El plazo para el calendario de eventos es al mediodía, martes, 6 oct para la edición del 9 de oct. Mande los eventos a [email protected]. Atención: Marque el 617 antes de los números que salen abajo. Reuniones Comité de casas…
Month: September 2015
Real Estate Today: Controversial Olmsted Place to open in November
Olmsted Place, a controversial apartment development at 161 S. Huntington Ave., will open its doors to its first tenants in November, according to spokesperson Matt Ellis. Boston Residential Group is now leasing the luxury apartments in the building. The project…
Real Estate Today: State of JP market
The state of the real estate market in Jamaica Plain seems to be booming for sellers and renters, but there may be a decline soon. Karen McCormack, a real estate agent at McCormack and Scanlan Real Estate, has over 25…
Real Estate Today: ZBA approves 3200 Washington St. project
The contentious 3200 Washington project cleared another hurdle on Sept. 15, as the City’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) approved the variances the project needs, according to the ZBA Office. The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) gave the project the green…
Real Estate Today: Zoning Committee review of Amory St. project delayed until October
The mixed-use building project at 450-456 Amory St. will appear before the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s Zoning Committee sometime in October after being pulled from the Sept. 2 meeting agenda at the request of the developer, according to Dave Baron…
Sights and Sounds, Sept. 11, 2015
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., Oct. 6 for the Oct. 9 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special events St. John’s Church Annual Yard Sale,…
JP Music Festival
Zoning Board of Asinine
The City’s Zoning Board of Appeals recently gave the OK to two construction projects—one at 40 Lochstead Road and another at 46 Eliot St. The applicants had asked for the ZBA hearing to be deferred. The City’s neighborhood liaison Jullieanne…
Washington St./Columbus Ave.
It is welcome news that the Washington Street/Columbus Avenue corridor study could lead to new zoning for that area by the summer of 2015. But the question begs to be asked: Why did it take so long? Local state Rep.…
Letter: Off-leash dogs in Arboretum
I was sad and angry to learn that off-leash dogs had killed a great blue heron in the Arnold Arboretum. This heron, a long-time resident, was one of the finest birds in the Arboretum, which is JP’s great treasure. Off-leash…