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The day some locomotives made a break for it on the Southeast Expressway
See it larger. From the BPL Brearley Collection.Shortly before 3 p.m. on Aug. 21, 1969, a crew of Penn Central workers had just gotten three locomotives ready to haul freight from the Dover Street yard...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Supporter of supposed law-and-order candidate...
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint this morning about a Trump supporter running around with a can of yellow paint, as demonstrated on Day Boulevard at M Street in South Boston.Update: Either the...
View ArticleSeaport seafood place shuts for good
Boston Restaurant Talk reports the demise of the Legal Test Kitchen on Northern Avenue.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleMassport, Boston feud over possible South Boston bus improvements; which...
A war of words between Massport and city planners broke out this week over a city proposal to create dedicated bus lanes in the "Summer Street corridor," with each telling local business owners to...
View ArticleHubbub at Castle Island as reporter demands answers but some people just want...
Somebody called 911 this morning when a woman who said she was with WCVB began going up to the unmasked and asking why and videoing them with her camera. One person took exception and snapped her right...
View ArticleSouth Boston crash sends motorcyclist to the hospital in critical condition
Crash scene. Photo by T.At E and West 1st streets, around 5 p.m. The homicide unit and fatal-collision reconstruction team were called in due to the severity of the victim's...
View ArticleIt's the most wonderful time of the year, or something
Aren't there a couple of holidays to promote the heck out of first? In any case, Eileen reports the South Boston Stop & Shop is now pushing Christmas stuff.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleSeaport developer wants to change several floors in proposed building from...
401 Congress St. rendering by Sasaki.Developer John Hynes last week asked the BPDA for permission to convert several floors in a proposed 18-story building on Congress Street from office space, which...
View ArticleThe unhinged pyramid of Fort Point Channel
The Fort Pointer reports that the pyramid that has been moored in Fort Point Channel since 2014 came loose and is now jammed against one of the channel's walls, where volunteers tied it down until it...
View ArticleSomething to Mul over in South Boston
Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Mul's Diner on Broadway has moved into space in Amrhein's across the street.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: The disintegrating pyramid of Fort Point Channel
An aghast citizen files a 311 report over the idea that some people want to return the unmoored channel pyramid to its position midway between Fort Point and the post office, at least not without some...
View ArticleOrange Line cars in a Red Line yard
The first couple of test models of the new Orange Line cars now sit with new Red Line cars in the MBTA's Cabot Yard in South Boston, which, of course, makes you wonder how they got there (secret...
View ArticleCitizen complaint of the day: Women at super-spreader party in South Boston...
An outraged citizen files a 311 complaint about a large party on East 8th Street between G and H last night that apparently consisted entirely of women, because he or she didn't mention anything about...
View ArticleNew Red Line car defaced before the T could even finish painting it
Roving UHub photographer Jed Hresko spotted one of the new Red Line cars all tagged up today in the Cabot Yard in South Boston - before the T could even finish applying red paint to the bottom third of...
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The two-fisted storm
Lightning over South Boston and Boston Harbor. See it larger.From a downtown aerie, Jonathan Berk was thunderstruck during the second wave of yesterday afternoon's storm. Not long before, thebostonlol...
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Developers propose West Broadway office building in plan that would preserve...
Rendering by Stantec Architecture.The Matteson Companies and GFI Partners today filed plans with the BPDA to build an eight-story R&D building on what is now the Amrheins parking lot on West...
View ArticleKids on one UPS driver's route in South Boston show their appreciation
In recent months, delivery drivers have become far more important to many people. WBZ reports on all the kids who gave their local UPS driver in South Boston a surprise the other...
View ArticleSouthie parties are the most!
The last few weekends in Southie multiple 311 calls about loud parties have been rising. This pumpkin is what some of the party goers must feel and look like.Neighborhoods: South BostonFree tagging:...
View ArticleBullets go flying on South Boston street
Live Boston reports more than a dozen shots were fired on Crowley Rogers Way at St. Casimir Street in the West Broadway development around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday. No reported injuries, but at least one...
View ArticleCity councilor wants crackdown on jammed South Boston house parties
City Councilor Ed Flynn says he's had enough with South Boston residents ignoring state and city regulations that ban large parties - next week, he will ask the City Council to call in BPD and ISD to...
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