Harvest bus stop may stay Web Exclusive MBTA senior planner Greg Strangeways told the Gazette last night that planned changes to the MBTA’s bus Route 39—three years in the making—may not happen until next spring. The project includes the elimination of some stops and “bump-out” sidewalk extensions and improved amenities like new shelters and...
Monthly Archives: June 2011
MATCH finds a new home
PARKSIDE—The MATCH Charter Public School is creating a new elementary school in Jamaica Plain for K1 students and 2nd graders later this year. It will also move its middle school from Wachusett Street to 215 Forest Hills St. for the 2012 school year, as Parkside Academy moves out. The school recently signed a purchase...
T: Maybe we can fund Arborway Yard
The MBTA may have found a way to fund the long-stalled Arborway Yard bus depot project at Washington Street and the Arborway by using a grant provided by the Federal Transit Administration. The idea was announced during a City Council hearing on the environmental impact of the temporary facility on June 13, held by...
Shiatsu Japonés ya en JP
“Esto es una maravilla”, dijo doña Nelly de la Puente, al terminar su sesión con el especialista Gian Arakaki. “Siempre había escuchado de masajes y otro tipo de terapias; pero nunca los había tomado por diferentes razones”, nos comentó agregando que las recomendaciones de muchas de sus amigas la empujaron a “probar”. Lo hizo...
‘SoMo’: A South St. nickname is born
“SoMo”—short for “south of the Monument”—is a new name for South Street’s burgeoning business district being pitched to early praise—and some ridicule—by the local McCormack & Scanlan Real Estate office. “As a lifelong JP resident, kind of faded into the background,” said Karen McCormack, the real estate firm’s co-owner. “SoMo” came...
Innovative climbing wall delays playground
WEB EXCLUSIVE A community-designed playground planned for Jackson Square is still going ahead, despite being delayed by safety concerns. Construction was originally slated to happen last month, but is now scheduled for the fall. Because plans for the playground include an innovative play structure, the design team has had to spend longer than anticipated...
Gentrification in focus at forum
WEB EXCLUSIVE Gentrification—a hot topic in Jamaica Plain because of Whole Foods—was the focus of the latest JP Forum. But panelists said to not blame Whole Foods. Panelist Steve Meacham, tenant organizing director at JP-based City Life/Vida Urbana, made the point that the upcoming Whole Foods Market is a symptom of JP’s current shifts,...
Connolly focuses on education
WEB EXCLUSIVE If At-Large City Councilor John Connolly had his way, Boston Public Schools would be radically different. A former middle school teacher and chair of the City Council’s Education Committee, “I would pilot the whole system,” Connolly said in an interview at the Gazette office earlier this month, referring to pilot schools—BPS schools...