Hampshire House Corp., which owns both the original and Faneuil Hall Cheers bars and the 75 on Liberty waterfront bar, this week sued three insurance companies to recoup the losses its incurred since the city and state shut down bars in March due to Covid-19 reasons. Read more.
Gazit Horizons, which owns the newish retail building between Faneuil Hall Marketplace and the Greenway, the one that wraps around the space where the Faneuil Hall Christmas tree goes, is suing Ann Taylor for the nearly $254,000 it says the women's clothing chain owes for its Loft store there. Read more.
The BPDA is warning the New York real-estate firm that currently has the lease on the city-owned Faneuil Hall Marketplace - for which it apparently pays the city just $10 a year - that it's going to want the buildings back if the firm doesn't start doing more to help retail tenants hamstrung in recent months by the Covid-19 forced shutdown. Read more.
And all it took was an embarrassing Globe column and a call from the mayor.
Update: Company changes mind - after call from the mayor.
Adrian Walker at the Globe reports that Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., the New York company that manages the city-owned Faneuil Hall Marketplace, has told the little people who rent its stores and stalls that it sure is a shame about Covid-19 emptying the whole place, but you still need to pay your full rent, and here are a couple links to info about SBA loans.
Both Red Auerbach and, across Cambridge Street, Bill Russell, were observing Boston's new outside masks policy today, Greg Cook discovered. Mayors Curley and White are also now masked.
So a videographer walked through the Common, the Public Garden and downtown today.
Kevin Wiles, Jr. ran across Joey LeBlanc outside Faneuil Hall today: Read more.
A.k.a. Tommy noticed that Faneuil Hall Marketplace tourists, who normally spread across the bricks, were sticking to the shade today.
Maria M. looked down while at Faneuil Hall Marketplace and noticed this newly painted manhole cover.
Copyright Maria M. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
An annoyed citizen can't believe how nice shade trees were replaced by stubby little shrubs in front of Faneuil Hall and so filed a 311 complaint about it: Read more.
Architect's rendering of what visitors to Faneuil Hall could one day see.
In a strongly worded letter, the Boston Preservation Alliance last week urged the BPDA to kill a developer's plans to rebuild the Hard Rock Cafe garage next to Faneuil Hall Marketplace into what the alliance says would be a monument to god-awfulness. Read more.
Maureen Rogers said the waitresses had reason to be surly back in the day: The owner was prone to bouts of screaming and raging, the days were long and hard and the pay sucked.
Nina took the nasty Durgin waitress to a new level. I once saw here leaning out the unscreened window, raining change down on the heads of her departing customers, and telling them to “shove your tip up your fucking asses.”
Still, she says she'll miss the Indian pudding (and provides a recipe for it).
Samantha Washburn was among the people who tried to get into Durgin-Park tonight, after hearing the news the venerable restaurant would be closing forever on Jan. 12. Read more.
Old Durgin-Park matchbook cover. See it larger.
The place that's been serving food since before you were born will close forever on Jan. 12, NBC Boston reports. The joint just doesn't make money anymore, WBZ reports. Has anybody checked on the Union Oyster House?
Image from the BPL matchbook-cover collection.
Ashish Kasturia said good bye to the giant Christmas tree at Faneuil Hall Marketplace today.
This week and next, Boston will pick up residents' un-decorated Christmas trees on their recycling days.
Leslee captured this tuba player near Faneuil Hall yesterday. He was leaving the 2018 Boston Tuba Christmas performance which, yes, featured a pack of tuba players.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Petra A. wandered around Christopher Columbus Park and Faneuil Hall Marketplace this evening.
CarCarli spotted the Faneuil Hall Marketplace Christmas tree arriving this morning.
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