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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

One of us is going to have to change: Matching my outfits with BU building styles | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz February 28, 2025
I love to feel as if I’ve traveled back in time as I walk through different buildings on campus. In fact, I decided to challenge myself to dress to match the styles and eras of BU’s diverse dwellings and truly feel like a time traveler. 
Wood planks cover the entrance to Amelia’s Taqueria and Fresh Noodles in Allston. The restaurants along 180-184 Brighton Ave have not reopened after a Sept. 2022 fire that damaged the buildings. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Buildings still abandoned following Allston fire

Nathan Metcalf March 20, 2024
In Allston, a few blocks east of Union Square, three properties sit empty with graffiti plastered over their boarded-up storefronts.
Mayor Michelle Wu

Wu announces two new strategies as part of Boston’s Green New Deal

Adithya Iyer March 17, 2023
Mayor Michelle Wu visited Allston Thursday morning and announced the next steps in her plan to make Boston a Green New Deal city.
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BU’s CleanTech on track to combat environmental harms through green tech

Lindsay Shachnow October 14, 2021
The club is working on two sustainability initiatives — Rhett Rides and Light Switch.
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City approves more than $370,000 in Charlestown Community Impact Fund grants

Daniel Kool March 24, 2021
Its Managing Committee approved “mini-grants” of $2,500 to $20,000 to local nonprofits.

EDIT: Build more to make more money?

Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2013

Constructing more buildings on campus brings an array of benefits to Boston University. The campus looks better, wealthier prospective students are drawn to brand new facilities and the school becomes...

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