $70 million to outfit the space.
By adamg - 12/7/17 - 3:54 pm
Zakim makes rare appearance at licensing hearing in support of Laughing Monk.
The Boston Licensing Board today chose an existing Mission Hill Thai/sushi restaurant for the one liquor license it had over a proposed shaken-seafood place in Roslindale. Read more.
By adamg - 10/23/17 - 4:02 pm
MassDOT announced today that it's installing specialized traffic signal systems along Beacon Street in Brookline, and Comm. Ave. and Huntington Ave. in Boston that will switch to green lights for approaching trolleys. Mass. Ave. in Cambridge will get similar treatment for buses. Read more.
By adamg - 6/26/17 - 3:21 pm
Architect's rendering.
The owner of the Huntington Avenue block that includes the old BU Theatre says it will sell the theater building to the group that now runs it for $1 in exchange for city permission to build a 32-story building with 426 residential units atop two adjoining parcels. Read more.
By adamg - 3/21/17 - 11:38 am
Punter's Pub, 444 Huntington Ave., no longer accepts foreign IDs from people wanting a drink, due to an incident last month in which police found three underage students drinking draft beer after showing what turned out to be fraudulent foreign IDs. Read more.
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