“Generational Spirit,” a vibrant, 30’x40’ mural featured on the brick wall of the East Boston Social Center, can be prominently viewed from every bustling entrance into Central Square. It is the inaugural piece in HarborArts’s newest initiative, Beautify Main Streets,…
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Feedback and Data Discussed at PLAN Advisory Group Meeting
By Michael Coughlin Jr. On September 19, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) met with its PLAN: East Boston Advisory Group to discuss the complete draft of the plan — “East Boston Tomorrow” — released at the beginning of…
OHNC Opposing Project on Leyden Street
By Michael Coughlin Jr. The Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) opposed a project at 36 Leyden Street during its monthly meeting on September 18. The project proposes demolishing the existing building on the site to erect a new eight-unit residential…
Tree Eastie To Continue Its Work This Fall
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Tree Eastie, an organization that focuses on planting, ensuring the care and maintenance of, and educating residents about trees, has worked hard this year and will continue to help increase East Boston’s low tree canopy this…
Wu and Reparations Task Force Seek Partners For Research on History and Legacy of Slavery in Boston
Special to the Times-Free Press Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston Reparations Task Force announced the release of a request for proposals (RFP) seeking researchers to study the history and legacy of slavery in Boston. Through the RFP,…