Author: Gazette Staff
JP Agenda, Sept. 26, 2014
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., Oct. 7 for the Oct. 10 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Sumner Hill Association annual meeting, learn about…
Real Estate Today: JP real estate market is ‘incredibly strong’
Invitacion, Sept. 26, 2014
El plazo para la lista de eventos es el 7 de octubre al mediodía para la publicación del 10 de octubre. Mande a [email protected]. Atención: Marque el 617 antes de los números que salen abajo. Reuniones Reunión anual de Sumner…
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Editorial: Egleston’s gentrification debate
Egleston Square is now officially the latest front in Boston’s gentrification debates. It’s time for some real urban planning and a recalibration of JP’s moral compass. Egleston, and Washington Street in general, are among the last bastions of immigrant and…
Editorial: A boost for the arts
The appointment of George Fifield, the JP resident who founded Boston Cyberarts, to the Boston Art Commission is a great move—and we don’t say that solely out of local pride. Starting over 15 years ago with the now-defunct Boston Cyberarts…
Editorial: DND must fix its map
The City’s Department of Neighborhood Development must stop using its incorrect neighborhood map to analyze data. One might think it goes without saying that a City department should not knowingly use deliberately incorrect information. Alas, it does not. We had…
Letter: Pedestrians can be a bike path danger
I am homeowner and mother of two children living in Jamaica Plain. I enjoy the Southwest Corridor several times each day, as a runner, a cyclist and a pedestrian with children. Most everyone who uses the Southwest Corridor prefers to…
Letter: Park committee welcomes ideas for path safety
I am writing in response to the recent letter about a conflict on the Southwest Corridor Park bike path. (“Dangerous bicyclists need to learn to share the path,” Sept. 12.) I’m a volunteer with the park and with the Southwest…