BostonPilot captured some of the Navy sailors in town for July Fourth.
By adamg - 6/27/24 - 12:51 pm
Boston University yesterday paid $19.8 million to buy what is now a one-story warehouse and parking lot at 76 Ashford St. in Allston from City Realty, which won approval in September to put up a 17-story 254-unit apartment building there. Read more.
By adamg - 6/20/24 - 9:56 pm
Boston Police have released photos of the man they say stabbed two people in a fight that also sent two other people to the hospital near the main entrance to the Park Street T stop on June 13. Read more.
By adamg - 6/14/24 - 9:34 am
A fight turned into a double stabbing near the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday. Read more.
By adamg - 6/10/24 - 11:18 pm
A person was shot near the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common shortly before 10:10 p.m. Read more.
By adamg - 6/6/24 - 1:29 pm
For the past couple of days, Mary Hurley has been chronicling the people who park on narrow Temple Place, blocking in Silver Line buses at either end of the short downtown street that is supposed to serve as the SL5's starting and ending points. Read more.
By adamg - 5/11/24 - 11:54 pm
Boston firefighters responded to Downtown Crossing around 10:40 p.m. on a report of smoke that turned out to be from a small fire on the inbound tracks between Chinatown and Downtown Crossing.
Once the power was shut off, firefighters quickly doused the fire, located between the two "running rails" rather than along the third rail, with a fire extinguisher.
By adamg - 4/26/24 - 12:10 pm
A company renovating the skyscraper at 1 Lincoln St. in Downtown Crossing yesterday won the right to buy a liquor license for a currently unoccupied space to serve what it says is a growing demand for full service restaurants as more people return to office work by opening at least one restaurant, but possibly more. Read more.
By adamg - 4/18/24 - 3:46 pm
Boston Pedestrian observed the scene on Franklin Street just before Washington Street in Downtown Crossing this afternoon: Read more.
By adamg - 2/28/24 - 3:38 pm
Carina Flynn reports she was walking down Washington Street in Downtown Crossing shortly before 3:15 p.m. when she heard a loud crashing sound and turned to see the remains of a second-floor window from HomeGoods, 350 Washington St. lying all over the sidewalk. Read more.
By adamg - 2/26/24 - 9:54 pm
At 8:51 p.m., the MBTA reported a Red Line train pulled up lame at Downtown Crossing, causing delays of up to 20 minutes.
By adamg - 2/21/24 - 3:59 pm
A New York developer has filed plans with the BPDA to replace offices in three adjoining buildings it owns on Washington, Water and Devonshire streets in Downtown Crossing with apartments, under a city pilot aimed at giving tax breaks to building owners who do just that. Read more.
By adamg - 2/15/24 - 11:25 am
Tim Lawrence looked out his window on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing to see a line of flaming trash outside the DSW store on Washington Street in Downtown Crossing shortly after 7 p.m. He reports BFD quickly arrived and doused the burning rubbish.
By adamg - 2/12/24 - 9:31 am
Boston Police report they are looking for a man they say held up BNC Market, 226 Washington St. in Downtown Crossing, around 1:40 p.m. on Sunday. Read more.
By adamg - 1/10/24 - 3:09 pm
Walking down Washington Street this morning, Antonio Caban couldn't help but notice the giant head wedged into the alley (technically, Harlem Place) next to where Felt used to be.
"Boston, what is going on here?" he naturally wondered.
By adamg - 12/16/23 - 4:58 pm
Boston Pilot had a bird's eye view of construction of artist Mathias Gmachl's "Echoes - A Voice from Uncharted Waters," which is an 11,000-pound, 56-foot long statue that asks us to ponder our affect on nature and the environment, at the Downtown Crossing Steps at Washington and Franklin streets.
Echoes is the first of a series of sculptures to be installed by mid-January as part of a Downtown Boston Business Improvement District public-art show that will then run through March.
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