The continuing dispute over whether to rename Yawkey Way, a street near Fenway Park named after late Boston philanthropist and alleged racist Tom Yawkey, was given new wind by a letter written by the Jackie Robinson Foundation urging the city to keep the name as is.

The Boston Redevelopment Authority approved Boston University’s Myles Standish Hall and Annex Renovation Project Thursday following a two-month process of reviewing the renovation’s Project Notification...