The Daily Free Press

New retail, office building designed to replace Newbury parking lot

Taylor Brokesh • April 14, 2021

The proposed site at 149 Newbury St. would fill the last open lot on the historic street.

MLK, Coretta Scott King memorial planned for Boston Common

Olga Benacerraf • March 25, 2021

Installation of the abstracted bronze figure is expected to take place in October of 2022.

Boston celebrates second COVID-era St. Patrick’s Day

Taylor Brokesh • March 17, 2021

South Boston’s traditional St. Patrick’s Day Parade was canceled for the second year in a row.

Allston park renamed to honor Black WWII veteran, City employee

Madison Mercado • March 1, 2021

An Allston-Brighton park was formally renamed to memorialize James H. Roberts, a Black WWII veteran, following a 50-year delay in the process brought on by a clerical error.

Community Preservation Committee recommends projects for new funding

Taylor Brokesh • February 25, 2021

The Boston City Council will vote to approve funding, which totals more than $25 million in grants from the Community Preservation Fund.

Boston remains highly gentrified despite housing efforts

Madison Mercado • February 18, 2021

Boston was ranked third most intensely gentrified city in the United States between 2013-2017. Neighborhoods like East Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Mattapan, Hyde Park and South Boston were most affected.

USS Constitution Museum hosts virtual LEGO Maritime Festival

Sam Trottenberg • February 16, 2021

The festival encompasses activities for all ages, including a LEGO shipbuilding competition and a virtual tour of a LEGO model of the USS Constitution, according to the USS Constitution Museum website.

Councilors call for expansion to City’s ‘landmark’ definition

Madison Mercado • February 9, 2021

The change — proposed late January — would make it easier for sites significant to Boston’s Black and immigrant communities to be made city landmarks.