The Boston Public Schools facilities plan proposed by Superintendent Carol Johnson on Oct. 24 and approved on Nov. 15 by the Boston School Committee moves the Mission Hill elementary school to Jamaica Plain, taking a high-quality, highly-selected K-8 to another assignment zone. It’s like musical chairs for the six pilot schools involved in the package...
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Letter: Surface streets can’t handle 24K more cars
I support a bridge replacement option for the Casey Overpass. I have lived on a street off Hyde Park Avenue across from the Forest Hills T parking lot for 30 years and the traffic has only gotten worse. Hyde Park Ave. is often gridlocked in the morning and at evening rush hours. I have extreme...
Letter: Surface option resurrects park
I had the privilege of attending the Nov. 21 public meeting on the Casey Overpass and was impressed with the thorough design exploration and well-reasoned alternatives. There is no doubt in my mind that, on access and livability criteria alone, the at-grade solution is far superior to a replacement bridge. When you add in the premium...
Letter: Surface traffic is no solution
There has been much discussion about the Casey Overpass replacement options over the past few months, and interest continues to grow, as demonstrated by the standing-room-only crowd at last week’s meeting introducing the public to the two design options: a new, smaller and lower overpass vs. a six-lane road at grade level (the “at-grade”...
Letter: Apply city vision to Washington St.
As neighbors of the Arborway Yard, we were disappointed the project failed to win federal funding. However, across the street, another key development is happening at the former Flanagan & Seaton automobile warehouse at 3521-3529 Washington St. This 3.4-acre development, bordered by McBride and Burnett streets, could double the number of residential units on...
Curtis Hall reopens
The Curtis Hall community center at 20 South St. reopened last month after undergoing a $5 million renovation. The historic city building hosts a public swimming pool, gym, basketball court and track. It also holds a wide variety of youth and adult programs and rents out community space for public meetings. The building reopened...
Whitehaus releases new compilation
A new compilation of JP-based music has been released by Whitehaus Family Records. The album, named “Whitehaus Family Record Family Record vol. 2: Are You in Paradise?” features 25 two-minute tracks from as many artists. All of the artists on the album have lived in JP at some point, and many still do. The...
Cops: Thief had gas, got the shakes
BROOKSIDE—A man allegedly stole gas and 48 cans of protein shakes from a local nonprofit’s vans in the middle of the night on Nov. 16. Police arrested Emmuanuel Porter-Muhammad, 38, of Roxbury for allegedly siphoning gas and taking the Ensure brand shakes at Community Servings at 18 Marbury Terrace, according to the Boston Police...