Testa Retires After 40 Years
Fourteen years later, he returned to focusing on Boston as executive director of operations for the Downtown Crossing Association, which has since become the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District (BID)..

Covid Is Back
Bostonians got more than just presents this holiday season, with the last weeks of December logging double or triple November’s respiratory infections and hospitalizations. Hospitals statewide are starting to reinstate mask mandates in response.

Hynes Rehab May Take Five Years
There’s substantial variance in how busy the center will be, with some months booking over 20 days of events and others none at all.

No Studies Available For New Bike Lanes
The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) confirmed that it will move ahead with alternative transit infrastructure on Boylston and Berkeley Streets as soon as cold weather lets up.

Letter to the Mayor A City United?
A number of common concerns, particularly regarding continued off-kilter real estate development, have brought together concerned citizens from all parts of the city: from the Alliance of Downtown Civic Organization neighborhoods, to adjacent...

Cannabis Purveyor Lobbied for Louijeune
At its meeting on January 1, the newly sworn in councilors elected Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune as their president for the 2024–2025 term. She earned the most votes of any at-large candidate in November’s election. She ran unopposed and enjoyed a unanimous, 13–0 mandate from her colleagues.

Experimental Art Museum to Open
President of WNDR Global Chris Freeman said that, since initiating ticket purchases to the public in early December and all of their neighborhood engagement, he is positively ecstatic about the museum’s opening on February 1..

New Zoning Has Been Delayed
The approval of PLAN: Downtown by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board on December 14 did not include its most technical and controversial sections, such as raising height limits by hundreds of feet or revamping community mitigation.

Hill Residents Were Civil Rights Activists
“Middleton was a striver. [I mention] Walker and Stewart because they were so brash, especially Walker,” said Kathryn Woods, a tour guide for the Freedom Trail Foundation. “I always admire people who get their toes stepped on and say, ‘Get the hell off my foot!’”.

2 Charlesgate Project Keeps Gaining Height
The blueprint for 2 Charlesgate West, which already exceeded height limits, gained another 70 feet in documents filed on December 7. The project was already under fire for breaking zoning and a variety of other smaller issues, and local stakeholders are at a loss to explain how this change could be justified.

BTD Is Silent on Columbus Rehab
During an August meeting of the South End Forum, a group of neighborhood associations, BTD officials outlined their current plans for the stretch of Columbus Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and Clarendon Street. Along with adjusting a few dozen sidewalk ramps, BTD would resurface and redesign the street, which badly needs repairs.

Infamous Crime Marks 102 Years
Charles Ponzi launched the fraud that would make his name synonymous with white collar malfeasance in January 1920 from his office on School Street, above what is now a Starbucks next to Old City Hall.