Last week Mayor Wu oversaw the clearing of tents from Mass. and Cass, something the city has tried before and always results in the encampment coming back, because to finally get rid of Mass. and Cass for good Boston will have to change the way it thinks about homelessness.

The Boston University School of Public Health’s Activist Lab unveiled a new set of photos from its "Life on Albany" series in the Crosstown Center last week, featuring residents of the area commonly...