On a weekend, crowds usually gather outside Faneuil Hall to see street performers twirling batons and doing magic tricks. Audiences saw a much different performance Saturday: a slave auction reenactment...
Boston is a lively city, well-equipped to serve businesses, students and residents. In a city so full of life, there are some especially pertinent topics that may pop up in scholarly discussions or casual conversations. Here’s a brief rundown of some current hot topic issues to know about in Boston.
The Boston Public Improvement Commission unanimously voted Thursday to change the name of Yawkey Way next to Fenway Park back to its original name, Jersey Street. Residents of the Greater Boston area had conflicting opinions on the name change, some in favor and some strongly opposed to the change.
The Boston Public Improvement Commission unanimously voted Thursday morning to return Yawkey Way to its original name, Jersey Street, due a city-wide discussion over former Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey’s supposed racist history.
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.
Efforts to rename Yawkey Way, a street along the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park, have raised questions at Boston University about whether the Yawkey Center for Student Services should also be renamed.
The name Yawkey elicits a variety of emotions from Boston and Massachusetts residents.
Yawkey Way, the street that runs parallel to the Fenway Park, the home of the Boston Red Sox, has been disputed...
On Tuesday night, I walked across the David Ortiz Bridge, through a packed Yawkey Way, and into beautiful Fenway Park. I enjoyed a ball game where the Boston Red Sox won easily, 11-1. As the Sox trounced...
Scripts often write themselves in October, and all the stars are aligning for David Ortiz’s farewell from baseball.
Ortiz was honored before Sunday’s game by the Boston Red Sox in the last regular...
The trademark of any great sports franchise will always be defined by sustained longevity. Repeated success is found on the ever-delicate balance beam of the “win now” mentality and the development...
Red Sox officials announced at a community meeting Feb. 2 that the Who’s On First bar will not reopen, according to District 8 Chief of Staff Dan Sibor.
This decision comes as a result of a shooting...
