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…
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‘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, [South Street’s businesses] kind of…
Masters of disguise
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…
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…
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…
Jackson rec center approved
Other Jackson projects stalled WEB EXCLUSIVE JACKSON SQ.—Plans for a new recreation center received Boston Redevelopment Authority approval last week and two residential developments are moving forward, but other pieces of the elaborate Jackson Square redevelopment plan appear stalled with…
JP teacher travels to Arctic
WEB EXCLUSIVE Mark Goldner will be getting plenty of sun on his summer vacation. He’ll spend six weeks at 78 degrees latitude—well above the Arctic Circle—studying glaciers. That means that Goldner will be subjected to 24 hours a day of…
Kids christen new Jamaica Pond fleet
Built their own boats with JP group WEB EXCLUSIVE PONDSIDE—Swimzilla, Piranha, The Rider, The Great Ebony Blanca Shark—those are the names emblazoned on the backs of four rowboats that were christened with Poland Springs sparkling water and launched on Jamaica…