Giant ship docks at Black Falcon Pier
Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is the largest cruise ship to ever dock in Boston.
View ArticleOld pay toilets never die, they just wind up behind a fence in South Boston
Lauren Demarco discovered today that the pay toilet that used to sit in front of the new wing of the Copley Square library has been relocated to a lot on Dot Ave. in South Boston.
View ArticlePolice: When guy's friends picked him up in their car in the South End, they...
Boston Police report arresting Jeremy Woodley, 35, on charges he held up the Commerce Bank branch at 1320 Washington St. Saturday morning.Police say Woodley gave a teller a note that he had a gun and...
View ArticleFor second time this month, a basic waterfront eatery shuts down
Dan Feidt is none too happy to see this sign in the window of Sleeper Street Cafe, which will close Friday, less than a month after the nearby Yada Yada closed to make way for a craft-beer place:I just...
View ArticleYutz who used a rooftop planter for an ashtray sparked a fire that damaged...
The Boston Fire Department reports "careless disposal of smoking material" sparked a fire around 11:45 a.m. on the roof of 57 W. 7 St. that jumped to the siding at 55 and 59 W. 7 St. - "specifically...
View ArticleYou never know what you'll find when you excavate along the water
Thomas Mann reports workers excavating at 121 Seaport Blvd for the waterfront's latest luxostructure today discovered they'd driven a pile right through an old wooden boat that had lain there for God...
View ArticleWestern Mass. has the Bridge of Flowers; could we do something similar with...
A proposal to enclose the Northern Avenue Bridge and turn it into a year-round botanical garden was among the top entrants in a competition to help the city figure out what to do with the bridge after...
View ArticleWhat archaeologists are finding at the site of that South Boston Waterfront...
Boston City Archaeologist Joe Bagley is posting photos of the 19th-century stuff he and other folks are finding today at the site of the shipwreck uncovered during construction of a new building on...
View ArticleNew veterans memorial to be dedicated today in the Seaport
WBUR reports on the new obelisk near District Hall, which honors American service people who have died since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
View ArticleSouth Boston tar pits now decorated in brick pattern
City officials have had the asphalt islands recently installed at Emerson and East 3 Streets painted to look like cobblestones.Officials had to step in this week to try to calm a burgeoning text war...
View ArticleVirgin Mary statue decapitated in South Boston
WFXT reports.Earlier:Another Virgin Mary statue beheaded.
View ArticleMan on a wire in Moakley Park
Nick Cosky took photos of a guy who'd strung up a wire in Moakley Park to do various feats of acrobatic derring-do today.
View ArticleCitizen compliment of the day: Mmm, mmm, moth balls!
A relieved South Boston citizen is loving the moth balls scattered around outside on G Street by the high school:Kudos to whomever put the moth balls around the area of 95 G Street. I actually enjoy...
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The walk across Fort Point Channel got a little more colorful yesterday
Becky watched workers installing colored panels on the side of the Congress Street bridge yesterday:
View ArticleTheir cross to bear, at least until they anchor it
Jen Richard watched construction workers install a cross atop the new Our Lady of the Good Voyage chapel in the Seaport this morning. The chapel was moved from its original location on Northern Avenue...
View ArticleRemains of Fort Point club manager found 23 years after his disappearance, in...
The Providence Journal reports on the discovery of the remains of Steven DiSarro, who disappeared in 1993, his car still parked outside the Channel, the venue he managed.FBI statement.
View ArticleSkydancing on Fan Pier
Vinod Johnson watched the Bandaloop dance troupe help the Fallon Co. inaugurate its new 12-story office building at 100 Northern Ave yesterday.
View ArticleDeveloper gives up, drops plans to turn old South Boston Catholic school into...
South Boston Today reports that faced with continued losses in court, the developer who wanted to turn the Gate of Heaven school on East 4 Street into 31 condos has given up and not renewed his...
View ArticleNo paddle boarding in Dorchester Bay - without paying a fee
Malia Lazu reports she went down to Carson Beach with a paddle board yesterday, figuring she'd get a little water exercise in. But, she continues:Was just stopped from paddle boarding at Carson because...
View ArticleProposal would allow denser development along Dot Ave. in South Boston in...
Urban Liberty provides an update on BRA planning for development along Dorchester Avenue from Broadway to Andrew.
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