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Moving Slowly, Doing It Right - Dudley Square Parcel 9 & 10 Redevelopment
The Parcel 9/10 Public Review Committee met at Central Boston Elder Services on Tuesday, November 15th, to discuss the redevelopment proposals for the two vacant land parcels at the intersection of...
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Your Eminence
Recently, Boston city officials announced the taking of two buildings located at 2304-2306 and 2326 Washington St. by process of eminent domain. The stated reason being to provide more space for the...
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It Is Not The Critic Who Counts
I get it. It’s the internet. I shouldn’t expect rational, well-thought out responses to real world events. Anonymity combined with a short-attention span turns regular humans into gibbering little...
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90 Days
Mayor Menino, Dec. 6, 2011, in a speech prepared for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce:"We pushed past false starts with a 115 million dollar investment in Dudley Square that will break ground in...
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Roxbury Greening
There are a lot of great reasons to love Roxbury just for being Roxbury. We’re a Boston neighborhood with a texture and pattern distinct from any other. We’re not the South End, North End, Chinatown,...
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The Loss of an Eyesore?
I use a mark of question rather than one of exclamation at Green Ink Development's renovation of 124-126 Warren Street. This formerly grand three-story white house has grieved the neighborhood since...
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Ready Stance
The massive weight and scope of the transformation coming to Roxbury this year has yet to be felt. Mayor Menino cut the ribbon on the redevelopment of the Ferdinand building in March and there are...
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Gain: Roxbury's Upcoming Growing Pains
It is not a case of whether or not the improvements to Dudley Square and the surrounding area will cause temporary traffic problems, inconvenient crowding, and noise, but to what degree, what duration,...
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Roxbury's Master Plan
At a recent meeting of the Roxbury Master Plan Oversight Committee, representatives of the four major construction developments around Roxbury, scheduled to take place shortly after the completion of...
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Dudley Square Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
On December 17, 2012, Jonathan Napoli, owner of The Boston Gardener, went before the Dudley Vision Advisory Task Force to advocate for opening a medical marijuana dispensary in Dudley Square. Let me...
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We give a little bit, we get a lot.
I bought my home in Roxbury in 2005. There was no grass in the yard. Even the small clusters of weeds were having a hell of a time hanging on.The problem was the soil. It wasn’t poisonous, just...
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