There's also a Big Ship in port
Ryan Ruel shows us the Queen Mary 2, docked at the Black Falcon pier today.Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
View ArticleOh, yeah, we live in a port, don't we?
In addition to the tall ships and the Queen Mary 2, Boston Harbor also saw the USNS LCPL Roy M. Wheat (T-AK 3016) coming into port today for some drydock work.
View ArticleThe slowly shrinking snow pile
Kevin McGurn and Choicestream created this time-lapse video.H/t Jared.
View ArticleUber driver charged with raping passenger to be charged for rapes dating to...
Alejandro Done, 46, of the South End, will face charges for at least six rapes and sexual assaults dating to 2006 - but investigators say they are looking at his connection to additional attacks.Done...
View ArticleDust in the wind all that remains of once mighty snow pile
Conventures, which had a ringside seat for the birth and death of the Snow Pile, shows us the view this morning: Crews clearing out the last of the debris that, unlike the snow, refused to melt.
View Article105 more condos approved for South Boston
The BRA today approved a 105-condo building at 45 W. 3 Street, proposed by Spaulding and Slye.The project will have 109 underground parking spaces. The company originally proposed apartments, but...
View ArticleCourthouse station on the Silver Line all wet
A Silver Line sprinkler system went kablooie near Courthouse station. As of 5:40 p.m., the Fire Department was halting buses from entering the station, water was pooling to about a foot deep in the...
View ArticleA little bit of Brookline comes to South Boston
South Boston has a parking problem. Excel High School on G Street thinks it has an answer: Let residents park in its lot overnight - for $1,200 a year.Eileen Murphy posted a copy of the notice for the...
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Boston 2024 details insurance plan; but what if stadium developer pulls a...
AttachmentSizeBoston 2024 risk plan241.73 KBBoston 2024 today released details of its plans to spend more than $100 million on insurance to cover the risks of a hurricane hitting Boston during the...
View ArticleSmaller version of proposed South Boston restaurant gains approval
The Boston Licensing Board today approved plans for the proposed Republic restaurant at Dorchester and Dresser streets after the proposed owners - who are putting up the 30-unit residential building it...
View ArticleMan stabbed in South Boston
Around 3 p.m. Thursday on Patterson Way, the Globe reports.Neighborhoods: South BostonTopics: CrimeFree tagging: Knives
View ArticleSociety of Arts and Crafts moving from Newbury Street to South Boston waterfront
The BRA announced yesterday that the Society of Arts and Crafts will move into space set aside for cultural uses at the almost finished 100 Pier 4 residential building.The society, which had been based...
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Sun goes down, moon comes up
John Gage watched the sun go down from Nahant.Southie Spots watched the blue moon rise over the Harbor Islands from South Boston:Eileen Murphy also watched the moon come up:Tamas K-L photographed an...
View ArticleSomebody smashed up the little Lego wall on Congress Street
The haters won't stop me.Posted by Nate Swain on Saturday, August 1, 2015The wall in better times - in June.
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The Queen Mary 2 returns
Eileen Murphy spent some time watching the Queen Mary 2 today, as it approached the Black Falcon pier and after it docked at the pier.For a size comparison, she also photographed a harbor water taxi as...
View ArticleSeaport Legal wants to test later hours on patio
CORRECTED: Application is only for LTK patio.Legal Test Kitchen, 225 Northern Ave., goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week to seek permission to keep its outdoor patio open until 2 a.m. The...
View ArticlePavilion rocks
Mallory Mathias couldn't get enough of the "amazing sound" at the Need to Breathe show at the Bue Hills Bank Pavilion on the South Boston waterfront tonight.
View ArticleTwo South Boston break-in attempts don't end well for would-be burglars
Capt. John Greland at District C-6 reports that a guy who'd come all the way up from Rhode Island spent most of his weekend in a holding cell after he was arrested for an attempted breaking and...
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Vertex didn't hire as many people as it promised Boston for its new HQ, so...
AttachmentSizeMayor's message on Vertex tax break243.37 KBMayor Walsh says his administration and Vertex have negotiated a roughly 25% cut in a property-tax deal for Vertex because the company did not...
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