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McKinley School demo,
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BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
By Seth Daniel
The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of Animals, was celebrated at Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Parish on Tuesday Oct. 4th. A blessing of the animals ceremony was conducted by Father O’Leary Sunday,
Oct. 2.In the top photos Father O’Leary blessed Shelly the cocker spaniel held by Chris Bowman. See more
photos on page 16.
Girard, Cathedral Parish partner for great new housing
By Seth Daniel
On rare occasions, community
institutions and residential property developers come together in
synchronicity - with both parties
meeting at the intersection of winwin.
The development of the Girard
apartment building on Harrison
Avenue, behind the Cathedral
of the Holy Cross, is by most
accounts just such an occurrence.
The Girard began moving new
residents in to its 160-unit apartment building on Harrison and
Malden Streets last weekend, con-
tinuing full-force this week, and
has hopes that it has delivered the
best property on the market right
now.
“We’re hopeful that it will be
regarded as a contemporary land(Girard Pg. 3)
Brookline Ave. bridge to be renamed after Big Papi
By Beth Treffeisen
Around Fenway Park, fans, residents and visitors will now have a
number of ways to pay tribute to
the soon-to-retire Red Sox hitter
David Ortiz or to fans known as
Big Papi.
As part of a joint-plan between
the House, Senate and Governor’s
office, the House Committee on
Ways and Means Committee put
language out to poll as part of a
supplemental budget that would
rename the Brookline Avenue
bridge to the David Ortiz “Big
Papi” bridge.
The bridge is located between
Landsowne Street and Newbury
Street, spanning the Massachusetts
Turnpike. It currently serves as a
main entry point for many fans
(McKinley School Pg. 4)
BARKTOBERFEST
that travel from the Kenmore area
on their way to Fenway Park.
The Massachusetts Department
of Transportation will place a suitable marker on the bridge bearing
the designation that will be compliance with the standards of the
department.
“David Ortiz’s accomplish(Big Papi Bridge Pg. 18)
Boston City Council pushes for mitigation of Canada Geese
By Beth Treffeisen
Canada Geese that flout long
black necks and white cheek markings are plaguing Boston’s multiple
parks and fields around the city.
The growing population continues
to litter the grass, walkways and
docks with unwanted droppings,
causing many public spaces to be
left unpleasant and even unwelcoming to residents.
In an effort to fix this problem, City Councilor Annissa
Essaibi-George raised the issue at
last week's Boston City Council
Meeting, stating it as a quality of
life issue that needs to be resolved.
The other city councilors agreed, passing it onto the
Committee of Parks, Recreation
and Transportation. The City
Council hearing about the mitigation of Canada Geese will be
held on October 11, at 1pm at
(Geese Pg. 4)
Photo by Joe Prezioso
Hilde the Dachshund, held by Kevin Cater, gets his third place ribbon during the SoWa Barktoberfest to benefit the South End’s Animal
Rescue League (ARL). The daylong festivities on Oct. 2, sponsored by
the ARL Young Professionals, helped raise much-needed funds for the
ARL and brought the neighborhood, and its dogs, out for a fun afternoon. See more photos on page 5.
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Photo by Joseph Prezioso
A sudden and controversial
plan to potentially demolish the
McKinley South End Academy on
Warren Avenue in the South End
and build a new 4-6 story school
to house the Josiah Quincy Middle
and High Schools has been shelved
for the time being in order to get
more input from faculty, parents
and - most importantly - the community.
The plan surfaced in small pieces over the summer, but really
emerged this fall in the neighborhood as those from the Ellis South
End Neighborhood Association
began to get details of the plan
through working in a relatively
new friendly partnership with the
McKinley community. A preliminary plan discussed was to build
the new, much larger school on
the site of the McKinley South End
- which houses a very vulnerable
special needs population, many
of whom suffered severe trauma and then move McKinley students
into a facility on Columbia Point
in Dorchester.
To date, Ellis members said
there has not been any community
meeting with them about what
could be a very inconvenient and
neighborhood-changing school
building project.
The Sun previously reported
that a deadline of Sept. 29 had
been imposed on the Boston Public
Schools (BPS) to present a plan to
the state School Building Authority
(MSBA) in order to advance the
Quincy School project to the next
stage of the planning process.
The end result of that was BPS
asking for a delay.
“They told us they were seeking
an extension,” said Matt Donovan
of the MSBA. “Nothing was submitted to us by the Sept. 29 deadline to make the agenda for the
Nov. 9 Board meeting. We’ve been
working with them for awhile.
We’ll look forward to planning for
this and continuing our working
relationship with Boston."
In a statement, BPS told the
Sun they needed time to review
the project with the community, and that any project involving
the Quincy School and McKinley
Schools would be run through
the existing 10-year Facilities and
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editorial
VOTERS SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO
THE FOUR BALLOT QUESTIONS
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On November 8, Massachusetts voters will go to the polls to elect a new President
of the United States as well as other state and county positions on the ballot.
However, voters need to pay attention to the four ballot questions that will have an
effect on the Commonwealth in general.
Voters should consider checking off their opinion on all four questions.
This article is not an endorsement of a Yes or No but an encouragement for voters
to make a decision on the questions that are as follows:
Question 1
The Expanded Gaming Initiative would allow the Gaming Commission to issue an
additional slots license.
Question 2
The Increase Access to Public Charter Schools Initiative would authorize the
approval of up to 12 new charter schools or enrollment expansions in existing charter
schools by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education per year.
Question 3
The Farm Animal Containment Initiative would prohibit certain methods of farm
animal containment.
Question 4
The Marijuana Legalization Initiative would legalize recreational marijuana for
individuals at least 21 years old.
We encourage our readers to visit ma.gov for the 2016 Ballot questions along with
the pros and cons of each. As the election nears, the state typically publishes overviews
of each question, with an explanation of exactly what “Yes” and “No” responses
mean for each question. Many people bring a prepared checklist of their answers into
the voting booth because some questions are confusing as worded.
The outcome of each of these questions will truly affect the lives of residents in our
community.
New captain heading up D-4, Lanchester comes
back to familiar territory
By Seth Daniel
Capt. Wayne Lanchester has taken the
reins of the Area D-4 station house, and
will be the successor to long-time Capt.
Paul Ivens, who retired recently.
Capt. Lanchester began his work as
the new captain late last week and
has begun traveling around to the various neighborhood associations to introduce himself to the public. On Tuesday
night, he attended the New York Streets
Neighborhood Association meeting as
his first foray into the civic world.
“I am the new captain in D-4 and
started that work last week,” he told the
meeting. “It’s exciting to see a community so involved and interested in what’s
happening. It makes our job much easier.”
Capt. Wayne Lanchester has assumed
the new role of leading Area D-4 after
the recent retirement of Capt. Paul
Ivens. Lanchester introduced himself
Tuesday night at the New York Street
Neighborhood Association. He has most
(New D-4 Captain Pg. 17) recently been the captain of Allston-Bridge
Area D-14.
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
As someone who grew up in the shadow
of old Boston City Hospital where my dad
was employed for over 35 years, I remember back in the late ‘60s when the issue
of drug addiction first, then homelessness,
plagued the neighborhood around Worcester
Square. I lived on East Springfield Street for
many years growing up in my old hood.
I remember when the first methadone clinic opened up in the ground floor of the old
Outpatient Building across the street from
the City Spa Cafeteria where I worked my
way through college. The methadone quickly
became public enemy number one as clients
to the clinic started making the immediate
neighborhood nervous as they hung around
all day doing good things but many bad
things too. Some were using the area surrounding the clinic as their public restrooms,
others were caught trying to sell their stuff,
etc. I remember talking with Dr. Patch who
opened this clinic back then. He was really
trying to help these clients find freedom from
their addictions.
Eventually, the clinic was re-located away
from the neighborhood to a more isolated
area back off Albany Street. Apparently,
issues over placement of these clinics that
started back in 1969 continue to this day.
I can remember back then as a 22 year old
upset with the powers-that-be thinking that
my neighborhood must have been useless
because someone was always proposing a
clinic, a shelter, something all the time as if
we were the dumping ground for all society’s
problems. Hey, at least today, clinics or shelters always come before the neighborhood to
dialogue directly.
As City Councilor Frank Baker has said,
“This neighborhood is going through a very,
very tough time.” Might I add going back to
when I was a young college student working
behind the counter at the City Spa. After over
45 years now, residents of this little patch
of the South End I called home have been
treated like lab rats, testing theories on social
issues. It is time to free this neighborhood
from the addiction of social workers who
can’t see the forest from the trees.
Sal Giarratani
East Boston via South End
Guest Op-Ed
Early Voting is Coming to Boston
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Voting in Boston is about to become more
convenient. For the first time, registered
voters who reside in the City of Boston will
be able to take part in early voting, ahead
of the November 8th Presidential election.
This exciting new initiative, made possible
by the 2014 Elections Reforms Law, will
give Boston voters more options in choosing
when and where to vote.
For two weeks, between October 24 and
November 4, early voting polling locations
will be open across the City, creating more
opportunities for voters to let their voices
be heard. We’ve selected polling locations
based off of community feedback and smart
planning. Voters will also be able to request
early voting ballots by mail, which they can
then return by mail or in person to City Hall.
One of the reasons this initiative is innovative is that voters participating during the
early voting period will be able to cast their
ballot at any polling location in the City
-- regardless of what neighborhood they live
in. We hope that this additional flexibility
will allow for more people to take part in the
most critical part of our democracy.
Our lives are busier and more complicated than they used to be, so it takes work to
ensure voting is accessible to everyone. That’s
why we made early voting possible with this
year’s City budget: we allocated $670,000
to implement early voting, which includes
resources for a citywide marketing campaign
and long-term investments such as electronic
poll books, used to process voters at the
polling locations, that will be useful in future
elections. Bostonians’ lives will continue with
their busy pace, and our investment in early
voting means everyone will be able to participate in the civic process.
After this year’s election, Elections
Department Commissioner Dion Irish and
his team will evaluate what worked and what
could be improved upon for future elections.
Our goal is for the City of Boston to serve
as an example for communities across the
Commonwealth and beyond -- and if you’re
a Boston voter, I hope you will take part.
Early voting will give everyone more
opportunity to vote. For first time-voters,
busy moms and dads, young professionals,
persons with disabilities and our seniors, this
initiative will allow you to make a plan to
vote that works around your schedule, not
the other way around.
Making a plan to vote is important. As we
near this early voting period, I encourage all
voters to find a location that works for you.
There are important decisions to be made in
the voting booth and it requires full participation from every voter.
I’m proud that Boston has taken a
thoughtful approach to early voting. As citizens of a country founded on the idea that
the government is formed by the people, we
are afforded the opportunity to choose who
represents us -- a right we cannot take for
granted. Creating the conditions that allow
more people to participate in the process will
make for a stronger City, state and nation.
Whether you plan to vote during the early
voting period, or on Election Day, November
8, let your voice be heard. Every vote counts.
A full early voting schedule can be found
at www.boston.gov/early-voting.
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Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St., 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
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FRIDAY, OCT. 7
EVENT, SoWa Artists Guild’s “First Friday,” 450
Harrison Ave., 5-9 p.m., call 978-337-4191 or visit
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more information
OFFICE HOURS, State Rep. Jay Livingstone, Thinking
Cup, 85 Newbury St., 9:30-10:30 a.m.
CONCERT, tenor Samuel Levine’ s musical exploration of French poets Hugo, Baudelaire, Verlaine and
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19
EVENT, conference and workshop on Charlie Archives
Project from Harvard University, French Cultural
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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26
EVENT, wine tasting, French Cultural Center, 53
Marlborough St., 6:30-8:30 p.m., admission: $65 for
FUNDRAISER, Community Boating’s 26th annual
“Raise the Sails Gala,” Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St.,
6:30 p.m., visit/www.community-boating.org for tickets
and more information
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
FUNDRAISER, Mosaïque fifth anniversary celebration,
French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough St., 6:30 p.m.,
contact Glenna Pop-Stefanov at 617-912-0400 ext. 416
for more information
Girard (from pg. 1)
very valuable, but not getting used
all that much. He also had a large
congregation that was unable to
sustain the Parish. Putting two
and two together, Father Balliri
approached Roth though a mutual friend.
“He had these severe deficits,”
said Roth. “He had property in
an area with the largest increasing
property values in New England
and also he had one of the poorest
Parishes in the system. He wanted
to see how the land could actually
sustain this institution through the
future. The idea was really his. We
met through a mutual friend and
sat down and talked and also had
to sell the idea to other members
of the Archdiocese. That took
time and there were complexities.
It was a three-year process to
assemble the land transaction. We
finally succeeded in getting that
ironed out.”
He added that Father Balliri’s
commitment and inspiration led
to a great new apartment building
and a sustainable Parish.
“The reason for this project,
though it’s turned into a great
apartment community, was
to strengthen the future of the
Cathedral of the Holy Cross,”
said Roth. “I think we’ve achieved
that as well.”
After that great partnership
was memorialized with the land
transaction, Roth began designing
the project with extreme care taking a year to iron out the space
plans and to dig into the details of
every square inch of the Girard,
right down to analyzing how the
closets would work.
The thoughts behind the design
were inspired by Alexander Girard
- a designer from the mid-20th
Century who is the namesake of
the building. Girard used very
Courtesy Photos
A photo of the living room in the model unit at the Girard on Harrison
Avenue, which began move-ins this week. This particular unit is a 960
sq. ft., two-bedroom unit which rents for between $3,920 - $4,345.
Developer Peter Roth, of the South End, said it is “decidedly contemporary."
contemporary design, but also
leaned on bright color pallettes
and the use of folk art.
Beyond that, a major influence on the spirit of the Girard
came from the living room of the
Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum.
“It’s a room designed to be
comfortable with big couches and
comfortable chairs and rugs from
Afghanistan,” said Roth. “It has a
wonderful Library and you want
to spend some time there. We
thought if we could create anything like that, it would be a
success. We took that space and…
tried to emulate that spirit. Yes,
we copied some of the pieces, but
it was the spirit we were after."
The amenities for the project
include one very unique thing in
that there is a guest suite that any
resident can reserve for a visitor.
There is also 3,600 sq. ft. of retail
that Roth said would likely be a
restaurant, with the tenant to be
announced this month.
“We see the building as something a more mature professional
or empty nesters or a professional
who might be coming to Boston
for a post-doctoral program might
be attracted to,” said Roth. “Our
units are a little larger…They all
have real dining areas and not
a place where you struggle to
find where the table goes. The
kitchens are designed actually for
people who like to cook. They
aren’t just cabinets slapped on a
wall. Some units have gas cooking
ranges available, which is almost
never found in apartment units.
We have a great location that can
support it and a great part of the
neighborhood to seek out art,
restaurants and parks. It has all
the things people love about the
South End.”
Being a resident of the South
End himself, living just down the
street in ArtBlock, Roth thanked
the community for putting up with
the construction and the seven
years it took from conception to
completion. He also thanked the
community for the kind words of
encouragement, saying it has been
well received.
“Every time I’m stopped by a
friend or neighbor on the street - I
only live two blocks away - they
are thrilled by the way it’s turned
out,” he said. “It’s great to have
all our hard work acknowledged
by these friends and neighbors I
see every day…Certainly, I will
acknowledge neighbors have
been immensely inconvenienced
because the building fills up most
of the site…We had to close down
half of the street for a little longer
than expected…It’s all coming to
an end though…We hope neighbors will like what we’ve done
and enjoy a new landmark in the
South End.”
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mark in the community now that
we’re through the construction
and it is becoming occupied,”
said developer and Southender
Peter Roth, of New Atlantic
Development. “It’s a strong building and very respectful to its historic context, but there’s nothing
historic about it. It’s strikingly
contemporary…Our goal is to
really share information about
design, architecture and the arts
and build that into a community…We’ve really tried to make the
experience more than having just
a fantastic apartment…Now that
we can move people in, qualified
renters who walk through the
door, and are interested, are closing the deal because the quality of
our apartments. We really do have
the best product on the market.”
While there are curated finishes, extensive art program, unique
amenities and a noted property
manager (Pezzutto Management,
which is fairly new to Boston),
the best part of the Girard story
is the cooperation between the
Cathedral, Roth and the community to produce a project nearly
everyone sees as a positive in a
booming area of the neighborhood.
Roth began working on the
Girard soon after completing the
ArtBlock condos on Harrison
Avenue near the Boston Medical
Center campus - a successful partnership with the Boston
Redevelopment Authority (BRA)
that opened in 2008. Roth lives
and works out of the ArtBlock,
and got high marks from the
community, something that the
Cathedral’s Father Kevin Balliri
heard about. Father Balliri was in a conundrum at the time.
He had a parking lot that was
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Geese (from pg. 1)
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City Hall.
“The geese impact us all,”
said Councilor Essaibi-George.
“Whether it’s kids playing soccer
on Franklin Field or people cleaning goose droppings from their
dogs paws or even a city spending
millions to correct the environmental impact of the geese on a
pond in Brighton.”
The order states that a single
goose can consume up to four
pounds of grass per day and produce as much as three pounds of
fecal matter every day.
Canada geese are often territorial and aggressive, especially while
protecting goslings. Adult geese
can violently chase other wildlife,
children and small adults, hissing
and even slapping and biting.
This waterfowl has no natural
predators that have allowed the
problem to grow exponentially
throughout the city.
“I have, at least for the last year,
year and half have been hearing
from my constituents particularly
of the Fenway, the problems the
menace, caused by these geese,”
said Councilor Josh Zakim at the
City Council Meeting. “Some constituents have proposed somewhat
extreme measures but I think it is
important that we address this.”
Councilor Zakim stated that
the city has already spent millions
of dollars to go towards the parks
department each year and that it
is important to make sure that the
parks are safe and clean.
Both Councilor Zakim and
Councilor Matt O’Malley agreed
to include off-leash dog parks in
this solution.
“I think it really does address
a major quality of life issue in
many of our neighborhoods,” said
Councilor Zakim. “I think it’s
something I would be happy to be
talking about with my constituents
and neighborhoods and facilitat-
Geese feed off the newly planted grass along the Muddy River in the
Fenway area.
ing suggestions – hopefully on the
more humane side of things than
some of the others that I’ve heard
in passing – but this is high-time
that we address this issue.”
Marie Fukuda, a board member
at the Fenway Civic Association,
gardener and 30-year resident of
the neighborhood said that she is
routinely asked about efforts to
control goose populations in the
Back Bay Fens.
Since Canada geese still have
some protected measures under
federal law there are limited means
to controlling the population such
as oiling the eggs that are found in
the area.
“What is undeniable is that
they negatively impact people who
want to use parkland, and that
their growing presence has cut
down on the amount of park that
people can enjoy in the Back Bay
Fens and the ways in which they
can enjoy it,” wrote Fukuda in
e-mail.
Fukuda added that the feces
that the birds drop carry a number
of pathogens including E. Coli,
campylobacter, and other bacteria.
There are two different populations of Canada geese in
Massachusetts, according to a
handout by the state’s Division
of Fisheries & Wildlife. The first
is the migratory population that
passes through in the spring and
fall and the other is the resident
population that stem from descen-
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Geese Beacons line the Esplanade
to deter Canada Geese from nesting in the area.
dants of captive geese used by
waterfowl hunters.
Many captive birds were
released into the wild in the 1930s
after live decoys were outlawed.
With no pattern of migration, these
geese began nesting that was followed by a population explosion.
Geese in urban areas, according
to MassWildlife tend to live twice
as long as those in more rural
areas.
Councilor Essaibi-George stated that the U.S. National Park
Service has already acted to protect
pedestrians, mitigate damage to
Washington Mall’s natural resources, and prevent a potential public
health hazard by using border collies that “haze” but do not harm
the geese.
Here in Boston, the Esplanade
Association and the Friends of the
Public Garden already use similar
methods to address the problem.
“In partnership with the Parks
Department, we already employ
GooseBusters, a company that uses
trained Border Collies with a handler,” wrote Susan Abell the director of communications of Friends
of the Public Garden in e-mail.
“The dogs have been the most
effective and humane goose control
solution, but nothing is perfect,”
Abell continued. “We support a
humane city-wide effort to reduce
the negative impact of the geese
and their droppings in city parks.”
The Executive Director, Liz
Vizza of Friends of the Public
Garden will be talking at the City
Council hearing about this issue on
October 11.
The Esplanade Association
has been working to mitigate the
problem for years now when they
hired Geese Police, another Border
Collie company whose methods
are endorsed by the PETA and the
Humane Society in 2005.
“They see the geese as a predator and than they fly away,” said
Elliot Oren the owner of Geese
Police.
Oren and his dogs cover the
Esplanade two times a day and
sometimes they come out at night.
Over the years he said he has
seen some improvement but the
park is three miles long and runs
along a riverbed, making it a prime
spot for the geese.
“It’s not good to have the droppings build up,” said Oren that
believes it is not super dangerous
but people can get sick if they put
a water bottle down and might
accidentally ingest it.
“Anyone who lives in Boston
knows it’s a problem,” Oren continued.
More recently, the Esplanade
Association have placed four
Geese Beacons that are black
and orange canisters located at
the Eliot Memorial and the Teddy
Eversol Red Sox Fields beginning
in September 2014.
The solar-powered, amber
colored light at night mimics the
reflection of light in a predator’s
eyes that frightens the geese enough
that they move their nests to an
area that they consider to be safer.
Fewer nests mean fewer geese
during the day.
But, Oren said, “It’s not going
to get any better until we break the
nesting pattern. Otherwise, these
geese are just going to keep coming
back.”
McKinley School (from pg. 1)
Education Master Plan that is
currently being conducted. That
process is expected to start having
reports on the educational aspect
this week, and facilities projects
within that plan would be unveiled
later in the fall.
"The Build BPS 10-Year
Facilities and Educational Master
Plan will inform any future major
school capital investments to
ensure that any changes best meet
the demands of 21st Century learning for all students,” read a statement to the Sun. “Boston Public
Schools feels it necessary to request
time from the MSBA to adequately evaluate impacts and convey
implications to stakeholders and
community members. BPS works
closely with partners at the MSBA
to ensure timely and transparent
communication relating to the timing, cost and feasibility associated
with a major capital project involving multiple sites. Major logistical moves must be evaluated to
determine impact to cost, schedule,
enrollment, transportation, assignment and community impact.”
Neighbors abutting the project
have been flabbergasted by the
lack of information and communication given to them on what
would be an extraordinary change
to their properties, many of which
would have had their views and
sunlight blocked.
Betsy Hall, an abutter who also
happens to be president of the
Ellis South End, spoke as a abutter
said she was disappointed that the
City hadn’t yet reached out to the
neighborhood or the abutters. She
also said she was relieved that the
brakes have been put on for now.
"As an abutter, I am relieved
to learn that this project has been
postponed, hopefully for a long
time,” she said this week. "The
neighbors were deeply concerned
about uprooting the kids with no
clear option for relocation as well
as about such major construction in the midst of this relatively
fragile, residential neighborhood.
Speaking for the Ellis South End
Neighborhood Association, I continue to be amazed at the lack
of transparency over this project.
I saw my role as one of sharing
information and all I could share
were rumors... Going forward, for
everyone's sake, perhaps we can be
better informed.”
A facilities proposal, based on
several community meetings last
spring and summer, is expected to
be presented to the Boston School
Committee this fall. Any project
or proposal including the Quincy
School or the McKinley South End
would be included, or not, in that
10-year plan.
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OCTOBER 6, 2016
PA G E 5
THE BOSTON SUN
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON HOSTS BARKTOBERFEST
Photos by Joe Prezioso
The Young Professionals group
of the Animal Rescue League of
Boston (ARL) held a Barktoberfest
this past Sunday, Oct. 2, at the
SoWa Power Station beer and wine
garden to benefit the shelter and
raise awareness for shelter dogs.
A doggy costume competition was
held. Judges based their rulings
on theme relevance (Oktoberfest),
looks, and stride. Two German-dressed dogs,
Lucca and Cornelius, took first
place and won gift baskets full of
goodies and gift cards.
People could buy beer mugs and
beer throughout the festival and
money raised from the sales benefitted the ARL shelter, which is on
Chandler Street in the South End.
First place winners Lucca and
Cornelius. Their German-inspired
costumes helped them take the
prize.
Pictured above, about 40 dogs
showed up for the event with 15
taking part in the doggy parade
and Barktoberfest costume contest.
Pictured to the left, Sky the Pit
Bull was dressed up as a ballerina.
Harmony and Whitney Fall with Jamie Roy (center) and dogs Jett, Diego
and Drift.
Catherine Gatos and Rachel Brackish hold their dogs, Sampson and
Ellie, with new Trump and Hillary plush dog chew toys from Fish and
Bones.
The Young Professionals group
of the Animal Rescue League
of Boston (ARL) with Lauren
Framer, Diana Adelman, Elizabeth
Dorsa, Kristy Brownell and doggy
Remington.
Meet the Middle Schools
WEDNESDAY
October 19, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
at Kingsley Montessori School, 26 Exeter Street, Boston
Parents and students are invited to meet
school representatives from these Greater
Boston middle and secondary schools:
OPEN HOUSE
Beaver Country Day School • Belmont Hill School •
Boston College High School • Boston Trinity
Academy • Brimmer and May • British International
School of Boston • Buckingham Browne & Nichols •
Cambridge Montessori School • Dana Hall School•
Dexter Southfield • Landmark School • Meridian
Academy • Milton Academy • Newton Country Day •
Noble and Greenough School • The Park School •
The Roxbury Latin School • Shady Hill School •
Thayer Academy
October 6, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
October 17, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
November 9, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
Joyful, engaged learning ... right around the corner.
Toddler – Grade 6
•
One Park Street and 67 Brimmer Street
•
617.523.7577
•
parkstreetschool.org
617-226-4927 • www.kingsley.org
No RSVP required
Free and Open to the Public
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OCTOBER 6, 2016
THE BOSTON SUN
PA G E 6
Neighborhood Round Up
Rep. Livingstone’s
office hours
State Rep. Jay Livingstone, representing the 8th Suffolk District
which includes Boston and parts
of Cambridge, will hold office
hours at the Thinking Cup, 85
Newbury St., on Thursday, Oct.
6, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. He will
be holding office hours monthly
to receive feedback, ideas and suggestions on both local neighborhood issues and statewide policy
priorities.
Free concert featuring French art songs
at CMCB
Black
Samuel Levine, tenor, will present a
musical exploration of four major
French poets - Hugo, Baudelaire,
Verlaine and Apollinair, with
songs by Gounod, Fauré, Debussy,
Duparc, Poulenc, Wagner (in
French), Shostakovich and others, at the Community Music
Center of Boston, 34 Warren Ave.,
on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m.
Admission is free.
Levine has emerged as an elegant, robust tenor on the cusp of
a major career. He is a second-year
candidate for the Artist Diploma
in Opera Studies at the Juilliard
School, where he was featured
last season as Le Mari in Les
Mamelles de Tiresia.
Visit www.cmcb.org or call 617482-7494 for more information.
SoWa Artists Guild’s
‘First Friday’
On the “First Friday” of each
month, including Oct. 7, from 5
to 9 p.m., more than 70 artists
open their studios at 450 Harrison
Ave. Meet the artists in their element and view their latest works.
The SoWa Artists Guild strives to
make its art and artists accessible
to everyone. The event is free, and
parking is available. For more
information, call 978-337-4191
or visit www.SOWAartists.com.
Boston’s High Holiday
at Westin Copley
Place Hotel
Chabad of Downtown Boston’s
High Holiday services take place
at the Westin Copley Place Hotel,
including Yom Kippur services on
Oct. 11 and 12.
Services are open to all and
free of charge, but donations are
appreciated.
Guests can access the hotel
via the entrance at the corner
of Stuart and Dartmouth streets
(across from Starbucks).
For more information, call
617-297-7282 or e-mail info@
ChabadDB.org. To R.S.V.P., visit
ChabadDB.org/HH.
Collaborative art project at French Cultural
Center
For the month of October, the
French Cultural Center, located
at 53 Marlborough St., presents
“Ex Libris ExChange” – an international collaborative art project sponsored by the Boston/
Strasburg Sister City Association
that includes the work of 26 talented artists – 13 from Boston
and 13 from Strasbourg - who
created original artists’ books
and maps based on a common
theme. Their work was inspired
by an elaborately illustrated 18th
century journal created by Georg
Daniel Flor, a member of a French
brigade that participated in the
American Revolutionary War.
An opening reception for the
exhibit will be held at the center
on Thursday, Oct. 6, from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m.
Visit frenchculturalcenter.org or
call 617-912-0400 for more information.
‘Awakening to Joy’ class
at First Church Boston
Beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 11,
from 6:30 to 8 p.m., First Church
Boston is offering a class entitled
“Awakening to Joy” in its Hale
Chapel at 66 Marlborough St.
The class, which will be
held on the second Tuesday of
every month, is presented by H.
Constance Hill, author, artist and
Inner Life coach who will introduce practical spiritual wisdom,
tools and practices that can fundamentally shift for the positive the
experience of life.
All are welcome. There is no
charge, and no R.S.V.P. is necessary. For further information,
contact [email protected].
Conference and
workshop on Harvard’s
Charlie Archives Project
The French Cultural Center, located at 53 Marlborough St., presents a conference and workshop
on the Charlie Archives Project
from Harvard University on
Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 6 to
6:45 p.m.
The conference will feature a
panel discussion with Lidia Uziel,
from the Western Languages
Division at Widener Library;
Virginie Greene and Nicole Mills,
from the Romance Languages and
Literatures department at Harvard
University’s Widener Library and
co-founders of the Charlie Archive
project; and Sarah Gensburger
and Gérôme Truc, researchers at
the National Center for Scientific
Research, discussing the creation
and scholarly importance of the
archive.
Visit frenchculturalcenter.org or
call 617-912-0400 for more information.
Wine tasting at French
Cultural Center
The French Cultural Center, located at 53 Marlborough St., invites
wine enthusiasts for an exclusive
tasting on Wednesday, Oct. 26,
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Master of Wine Matthew Stubbs
will feature six wines from the
South of France and engage an
educational and interactive discussion on the wine making process in the Languedoc-Roussillon
region.
Discover the diversity of styles,
grape varieties and the personalities of this breathtaking 300-mile
stretch of the Mediterranean and
why it is home to some of the
most exciting wines of France.
Interactive, fun and educational,
Stubbs will discuss the regions
specificities, vineyards and winemaking techniques. By the end of
the evening guests will know their
Picpoul from their Bandol and
their Chateauneuf-Du-Pape from
their Côtes du Roussillon.
Admission is $65 for French
Cultural Center members and $75
for non-members. Visit frenchculturalcenter.org or call 617-9120400 for more information.
‘Raise the Sails’
on Nov. 2
Community Boating’s 26th annual
“Raise the Sails Gala” takes place
at the Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles
St., on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 6:30
p.m.
This masked, themed event,
which supports CBI’s junior accessible programs, features an auction, raffle, hors d’oeuvres, dancing and more.
Visit/www.community-boating.
org for tickets and more information.
Margaret Edson’s ‘Wit’
coming to First Church
Hub Theatre Company of Boston
presents “Wit” by Tony nominated
and Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Margaret Edson at First Church
Boston, 66 Marlborough St., from
Nov. 4 to 19. Performances are
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays
and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and
Sundays at 5 p.m.
The play is directed by John
Geoffrion, Hub’s artistic director,
and features Elliot Norton Award
Winner Liz Adams as Vivian
Bearing, Ph.D., a professor of seventeenth-century English poetry
and an expert in the fiendishly
difficult poetry of John Donne.
Demanding of herself and others,
she’s allowed herself little time
to cultivate a life outside of her
all-consuming quest for knowledge. But when she’s diagnosed
with ovarian cancer, she’s forced
to confront her own mortality
with a profundity and humor that
transforms her, and all who witness her remarkable journey.
All performances are “Pay-WhatYou-Can”. For this production,
donations of children’s books will
be collected at each performance
and distributed to local charities. For tickets and information
visit, www.hubtheatreboston.org.
French Cultural Center’s
Mosaïque anniversary
celebration
The French Cultural Center, located at 53 Marlborough St., presents
its fifth anniversary celebration for
Mosaïque – the center’s initiative
for expanded and exceptional cultural community programming on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
A conference entitled “The Future
of American Art Museums” takes
place at 6:30 p.m., followed by
a champagne reception at 8 p.m.
At the conference, Anne Poulet,
director emerita of the Frick
Collection and curator emerita
of the Department of European
Decorative Arts and Sculpture at
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
will present her experiences as a
leader in the art world and her
perspective on the future of arts
and culture organizations. Guests
will have the opportunity to speak
with Poulet while enjoying live
music and French hors d’oeuvres
during the champagne reception.
Proceeds from this event will support our Mosaïque initiative.
For more information, contact
Glenna Pop-Stefanov, development officer, at 617-912-0400 ext.
416.
Boston Chapter of The
Compassionate Friends
meets First Tuesday
The Boston Chapter of The
Compassionate Friends (TCF)
meets at Trinity Church on the
first Tuesday of each month from
6 to 7:30 p.m.
TCF is a national self-help,
mutual-assistance organization
offering friendship, understanding
and hope to bereaved parents and
their families. Call 617-539-6424
or e-mail [email protected]
for more information.
Volunteer at
Spaulding Rehab
Stay active, meet new people and
be connected with your community by volunteering at Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital. Staff
members will match your skills
and interests to a volunteer opportunity. The hospital is currently
recruiting volunteers, ages 18 and
up, for two- to three-hour-a-week
shifts for a minimum of six to 12
months commitment. Visit www.
spauldingnetwork.org for more
information.
Volunteers needed
for American Cancer
Society cosmetic
sessions
The American Cancer Society is
currently seeking volunteers for
the “Look Good…Feel Better”
sessions held at Tufts Medical
Center, 800 Washington St. “Look
Good . . . Feel Better” is a free program that teaches cancer patients
hands-on cosmetic techniques
to help them cope with appearance-related side effects from
chemotherapy and/or radiation
treatments. Cosmetologists certified and trained by the American
Cancer Society conduct the sessions, which are non-medical and
do not promote any product line.
Volunteers are needed to assist
the cosmetologist conducting the
session and are responsible for
set-up, cleanup, and any other
needs of the program. Programs
are held from noon to 2 p.m.,
one Monday every other month.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Nanyamka Hales
at 781-314-2611 or via e-mail at
[email protected], or
visit cancer.org.
FINDS US ONLINE
W W W. T H E B O S T O N S U N . C O M
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OCTOBER 6, 2016
PA G E 7
THE BOSTON SUN
ELLIS SOUTH END NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOC. FALL TASTING "BACK TO REALITY"
Photos by Samantha Mellman
The
Ellis
South
End
Neighborhood Association held its
Fall tasting—“Back to Reality” on
Thursday, Sept. 22, at the home of
Tony Gordon on Stanhope Street.
The lively group tasted a creative
selection of wines (white, rosé and
red) made from a variety of varietals complemented with appropriate fare.
The group enjoyed recapping
the summer and preparing for a
busy Fall season.
John and Lynne Benson with Caryn and Michael Bradley enjoying the
wine tasting with friends.
Dan and Cathy Phillips with Regina Pyle at the Ellis wine tasting.
Black
Grace Gregor with Persis Dhas at the Ellis wine tasting. Ellis members enjoyed catching up at their end of summer Back to Reality wine tasting. Barbara Hoffman, Director of Appleton Street Bill Gregor, with
Elizabeth Stevens at the Back to Reality wine tasting.
Margaret Eifert and Lynne Benson at the Back to Reality wine tasting.
The Ellis South End Neighborhood
Association Fall tasting, “Back to
Reality” featured several shades of
wine from a Pinotage from South
Africa to a Rosé from Oregon.
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OCTOBER 6, 2016
THE BOSTON SUN
PA G E 8
Attention
to
Real Estate Transfers
SELLER 1
ADDRESS
CITY
PRICE
Perkins, Charles Rizzo, Nancy L
Merrill, Craig A 86 Berkeley LLC
Langer Robert M Est PC&Z LLC
197 Marlborough St LLC
109 Beacon St #1
179 Beacon St #5
313 Beacon St #13
86 Berkeley St
280 Commonwealth Ave #301
146 Marlborough St #7
197 Marlborough St
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
$1,099,000
$1,145,000
$797,000
$2,185,000
$1,099,000
$625,000
$12,000,000
BEACON HILL
Reep Ofc 1 Bowdoin Sq LLC
Kane, Stephanie A
Cano, Audrey M Artola, Eduardo
Brickman 1 Bowdoin LLC
Livingstone, James D
Jafry, Syed
Jewell, George W
15 New Chardon St
19 Revere St #1
38 Temple St #2
6 Whittier Pl #7F
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
$61,835,000
$491,000
$990,000
$435,000
SOUTH END
Fernald, Joseph Lowery, Frederick M
Tadvalkar, Chetan South End Real Estate LLC
Highline Concord LLC
Stephensen, Harry D Yang, Yuchen
Paunero LLC
Teetshorn, Erin
Whitcomb, Andrea J
Lapinski, Michele Thi 6 Boston LLC
Fitzgerald, Craig Bolat, Christopher T Compact Cape Cod Conserv
Roode, Timothy A Steven H Holtzman RT Foley, Michael
Chudnoff, Eric
Haag, Rebecca L Scialla, Salvatore Gravis, Robert M
Factor, Cullen D Rock, Barry J
Kerr, Brian
KHP Boston Hotel LLC
Whitcomb, Andrea J
Laflamme, Nichel L 25 Follen St #3R
Boston
38 Worcester St #1
Boston
5 Dwight St #3
Boston
103 E Brookline St #3
Boston
49 E Concord St
Boston
21 Father Francis Gilday St
Boston
183-185A Massachusetts Ave #201 Boston
60 Queensberry St #9
Boston
476 Shawmut Ave #2
Boston
597 Tremont St #1
Boston
655-659 Tremont St #5
Boston
90 Tremont St
Boston
41 Union Park #4
Boston
1688 Washington St #4
Boston
$382,000
$920,000
$1,725,000
$602,000
$2,350,000
$660,000
$838,000
$475,000
$900,162
$530,000
$720,000
$85,100,300
$1,226,000
$1,475,000
2 Battery Wharf #4309
1 Franklin St #1205
1 Franklin St #1208
1 Franklin St #1406
1 Franklin St #1509
1 Franklin St #1601
1 Franklin St #1703
1 Franklin St #1705
1 Franklin St #2103
1 Franklin St #2103
1 Franklin St #2401
1 Franklin St #2607
1 Franklin St #3101
1 Franklin St #3203
1 Franklin St #3404
1 Franklin St #3501
1 Franklin St #3609
1 Franklin St #3707
1 Franklin St #4005
1 Franklin St #4101
1 Franklin St #4103
1 Franklin St #4602
1 Franklin St #4801
1 Franklin St #5101
1 Franklin St #5103
1 Franklin St #5204
1 Franklin St #5304
1 Franklin St #5404
1 Franklin St #5406
20 Rowes Wharf #602
77 South St #2
$1,750,000
$1,485,000
$1,675,000
$915,000
$870,000
$945,000
$1,780,000
$1,475,000
$1,860,000
$2,395,000
$1,770,000
$1,740,000
$1,945,000
$3,600,000
$2,970,000
$2,100,000
$1,205,000
$1,955,000
$2,375,000
$2,950,000
$5,000,000
$6,675,000
$3,550,000
$3,700,000
$5,550,000
$3,595,000
$3,345,000
$3,395,000
$4,750,000
$1,259,500
$613,000
Detail
By Penny Cherubino
THIS WEEK'S ANSWER
Black
The decorative column in the last clue is on 20 Charlesgate West. The
1920 Automobile Blue Book contained an advertisement for the Hotel
Gralyn at this address, “Rooms en’ Suite. Two to four rooms with bath,
$5 to $8 per day.” Today this building rents rooms as Our Lady’s Guild
House and is a tax exempt property.
You’ll find the next clue in the South End.
Do you have a favorite building or detail you would like featured? Send
an email to [email protected] with your suggestion.
BUYER 1
BACK BAY
Fitzpatrick, Thomas Liptrot, Christopher Ransohoff, Richard M
61 Elm Street LLC
Krantz, Alexander Cabral, Joseph
Bornstein, Jeffrey S WATERFRONT/DOWNTOWN
Miller, Rebecca
Oreberg, Stephen
Park, Won
Cushing, Pamela Hakeem, Loai
MP Franklin Tower Co LLC
Jambhekar, Shriniwas MP Franklin Tower Co LLC
Yu, Jing
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Pandji, Hoover
Shania Holdings Co LLC
Shapiro, Alayne Shania Holdings Co LLC
Chung, Pan L
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Abushaar, Fahed MP Franklin Tower Co LLC
Hawkins, Deborah
Aird, Carlton
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Bramhall, Robert A MP Franklin Tower Co LLC
Massabni, Edmond
Punjabi, Tony T MP Franklin Tower Co LLC
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Ahmed, Saleh
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Chapman, Suzanne
MT 5101 LLC
Lin, Helen
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Keegan, Harry
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PA G E 9
THE BOSTON SUN
News Briefs
VOTER INFO NIGHT
AT CSTO
The Chinese Progressive
Association is providing a
Voter Education Workshop on
October 18 at 6 p.m. in partnership with Castle Square Tenants
Organization at the Castle Square
Community Center, 2nd floor.
The night will discuss the candidates, what their platforms are
and review the ballot questions
that could potentially impact the
community. This workshop is
open to the public.
THREE WEEKS
LEFT TO REGISTER
TO VOTE IN
PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION
For many years, Traveler and
Herald Streets were pretty much
no-man’s land in Boston.
Desolate, dark and deserted
were the best descriptions.
All of that is gone with the
wind, and the two streets have
once again become populated
and, incredible, hot property in
just a few year’s time. However,
some old habits die hard.
It seems that travel buses, such
as those from Lucky Star and
the P&B Lines, have parked and
idled on Herald and Traveler
Streets as they wait for their
departure times at South Station.
It was no big deal when no one
was around, but now lots of folks
are around, and the problem is
becoming a nuisance.
Perhaps even dangerous.
“The buses are constantly stopping to idle, especially on Traveler
Street,” said Jamie Curtis of the
New York Streets Neighborhood
Association during its Tuesday
night meeting. “They often like to
park in front of the exit from the
parking garage and it is becoming
a safety situation.”
COSMO/IC PROJECT
HAS MEETING
ON GARAGE
ELIMINATION
A third meeting on 771
Harrison Ave., known as the
Cosmopolitan or Immaculate
Conception Church, will take
place on Oct. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
in the D-4 Community room
regarding major changes to the
plan that include eliminating, and
not replacing, 48 parking spots.
In September, the Boston
Planning and Development
Authority (BPDA) received word
of the changes and asked the
developer, Ron Simons, to submit
a supplemental filing detailing
those changes. The changes come
from recently unearthed structural problems that prevent underground parking.
“This Supplemental Filing is
necessitated by the discovery of
structural conditions in the former IC Church which make construction of a parking garage in
the basement level of the church
not feasible,” he wrote. “As a
result of the discovery of these
conditions in the basement level,
the garage component of the
project is being eliminated and
the basement instead will consist
of residential units. Since there
will be less parking for the project as a whole, the residential
use is being changed from condominium ownership to rental
apartments. In all other respects,
the proposed project remains the
SEARS POLITICAL FORUM LOOKS AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Beacon Hill Village’s first John Sears Political Forum, held on Monday, September 26, featured five political
experts, focused on the 2016 presidential election and attracted more than 120 members of the public to the
refurbished Rabb Hall auditorium at the Boston Public Library on Boylston Street.
Emily Rooney, the former host of WGBH television’s “Greater Boston” and current moderator of WGBH’s
“Beat the Press,” served as moderator. She is at the center of the photo.
Panelists from left to right were Boston Globe columnist Dante Ramos, Ira Jackson, former head of the
McCormack Institute at UMass Boston and now Vice Provost there, award-winning foreign correspondent
and Boston Globe foreign affairs columnist Stephen Kinzer and former Massachusetts Republican Party chair
and attorney Jennifer Nassour.
The forum was made possible by a bequest John Sears left to the Village when he died last year. Village
leaders believed that the wry, political and entertaining Sears would have heartily approved of using his
bequest in this way.
same and is consistent with the
Development Plan…”
The revised plans include 63
rental units, with six affordable,
no units at the connection (there
were nine), residential units now
in basement, 25 spots still remain
on Harrison Court, the loss of 48
parking spaces in the basement,
and the addition of more outdoor
patios and gardens.
TRAFFIC COUNTERS
UP
Several City video traffic counting machines have been spotted in
the area of East Berkeley Street and
Harrison Avenue and Washington
Street.
The area has been the target
of major complaints about traffic
from Old Dover Neighborhood
Association, and it is also the site
for a pilot program to bring in a
completely redesigned streetscape
that is to be bid out this month
by the Boston Transportation
Department.
Nevertheless, the counters certainly signal the beginnings of a
traffic study for the area, something that’s been requested for a
long time.
STANHOPE
GARAGE ASKS FOR
EXTENSION LETTER
A parking lot on Shawmut and
Washington Streets has asked the
New York Streets Neighborhood
Association (NYSA) for a support
letter to present to the Zoning
Board of Appeals for a three-year
extension of their parking facility
- perhaps signaling that property
owner Ron Druker may contin-
ue to put on hold his proposed
11-story office building slated for
the empty lot.
Attorney David Gottlieb
appeared before NYSA Tuesday
night to ask for the letter on behalf
of Stanhope, which leases the
property from Druker. Gottlieb
explained that the letter is a formality that Stanhope has to complete every three years to get an
extension for the parking use on
the the property. Gottlieb didn’t
say whether or not his request
meant the office building had been
postponed. It was first proposed in
2013 and has yet to break ground.
“It is approved for an office
building with about 300,000 sq.
ft.,” said Ted Tye of National
Development, who sits on the
Board of Ink Block. “He does own
the adjacent parcel up Washington
Street, so he could do a larger project. Druker has been around 100
years and it’s because they aren’t
conservative…They don’t take the
risks some of those here do. They
won’t break ground unless they
have a tenant in place."
Stanhope has operated the lot
since 1971 on the site and offers 89
parking spots, also doing monthly
rentals, and that will not change.
SOUTH END
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY HOUSE
TOUR
The 48th Annual South End
House Tour has been set for
Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Lauren Prescott of the
South End Historical Society told
the Eight Streets Neighborhood
Association on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
The tour this year will feature
six homes in the Pembroke Street
area that will showcase a variety
of styles in the South End, from
three-story condos to majestic
Brownstones to historic notables.
The South End Historical
Society is located at 532 Mass Ave.
and is interested in getting volunteers to help as “sitters” during the
home tour.
PILES UPON PILES
Driving piles is an essential
part of construction in the Boston
landscape more often than not,
but after 560 piles being pounded
in the UDR project on Harrison
Avenue across from the Ink Block
this past summer, and several more
pounded by the Seneca at Ink
Block - heads are still rattling this
Fall.
One of the common questions now at New York Streets
Neighborhood
Association
(NYSA) meetings when developers
come calling is whether or not piles
will be used. The next question, if
the previous answer was ‘yes,’ is
just how many piles will be used.
“It was a lot all at once,” said
Kristin Phelan, president of NYSA.
“It’s over now though."
Certainly, at NYSA, it is a
bonus when any developer can
tout the non-use of pilings.
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With the first presidential and
vice presidential debates accelerating the focus on the presidential election, Secretary of
the Commonwealth William F.
Galvin reminds Massachusetts
residents that the deadline to register to vote in that election is
only weeks away.
“To be eligible to vote in the
Nov. 8 election for president you
have to be registered by October
19, which is just two weeks
away,” Secretary Galvin said,
adding that voters that day will
also elect members of Congress,
the Governor’s Council, the state
Legislature, and certain county
officials.
“Voters will also decide the
four initiative questions on the
state ballot, as well as a number
of local questions in various cities
and towns,” he added.
If you are a United States citizens and will be at least 18 years
of age on November 8, you can
register to vote online, or by mail,
or in person at your local city or
town election office, the Elections
Division of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth’s office, or as
part of certain transactions at the
Registry of Motor Vehicles.
To register online you must
have a signature on file with
the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
The online voter registration
application https://www.sec.state.
ma.us/ovr/ may also be used to
update your address or change
party affiliation. Those voter registration forms must be submitted
online by midnight on the deadline, October 19.
If you wish to register by mail,
you can download the registration form, complete and sign it,
and deliver it to your local election official. Mailed forms must
be postmarked no later than
October 19.
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"LET'S TALK ABOUT FOOD" FESTIVAL AT COPLEY SQUARE
This past Saturday, Oct. 1, Star
Market presented the “Let's Talk
About Food” outdoor festival at
Copley Square. The festival cel-
ebrated food, and talked about
its quality, where it comes from
and what we do to it. The event
focused on topics such as sustainable fisheries and farming and
showcases cooking classes and
food samples.
Yoni Hochstein enjoyed some sample soups at the Square.
John Mannion does some grocery
shopping on the “Fresh Truck.”
Louisa Kasdon, event organizer
and CEO of Let's Talk about
Food, stands with guest top chef
Jody Adams.
The “Fresh Truck” offered many
vegetables for purchase. Deb Hicks gets a lesson on how to
make a kraut mob.
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TASTE OF FENWAY DRAWS CROWD DESPITE COLD, WINDY WEATHER
By Beth Treffeisen
Matt Hulmell for Tiger Mama
cooks up some Singapore street
rolls.
From left to right, Dan Schivo, Peter Lenonard, Bob Brown and
Michelle LePoint enjoying their food.
Chef James grills chicken that
will be served with BBQ sauce in
lettuce wraps for Basho Japanese
Brasserie.
rants,” said Welch. “This event is
great because it includes everybody
and you get to see people from
the community support local businesses.”
Down the line, FoMu was
handing out chocolate and coconut flavored non-diary ice cream
for those looking for a sweet treat.
The store that has multiple locations throughout the city has been
holding a pop-up in the Fenway
area since the beginning of summer.
Store manager Angie Riccio
said they have been trying to learn
the area that tends to have spurts
of customers from nearby events
such as at Fenway Park.
“We are just trying to get people
to know who we are,” said Riccio
who said their pop-up has been
getting a lot of working people
along with fans after a baseball
game.
She continued, “People after a
game are fun because they are
enthusiastic and excited. We definitely do not have that anywhere
else.”
Across the way, Neighborhood
Coffee & Crepes who is new to the
area was serving Sweet Simplicity,
a crepe made of strawberries and
a fair trade chocolate hazelnut
spread.
“We are happy to here and
happy to make new friends,” said
owner Betsy Hill. “It is nice to see
people we know as well as getting
the community together.”
FoMu serves out non-dairy chocolate ice cream.
From left to right, Fiona Chandra, Ankita Mishra and Karen Yuan
munch down on their food.
Pulled pork sandwiches are being
assembled by Lansdowne restaurant.
Councilor Josh Zakim enjoys
some mac and cheese.
El Pelon hands out chicken chimichangas with a side of chips.
Oysters are put on display from
Citizen Public House and Oyster
Bar.
A live band from Berklee of Music
gives background music to the
event.
On a cold, windy evening
Wednesday September 28, wafts
of grilled, BBQ, and sautéed food
filled the air as crowds of people
streamed in to eat, socialize, and
enjoy live music at Fenway Park
area on Van Ness Street.
Filled with food and drink tastings from over 20 restaurants from
the Fenway area, guests eagerly
walked up and down Van Ness
Street to try some of tasty delights
on display.
“Here we have with us all these
great top chefs in the neighborhood,” said Leah Camhi, the
executive director of the Fenway
Community
Development
Corporation. “And we wanted to
acknowledge all of them.”
The Fenway Community
Development
Corporation
(Fenway CDC), a non-profit that
works to improve the lives of low
and moderate-income residents
by providing affordable housing,
social support and more, hosted
the event.
This is the first since the 1990’s
since the Fenway CDC hosted an
event of this kind. The last time
it was held, Camhi said, none of
these restaurants where here.
“It’s been pretty crazy,” said
Camhi. “There used to be nothing
here.”
But, over the past decade or so,
Camhi said there has been a lot of
development in the area that has
lent itself to play host to a lot of
new restaurants.
“We wanted to highlight all
the great food that Fenway has to
offer,” Camhi said.
One restaurant, El Pelon that
has been in the Fenway for 17
years was handing out small chicken chimichangas.
“It’s fun – it’s good to come out
and see your neighbors,” said Jim
Hoben the owner of the restaurant. “We all eat at each other’s
places all the time.”
Brian Reyett from the Citizen
Public House & Oyster Bar said
his restaurant was one of the first
in the area.
“I watched this area grow over
the past years and am excited to
see it grow,” said Reyett.
At the event his restaurant was
showcasing oysters from Cape
Cod.
“It highlights the flavors of the
sea,” Reyett said.
Over at The Lansdowne tent,
Shepard’s Pie was being served to
passersby’s. Art Welch the corporate chef behind the cooking has
been working in the Fenway area
since 2005 and has watched a lot
of residential buildings go up in
the area.
“There are a lot of opportunities for local businesses and restau-
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Boston landmarks Commission approves
new elements at Christian Science Plaza
By Beth Treffeisen
The Christian Science Plaza
restoration and repair project
implementation received approval from the Boston Landmarks
Commission to use materials for
the multiple projects throughout
the plaza, as they begin construction this fall.
The proposal that was presented Tuesday, September 27, to the
Boston Landmarks Commission
comprised of materials being used
for the reflecting pool surround,
the Massachusetts Ave., lawn and
edge, the Huntington Ave. edge,
the Children’s Fountain and the
nexus for the Mother Church
Original.
This presentation was a follow-up to a hearing that was held
on July 26, 2016. “It was a
home run as far as I’m concerned,”
said Robert Herlinger the chief
architect and strategist after the
Tuesday evening.
There are five provisos that the
commissioners asked for including: at the Children’s Fountain
seating the new opening, continuing ghost of original curve of seating at grade in granite that matches
Belvidere entry granite, also use
pre-cast and stainless ‘slices’ at
edges, and not granite end pieces.
Exploring adding an accessibility-warning strip for the visually
impaired at the new granite banding in Children’s Fountain.
At the Huntington Tree Bosque,
the commissioners asked to look
into using square nubs on the
replacement tree opening system
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to express original squares of tree
grate grids, and bring back ideas to
the Commission for approval.
At the Massachusetts Avenue
Lawn they asked the skirting at
light bases to protect curved profile be raised or lower the outside
flat ring band to protect and still
read the original profile.
Lastly, the commissioners asked
that the Massachusetts Avenue
benches change profile of seating
at Locusts from bullnose curve to
a quarter inch eased edge.
This list of provisions is subject to change because Rosanne
Foley the executive director of the
Boston Landmarks Commission
has yet to receive approval of the
language of the changes by the
other commissioners.
A concern that the commissioners brought up was approving a band around the Children’s
Fountain with granite that if
passed by the commission could
lead to engraving of scripture.
“I am a little concerned that
this is based on signage,” said
Commissioner David Berarducci.
“But they will come back to us
with the signage.”
Commissioner Brad Walker
questioned if they should approve
the rows of brick if they are not
sure if they will pass for engraving.
But Chris Bridle a senior associate and design leader at CRJA-IBI
Group who is working on this
project said, “No, I think we do
this anyway.”
Another major change the
Commissioners had an issue with
was around the grating that surrounds the trees on Huntington
Ave.
“The honey comb details
around the trees – that to me is a
significant change from the original,” said Commissioner Richard
Yeager.
The proposal includes three different sizes of grates to allow for
the various flares of the trees to
properly fit.
According to Bridle, the grid
with open holes that where created around the trees was originally
made for drainage. But, he said,
those are not necessary.
Instead he proposed to replace
the damaged grid system with
something that would make it easier for people to walk through and
even allow for a place to put tables
and chairs.
“We’ve spoken to the tree
experts and in the next 25 years
they will expand by two inches
and in the worst case by 4 inches,”
said Bridle. “And we can expand
these openings to allow that.”
For Commissioner Walker who
appreciates the thought going into
Reflecting Pool: Parts of the reflecting pool are already under construction at the Science Christian Plaza
making it more walk-able along
with the addition of tables asked,
“I wonder if there is a way to do
that but include the patterning
that is there?”
The design team was asked to
come back with a plan to incorporate those details for approval
by the commission.
Commissioner Berarducci
said, “It’s a detail but the details
in this whole thing is key.”
A Passion for Cooking: Top female
Chef and Boston restauranteur at BHWF
By Kathy Hull
On October 11, the Beacon
Hill Women’s Forum (BHWF)
welcomes Azita Bina-Seibel, the
prominent Executive Chef and
Co-Owner of two Boston culinary
mainstays: LaLa Rokh (Persian,
opened 1995) and Bin 26 Enoteca
(Italian, opened 2006), both
located in Beacon Hill. Described
as “a firebrand and a cook with a
fire in her soul—who was born to
run a restaurant,” Azita has garnered both national and local recognition from Esquire Magazine,
Food and Wine Magazine, and
Boston Magazine.
She has
appeared on Television Food
Network, Channel 5’s Chronicle,
and has lectured on food and
Persian culture at Rhode Island
School of Design and Harvard
University.
Growing up in the Azerbaijan
region of northwest Iran, Azita
acquired her love of cooking in
the bosom of her family, surrounded by women who often
competed with one another to
create the tastiest dishes. Azita
wears many hats: a graduate of
Boston University, she is an avid
collector of Italian Renaissance
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Owner of LaLa Rokh & Bin 26,
Azita Bina-Seibel.
and Baroque paintings as well as
Persian art and has advised the
Department of Asiatic Art at the
MFA, Boston. She also spearheaded the MFA’s 2014 exhibit
promoting the work of groundbreaking female artists from
Iran. The BHWF brings together
women from Beacon Hill and surrounding neighborhoods with the
mission to “connect, inspire, and
enjoy.” Meetings take place at the
Hampshire House on the second
Tuesday of each month from 6 to
8 p.m. for drinks, appetizers, conversation, and an inspiring speaker. All are welcome to join. To
join the organization and to find
out more about its activities, go
to www.beaconhillwomensforum.
org.
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Our street trees suffer in the hot, dry summer
months. Help the one nearest your house by
watering it when there has been no rain for
several days. But don’t fertilize it! Too
much fertilizer will burn its roots.
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KINGSLEY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN PEACE DAY
Photos & Story by Marianne Salza
Kingsley Montessori School
students and their teachers, both
from the upper and lower elementary schools, participated in the
International Day of Peace, a day
devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace worldwide. On Sept.
21 friends gathered around the
William Lloyd Garrison memorial on Commonwealth Avenue to
sing, “Light a Candle for Peace,” a
song to encourage love among all
nations. They were among a group
of 100,000 students around the
world who filmed peace-building
videos, which can be viewed at
www.UN.org.
“We will be sharing our voices,” said Diana Gamet, Performing
Arts Teacher. “This is the biggest
chorus we’ve ever had. The music
sounds fantastic. This is so exciting.”
Miguel Luengo-Lee, 3rd grade.
Weighing the College Decision
By J. Keith Motley, PhD, UMass Boston Chancellor
Students singing during the first school community meeting on Sept. 21.
Assistant Head of School and
Co-Director Mark Gustavson and
Max Domilici, 3rd grade.
Third graders Vivi Wakabayashi
and Ivy Smith.
Kingsley students and teachers gathering around the William Lloyd Garrison memorial on Commonwealth
Avenue to sing, “Light a Candle for Peace.”
Diana Gamet, Performing Arts Teacher.
Upper Elementary teacher Briney Burley, and Lower
Elementary teacher Pete Zeltan, with Annika Stookey,
5th grade, Olivia Dadmun, 2nd grade, and Sophia
Stafford, 4th grade.
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Tyler Grossman, 2nd grade, Luke Sweet, 1st grade, and Mark Jordan,
1st grade.
This is the season when many high school seniors, and
their parents, will make a most important decision—picking a college or university that is the right fit academically,
financially, and socially. As chancellor of the University of
Massachusetts Boston and a father of college students, I know
that finding academic excellence, an inviting community,
and an appropriate price point are critical elements in the
decision-making process.
I’m proud that UMass Boston has established itself as
a student-centered, urban public research university that
welcomes and supports students of all backgrounds by
providing them with an excellent education and modest
tuition and fees. We take pride in fostering a community of
diversity and inclusion, and continue to be the most diverse
university in New England, even as we have grown from 1,227
students at our founding to17,000 today.
As our student population has increased, so have the
opportunities we provide, with approximately 200 academic
programs to choose from in 11 schools and colleges. Our
students pursue degrees in biology, psychology, management, exercise and health sciences, nursing, engineering,
and many other fields. They keep our campus lively by
participating in the dozens of clubs, NCAA sports, and
intramural athletic teams available to UMass Boston
students. And they inspire us with their determination to
heighten their learning experience by studying abroad in
Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, and elsewhere.
In an effort to help make the college application process
less stressful, UMass Boston offers prospective students the
opportunity to apply now and get an early decision. Students
looking to complete the application process this fall can apply by November 1 for Early Action admission. Applicants who
take advantage of this option will receive a decision by the end
of the year, and have plenty of time to start planning for freshman year at UMass Boston. For those who need a little more
time, the regular admissions deadline is March 1.
I encourage students to take advantage of our Early Action
option, which also has among its benefits a first opportunity
at more than $150 million in financial aid that UMass Boston
awards each year.
We have also launched a pilot program in which high
school students who have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher
can be considered for admission without SAT scores.
To find out more about UMass Boston and the array of
benefits of attending Boston’s public research university, visit
umb.edu/admissions or call 617.287.6000.
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The SixTh AnnuAl
Horsing Around
at the Ritz
Saturday, October 22, 2016
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common
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Tiffany Ortiz goes to bat for MassGeneral Hospital for Children
By S.M. Nichols
A view of last year's Storybook Ball.
Boston; a Red Sox game viewed
from an executive suite; and participation in David Ortiz’s combined golf classic and retirement
party in Punta Cana.
The ball’s luxury booths amp up
the fun with games like Skeeball,
Candy Toss, and Whack-a-Mole.
Winners will take home prizes
contributed by Giorgio Armani
Beauty, Blank Label, bloomingdale’s, Broadway Restaurant
Group, Daniela Corte, Gretta
Luxe & Grettacole, North River
Outfitter, PUMA, REMY, Rue
La La, Rita Sorrentino Makeup
and Trinchero Family Estates.
For tickets and more information,
visit storybookball.org.
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Tiffany and David Ortiz care
deeply about kids. The David
Ortiz Children’s Fund partners
with MassGeneral Hospital for
Children (MGHfC) to provide
children in need access to critical
pediatric services in New England
and the Dominican Republic.
Now, the Ortizes have taken
their commitment to MGHfC even
further. The Ortizes are serving
for the first time as co-chairs of
MGHfC’s annual mega-fundraiser,
Storybook Ball.
“The closer we’ve worked with
MGHfC, the more committed we
have become to ensuring that children get the advanced medical
care it offers no matter what their
circumstances,” said Tiffany Ortiz.
With more than 500 guests
expected and a fundraising target
of $1.7 million, the event will
be held on Saturday, October 15,
at The Castle at 130 Columbus
Avenue. Since 2000, the Storybook
Ball has raised more than $23
million for research initiatives and
patient care programs at MGHfC.
The 2016 Storybook Ball will
spotlight advances being made
in the MGHfC Genetics and
Metabolism Program, which specializes in treating patients with illnesses that have a suspected genetic cause. The program provides
counseling for couples at risk of
carrying a baby with a genetic condition, treatment for children with
genetic syndromes, and consultations for patients of all ages with
a suspected genetic contribution to
their symptoms.
Featured at this year’s Storybook
Ball will be 10-year-old John Peters
(JP) and his family, who traveled from Virginia to MGHfC for
a consultation five years ago. JP
suffers from a genetic syndrome,
Duplication 15q (Dup15q), caused
by the duplication of a section of
chromosome 15. His doctors at
home had no experience with the
syndrome. Dup15q affects 1 in
15,000 people, and MGHfC treats
more Dup15q patients than anywhere else in the country.
The syndrome takes many
forms. In JP’s case, he could not
speak, had limited mobility, and
suffered frequent seizures. Today,
thanks to the implementation of
dietary therapy by his MGHfC
team, JP can walk with assistance,
uses a tablet to communicate, and
suffers far fewer seizures.
Longtime Storybook Ball partner, Back Bay-based Rafanelli
Events, will transform The Castle
into Winnie-the-Pooh’s Hundred
Acre Wood. Inspired by the pureof-heart truths that Pooh and his
friends discover, Rafanelli has created a sky of “Pooh clouds,” which
are made of inflatable spheres and
capture the spirit of the lovable
bear’s use of a balloon to get to a
beehive high in a tree.
An always much anticipated
highlight of the Storybook Ball, its
live auction, features one-of-a-kind
packages donated by local supporters and businesses. This year’s
packages include a three-night
escape to Bermuda; a Patriots tailgate party catered by New England
Charcuterie; a home-hosted dinner
presented by Bryan Rafanelli and
the chef of the Four Seasons Hotel
Co-Chairs Demi Isenstadt, Tiffany Ortiz, and Paige Sutphin.
HILL HOUSE 50TH ANNIVERSARY AT THE RITZ-CARLTON
The Hill House celebrated its
50th Anniversary in style with
a Gala at the Ritz-Carlton on
Saturday evening. The Hill House
serves over 1,500 people in Boston
and the surrounding communities each year. With sports and
in house outreach activities, Hill
House gives children in the neighborhood a chance to know each
other when they may be a different
schools across the city.
Hill House strives to create
community and keep neighbors
together.
Mayor Martin Walsh attended
the gala and spoke in depth about
keeping families here in Boston.
He also praised Hill House for
their hard work. “This model
needs to be replicated in other
parts of the city,” said Walsh. “Hill
House is a very special facility.”
The Mayor also said he and his
office would look into bringing
back a neighborhood school in
Beacon Hill.
Meaghan Mahoney, Kate Lubin, Jean Egan and
Joanna Chanis.
Mayor Martin Walsh presents Hill
House Executive Director Lauren
Hoops Schmieg with the city citation for excellence to Hill House.
Mayor Martin Walsh present Hill
House Executive Director Lauren
Hoops Schmieg with the city
citation for excellenceance to Hill
House.
The Ritz was filled with close to two-hundred supporters at the 50th Anniversary Gala.
Hill House Co-Board Presidents Lisa Mullan Perkins
and Jessie Baker with Hill House Executive Director
Lauren Hoops Schmie (center).
Jill and Chad Hauff with Alyson and Jeff Lindsey.
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BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS AT THE CATHEDRAL
Pet owners brought their pets to a special mass for the Blessing of the
Animals at the Cathedral on Sunday.
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Tosha LoSurdo holds her French bulldog Penelope,
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An Unlikely Assist from the Heart
By Phineas J. Stone
days, shocked me.
The woman must have been in
her mid-40s, but looked to be 60.
She was incredibly high, obviously on some kind of opiate, and
way beyond the ability to function.
Trying to balance a large cloth
bag full of stuff on her back, she
was surfing in the middle of the
train amidst all the people - nearly
going down but never quite falling (which is a common refrain
for folks in this condition…you
always think they’re going to fall,
but they never quite hit the toppling point).
She was making quite a scene
bouncing to and fro with her eyes
closed and her hands reaching out
to seemingly look for something to
hold on to - while clutching tightly
a Mounds candy bar in her right
hand. With my fresh eyes, I had
forgotten about this, which has
grown so common to all walks
of people in this ratcheted-up epidemic we’re facing. Where I had
been, there were all sorts of problems, but most places don’t have
this opiate epidemic on display
in the kinds of numbers and dire
situations such as we see every day
- situations that are so common we
can become numb to it.
The woman on the train was
ground zero.
However, what was truly bellwether were the reactions on that
crowded subway train to this
woman in the throes of addiction
and higher than high at that very
moment - so much so that she
couldn’t function well enough to
even find a seat and sit down no
matter how hard she tried.
Some young men found her
comical. They began video recording her and posting it to Instagram
or whatever it is they use today.
One of them taped it while the
other gave the woman a gentle
push so they could try to record
her falling down. It was all very
funny to them. They’ll pay for that
one day.
Some people listened to their
headphones or read books and
absolutely ignored the situation
unfolding just five feet from them.
For these folks, the problem didn’t
even exist.
Others were scared. One
woman, likely from the Islands
judging from her accent, got very
worried eyes and at the first available stop, got up and moved to the
other end of the train. About three
or four folks followed.
Many others looked on with
compassion, but didn’t know what
to do.
A patch of tradesman from a
downtown job site sat very close
to the woman, and as they talked
about how everyone at work was
busting their (chops), they couldn’t
help but take notice. Their first
reaction was to give a chuckle as
the young woman continued to
struggle to stay upright as the train
rifled through curves and bumps.
These were tough guys from
Quincy or the South Shore, maybe
from the working class areas of
Dorchester - hardened by years
of outdoor work on cold, muddy
construction projects. Their natural reaction was to be tough about
it, to speak in tough words and
disdain for her.
One of the toughest talking fellows though, one could easily see,
had compassion welling up. He
moved in with another friend and
they spoke kindly to the woman,
though she barely responded.
They steadied her and wheeled her
around into a seat. Through her
fog, she actually thanked them.
However, she couldn’t stay in
the seat, as she slumped down
and began a half somersault to
the ground,
using
the
candy bar
in her hand
to somehow
steady her.
After his friends left, the tough
guy construction worker, with his
once booming voice on the train,
walked over again and in soft
tones, said, “Hey Honey, where
are you going? Where do you need
to get off?”
She responded.
“I’ll look out for you. Lean on
my leg so you don’t fall,” he said.
Over his tough face, and using
his hands dirtied from a day on
the job, he wiped a brief tear from
his eye.
Everyone was watching.
Everyone now wished they’d
have done what he did.
One had to wonder if he had
been like her at one time, or more
likely, maybe he had a sister or
a brother who he watched go
through the same thing. Or maybe
even a parent, a friend. Whatever
it was, the hard exterior revealed
a compassionate heart willing to
display such caring in public and
even in front of friends who may
not have approved.
Our problem with opiates in
Boston is as unique as our lovely
city. It can be easy to grow numb
to it - to believe it’s a problem for
another person, another race or
another class group - and it can be
tempting to ignore it or be disgusted by it. Go away for awhile, and
when you come back - if you live
in the City itself - the gravity of the
situation will hit you like a 2,000
pound dumbbell.
Were we all willing to extend a
caring hand to this problem like
the man above, only then would
this unique problem in our unique
city have a truly unique response.
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Not long ago, I was able to
get out of the Hub for a few days
time - off to another region of the
country entirely.
Things are so different in the
various sectors of our country,
and having visited most of them,
including my recent trip, Boston
remains one of the more unique
places with the kind of character
that has been built up over generations - nowadays mixing with the
newness of glass facades reflecting
the oldness of brownstone and
brick. It’s all very much its own
brand.
However, I was struck by another unique thing when I returned.
I had never realized this aspect
of the Hub until returning with
fresh eyes - eyes that had been
focused for a time on some other
place besides here.
I was riding the train in mid-afternoon, just as construction
workers of every trade were leaving the job sites, high school kids
from the City were heading home
and various business people were
coming and going. Conversations
went from gossip over the kind of
lipstick someone had been wearing
in Algebra class, to how much
the bosses stink at every job site
in Boston now - pushing everyone to accomplish the impossible. There were also Chinese folks
reading Chinese newspapers and
speaking a dialect to one another
that I couldn’t identify. An African
American man from a bank downtown had reunited with a long
lost friend who was getting off his
shift as a security guard at South
Station. Another female college
dental student stood with a backpack and headphones, ignoring the
world completely.
Then came something that had
been familiar to me when I left, but
having not been around for a few
Capt. Lanchester noted he was
a patrolman in D-4 around the
New York Streets area some years
ago.
“It has definitely changed,” he
said with a laugh. “When I was
here last, this building was the
Boston Herald.”
With the retirement of longtime D-4 Capt. Paul Ivens, the
area has been in need of a captain
to lead one of the largest, most
diverse and most dense tracts of
the city - covering Back Bay, South
End and Fenway.
Lanchester, 47, is a native of
Roslindale and attended Catholic
Memorial High School. He has
spent 22 years on the job with
Boston Police.
Lanchester comes to D-4 after
having served as the captain of
the D-14 area in Allston-Brighton
since 2012.
He started out in Area B-2
Roxbury as a patrolman for six
years before spending four years at
Area D-4.
Following that, he moved to
Area C-11 in Dorchester, one of
the hottest crime areas in the city.
In 2006, he received a merit
award from the state's George
Hanna Awards for Bravery
for stopping an armed man in
Roxbury.
Capt. Lanchester said he will
be working closely with the community groups and plans to keep
the current community officers in
place, including Sgt. Taxter, Sgt.
Jorge Dias and others. A new community service officer has been
assigned as well in Officer Steve
Horgan. Many might remember
him for his 15 minutes of fame
in being iconically captured on
film throwing up his arms in the
bullpen when Red Sox slugger
David Ortiz hit a critical home run
against the Detroit Tigers during
the road to the World Series in
2013.
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D - 4 P O L I C E NEW S
Unwanted guests
On Monday, Sept. 26, at around
12:03a.m., police responded to
the Veridean at 1282 Boylston
St. for a report off two disorderly
male suspects kicking in a window.
Officers were informed en route
that one of the suspects was shirtless, and had been urinating on
windows in the area.
Upon arrival, a witness told
police: “They are inside beating a
man. You’re going to need a gun.”
Police then observed the first
suspect, who was shirtless with
blood covering his hand, leaning
over the victim inside the lobby.
The second suspect was seen with
blood all over his shirt standing
next to the first suspect.
Officers ordered the suspects
to lie on the ground. Both suspects
complied, and police handcuffed
them. Once the suspects were
restrained, police summoned para-
medics and the patrol supervisor.
The victim sat up at this point,
and police observed a large,
bloody laceration to his forehead.
Paramedics arrived and, suspecting that the victim also had a broken arm, transported him to the
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
emergency room.
Police interviewed the victim in
the ambulance and were informed
that the suspect had started banging on the building door and kicking it. The victim said he was
standing by the lobby desk, when
the suspects forced the door open.
Both suspects then rushed in and
began punching the victim repeatedly, he said..
Witnesses told police they
observed the suspects at a nearby
club, where they were acting out
of control before they entered the
Veridean. Two of the witnesses
were able to record some of the
Breakdown
of
events on their cell phone.
Officers observed a large pool
of blood on the floor, as well as
blood and footprints on a glass
window. They also seized a shoe
belonging to the first suspect near
a table and the second suspect’s
bloody shirt as evidence.
The suspects were both transported to District 4 headquarters
for booking.
unnecessarily close to her. The
suspect then grabbed the wallet
from the victim’s hand before fleeing the restaurant in the direction
of West Concord Street.
The victim declined medical
attention at the scene and was
advised to cancel her credit and
debit cards.
Officers searched the vicinity
for the suspect to no avail.
Not lending a
helping hand
Potluck
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, at about
6:45 p.m., officers responded to a
radio call for a robbery in progress at Subway restaurant at 805
Harrison Ave.
Upon arrival, police met with
the victim, who said she was
standing near the counter with
her wallet in her hand when she
noticed the male suspect standing
Crime Log
Black
MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
Newland/West Newton streets - Motor Vehicle
Accident - Police Vehicle
Berkeley St/Commonwealth Ave - Motor Vehicle
Accident - Personal Injury
Beacon St/Commonwealth Ave - Larceny - Theft
from Motor Vehicle - Non-Accessory
Tremont/West Canton streets - Motor Vehicle
Accident - Leaving Scene - Property Damage
Beacon St/Charlesgate West - Motor Vehicle
Reed/Thorndike streets - Motor Vehicle Accident
– Property Damage
39 Newbury St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
Vehicle - Non-Accessory
300 Harrison Ave. - Motor Vehicle Accident –
Other
Harrison Ave/Savoy St - Motor Vehicle Accident
- Property Damage
159 West Springfield St. - Motor Vehicle Accident
- Leaving Scene - Property Damage
780 Albany St. - Motor Vehicle Accident Leaving Scene - Property Damage
205 Columbus Ave. - Motor Vehicle Accident Personal Injury
Stuart St/Trinity Pl - Motor Vehicle Accident Personal Injury
1255 Boylston St. - Motor Vehicle Accident Leaving Scene - Property Damage
1059 Tremont St. - Motor Vehicle Accident Personal Injury
Cahners Pl/Columbus Ave - Motor Vehicle
800 Boylston St. - Motor Vehicle Accident Leaving Scene - Property Damage
401 Park Drive - Motor Vehicle Accident - Other
665 Beacon St. - Motor Vehicle Accident Leaving Scene - Property Damage
326 Newbury St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
77 Exeter St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
Brookline Ave/Overland St - Larceny - Theft from
Motor Vehicle - Non-Accessory
50 Dalton St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
Forsyth Way/Hemenway St - Larceny - Theft
from Motor Vehicle - Non-Accessory
32 Hereford St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
87 Marlborough St. - Larceny - Theft from
Motor Vehicle - Non-Accessory, Vandalism
495 Beacon St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
Vehicle - Non-Accessory; Vandalism
380 Massachusetts Ave. - Larceny - Theft from
273 Clarendon St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
1400 Washington St. - Larceny - Theft from
Building
170 Beacon St. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
CAR BREAK-INS
466 Commonwealth Ave. - Larceny - Theft from
497 Commonwealth Ave. - Larceny - Theft from
Motor Vehicle - Non-Accessory; Vandalism
61 Brookline Ave. - Larceny - Theft from Motor
HOME BREAK-INS
121 West Newton St. - Burglary - Residential Force
16 Miner St. - Larceny - Theft from Building
1191 Boylston St. - Larceny - Theft from Building
811 Massachusetts Ave. - Larceny - Theft from
Building
DRUG ARRESTS
444 Harrison Ave. - Drugs – Possession of a Class
B Substance - Cocaine, etc.
860 Harrison Ave. - Drugs – Possession of a Class
A Substance - Intent to Manufacture, Distribute,
Dispense
Tremont/West Brookline streets - Drugs –
Possession of a Class D Substance
860 Harrison Ave. - Drugs – Sale/Manufacturing
540 Commonwealth Ave. - Drugs – Possession
of a Class A Substance - Heroin, etc.; Drugs –
Possession of a Class C Substance; Fraud - False
Pretense/Scheme; Investigate Person
On Thursday, Sept. 29, at
approximately 4:40 p.m., police
were in the area of the Villa
Victoria housing development,
when they observed the suspect
and an unknown male in the
alley between Rutland and West
Concord streets exchange an
object.
The suspect then placed the
object in his right jacket pocket
and rode on his bike to Tremont
Street while the other man walked
up the alley.
Believing they had witnessed a
drug transaction, police followed
the suspect to West Brookline
and Tremont streets. The officers
displayed their badges and asked
to speak to the suspect, who said
he just left 622 Tremont St. and
hadn’t spoken to anyone since
then. Police asked the suspect if
had anything illegal in his possession, and he replied that he had
some marijuana in his pocket.
Officers seized two bags of
marijuana from the suspect and
issued him a citation for possession of less than an ounce of
marijuana.
Police searched the area for the
other man to no avail.
Searching for the sound
On Thursday, Sept. 29, at
around 1:38 p.m., police responded to the Barbra McInnis House
at 780 Albany St. for a reported
larceny.
On arrival, the officer spoke
to the victim, who said she had
plugged in her Bluetooth headphones to charge in one of the
upstairs waiting rooms at around
12:20 p.m. She said she left the
area momentarily, and when she
returned, her headphones were
gone.
The victim informed security
about the missing headphones,
and they reviewed video surveillance footage, which showed a
male suspect take the headphones
before going downstairs to the
dental area. The suspect was still
in the building and handed over
the headphones to security when
they confronted him about the
alleged theft.
Security told police that the
suspect was a patient in the building, but they didn’t know his
name.
Big Papi Bridge (from pg. 1)
ments and heroics on and off the
baseball field have made him a
living legend, and his heartfelt
contributions to the communities
here and in his native Dominican
Republic have made him an icon,”
said Governor Charlie Baker in a
statement.
He continued, “As a lifelong
Red Sox fan, I am thrilled to be
able to help out Commonwealth
create a lasting ‘Thank you’ to Big
Papi through the renaming of this
bridge.”
This measure is currently being
held in the Senate and is awaiting
a final decision.
“We thank the Governor and
legislators involved in planning
this thoughtful tribute to David
and look forward to celebrating
his career with all of New England
at Fenway Park,” said President
Sam Kennedy of the Red Sox.
Ceremonies put on by the Club
included focusing on the work
that Ortiz has down with children,
highlighting what he has meant to
New England and Boston, paying
tribute to his career and thanking him for bringing three World
Series Championships to Boston.
At a pre-game ceremony honor-
ing Ortiz at Fenway Park this past
Sunday, October 2., Mayor Walsh
and the Boston Red Sox proposed
the “David Ortiz Drive.”
“David Ortiz is a true Bostonian
and he embodies the spirit of our
great City,” said Mayor Walsh in
a statement. “I am proud that the
City of Boston is able to honor his
career and legacy with the Red Sox
and show our gratitude for all of
his contributions to our community and beyond.”
The street under consideration
is currently called Yawkey Way
Extension that connects Maitland
Street and Brookline Ave.
It is a new street built in 2013
that was given a temporary name.
It currently serves as an important connection between Fenway
Park and the Yawkey train station.
Lining the street is a pedestrian
plaza that holds all the retired
numbers of Red Sox greats.
All street name changes need
to be approved by the City of
Boston’s Public Improvement
Commission. The PIC expects to
hear the petition from the Red
Sox formally requesting this name
change before opening day 2017.
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THE BOSTON SUN
B A C K B AY - K E N M O R E / F E N W AY - S O U T H E N D
Sept. 26
1282 Boylston St. - Assault - Aggravated – Battery;
Burglary - Residential - Force
160 Massachusetts Ave. - Larceny - All Others
60 Camden St. - Assault - Aggravated - Battery
Charlesgate East/Commonwealth Ave - Assault Simple
- Battery
7 Hereford St. - Property - Lost
Dartmouth St/Warren Ave - Towed Motor Vehicle
Northampton/Tremont streets - Robbery - Street
145 Saint Botolph St. - Credit Card/ATM Fraud
800 Boylston St. - Sick/Injured/Medical - Person
444 Harrison Ave. - Failure to Register as a Sex Offender
133 Newbury St. - Larceny - Shoplifting
80 West Dedham St. - Sick/Injured/Medical - Person
200 Clarendon St. - Larceny - All Others
100 Huntington Ave. - Larceny - Shoplifting
380 Shawmut Ave. - Investigate Property
50 Saint Mary’s St. - Investigate Person
30 Hemenway St. - Towed Motor Vehicle
874 Harrison Ave. - Larceny - Shoplifting
58 Queensberry St. - Larceny - Theft of Bicycle
1325 Boylston St. - Larceny - Theft of Bicycle
Sept. 28
1249 Boylston St. - Investigate Person
90 Exeter St. - Towed Motor Vehicle
26 Lenox St. - Robbery - Street
285 Columbus Ave. - Larceny - Shoplifting
700 Boylston St. - Property - Lost
75 Arlington St. - Fraud - Wire
539 Massachusetts Ave. - Verbal Dispute
123 Warren Ave. - Larceny - Theft of Bicycle
9 Lattimore Court - Investigate Property
466 Park Drive - Property - Found
Kilmarnock/Van Ness streets - Towed Motor Vehicle
401 Park Drive - Larceny - All Others
545 Boylston St. - Property - Lost
587 Boylston St. - Forgery /Counterfeiting
Shawmut Ave/Union Park - Towed Motor Vehicle
874 Harrison Ave. - Larceny - Shoplifting
850 Harrison Ave. - Assault Simple - Battery
83 Pembroke St. - Harassment
Sept. 29
770 Boylston St. - Sick/Injured/Medical - Person
9 Appleton St. - Vandalism
123 Brookline Ave. - Investigate Person
183 Beacon St. - Fire Report - House, Building, etc.
497 Boylston St. - Larceny - Shoplifting
91 West Springfield St. - Verbal Dispute
645 Beacon St. - Property - Lost
2 Newbury St. - Larceny - Shoplifting
130 Dartmouth St. - Larceny - All Others
10 Arlington St. - Towed Motor Vehicle
18 Newbury St. - Investigate Property
650 Harrison Ave. - Investigate Property
780 Albany St. - Property – Stolen, then Recovered
74 Clarendon St. - Violation of Restraining Order with
No Arrest
973 Tremont St. - Larceny - Shoplifting
177 Commonwealth Ave. - Towed Motor Vehicle
20 East Brookline St. - Fire Report - House, Building, etc.
604 Columbus Ave. - Vandalism
545 Boylston St. - Assault - Aggravated - Battery
840 Harrison Ave. - Fugitive from Justice; Warrant
Arrest
Fellows/Northampton streets - Vandalism
150 Massachusetts Ave. - Larceny - All Others
Sept. 30
Van Ness St/Yawkey Way - Disturbing the Peace;
Trespassing
23 Saint Stephen St. - Fraud - False Pretense /Scheme
688 Massachusetts Ave. - Missing Person
1759 Washington St. - Investigate Person
Harcourt/Saint Botolph streets - Larceny - All Others
Columbus Ave/West Canton St - Robbery - Street
2 Douglass Park - Investigate Property
85 Park Drive - Investigate Person
24 Yawkey Way - Investigate Property
90 Camden St. - Investigate Person
14 Arlington St. - Assault Simple - Battery
735 Harrison Ave. - Investigate Person
794 Massachusetts Ave. - Credit Card/ATM Fraud
4 Yawkey Way - Investigate Property
131 Shawmut Ave. - Investigate Person
768 Columbus Ave. - Towed Motor Vehicle
297 Newbury St. - Credit Card/ATM Fraud
160 Commonwealth Ave. - Towed Motor Vehicle
17 Gloucester St. - Investigate Property
Gainsborough St/Huntington Ave - Investigate Person
1282 Boylston St. - Harassment
840 Harrison Ave. - Indecent Assault and Battery
Hammond/Tremont streets - D4 - Graffiti
Oct. 1
26 Rutland St. - Assault Simple - Battery
35 Northampton St. - Assault Simple - Battery
4 Yawkey Way - Property - Lost
222 Berkeley St. - Investigate Property
501 Boylston St. - Larceny Shoplifting
4 Yawkey Way - Towed Motor Vehicle
270 Huntington Ave. - Larceny - All Others
524 Columbus Ave. - Towed Motor Vehicle
333 Massachusetts Ave. - Property - Lost
18 Cumberland St. - Investigate Person
1050 Tremont St. - Verbal Dispute
19 Gray St. - Assault Simple - Battery
19 Gray St. - Trespassing
63 Burbank St. - Investigate Person
24 Queensberry St. - Towed Motor Vehicle
99 Newbury St. - Towed Motor Vehicle
Clarendon/Gray streets - Vandalism
102 Gainsborough St. - D4 - Assault Simple - Battery
725 Albany St. - Larceny - All Others
583 Boylston St. - Larceny Shoplifting
4 Milford St. - Towed Motor Vehicle
140 Commonwealth Ave. - Investigate Property
Oct. 2
686 Massachusetts Ave. - Drugs - Sick Assist - Heroin
40 Peterborough St. - Assault Simple - Battery
35 Queensberry St. - Fire Report - House, Building, etc.
24 Yawkey Way - Property - Lost
70 Queensberry St. - Assault Simple - Battery
87 Gainsborough St. - Fraud - False Pretense/Scheme
73 Westland Ave. - Other Offense
66 Westland Ave. - Sick/Injured/Medical - Person
24 Yawkey Way - Assault - Aggravated - Battery
540 Commonwealth Ave. - Assault Simple - Battery
295 Beacon St. - Larceny - All Others
650 Harrison Ave. - Investigate Person
444 Harrison Ave. - Credit Card/ATM Fraud
874 Harrison Ave. - Larceny – Purse-snatch - No Force
494 Tremont St. - Verbal Dispute
20 East Lenox St. - Sick/Injured/Medical - Person
400 Tremont St. - Credit Card/ATM Fraud
860 Harrison Ave. - Sick/Injured/Medical - Person
365 Massachusetts Ave. - Verbal Dispute
93 Lenox St. - Verbal Dispute
Shawmut Ave/West Concord St - Vandalism
LEAVE ITand
LOSE IT!
DON’T BE A VICTIM!
You have been given this notification as a cautionary
reminder. Boston Police Officers are reminding you
of the following:
DO NOT leave your vehicle unlocked.
DO NOT leave your keys in the ignition.
DO NOT leave your vehicle idling and unattended.
PLEASE REMOVE YOUR PERSONAL
PROPERTY IN PLAIN VIEW!
this includes:
Cell phones
GPS devices
Laptop computers
Loose Change
Bags/Luggage
TOGETHER WE CAN REDUCE
CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY
BOSTON POLICE A-1 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICE
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Sept. 27
1035 Tremont St. - Assault Simple - Battery
125 Brookline Ave. - Investigate Person
Kilmarnock/Van Ness streets - Property - Found
465 Commonwealth Ave. - Vandalism
760 Boylston St. - Larceny - All Others
560 Massachusetts Ave. - Harassment; Threats to Do
Bodily Harm
805 Harrison Ave. - Robbery - Other
29 Stanhope St. - Assault - Simple
70 Symphony Road - Verbal Dispute
560 Harrison Ave. - Larceny - All Others
Columbus Ave/West Canton St - Larceny - All Others
Camden St/Columbus Ave - Sick/Injured/Medical Person
1773 Washington St. - Harassment
363 Albany St. - Violation Of Auto Law - Other
Boylston/Ipswich streets - Suicide/Suicide Attempt
140 Clarendon St. - Sudden Death
1 East Lenox St. - Trespassing
35 Northampton St. - Assault - Aggravated - Battery
74 Clarendon St. - Assault - Simple
37 Upton St. - Burglary - Residential - No Force
10 Hammond St. - Investigate Person
881 Tremont St. - Towed Motor Vehicle
53 Huntington Ave. - Investigate Person
72 Clarendon St. - Verbal Dispute
124 West Concord St. - Verbal Dispute
261 Dartmouth St. - Assault Simple - Battery
45 Bay State Road - Vandalism
West Brookline/Washington streets - Violation of Auto
Law- Operating After Revocation/Suspension; Violation Of
Auto Law - Other
545 Boylston St. - Investigate Person
290 Beacon St. - Vandalism
14 Hereford St. - Property - Found
Saint James Ave/Trinity Pl - Larceny - Theft of Bicycle
70 East Newton St. - Missing Person - Not Reported –
Located; Sick/Injured/Medical - Person
Claremont/Wellington streets - Violation of Auto LawOperating without License
116 Huntington Ave. - Property - Found
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