We know that the planned launch of Boston's bike-sharing program has been moved to Thursday at 11 a.m. at City Hall Plaza. The Globe described the reason as a "scheduling conflict." Members and corporate sponsors will participate in the inaugural ride of 200 Hubway silver bikes.
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Mayor Tom Menino announced today that a statue to honor Boston Celtics center Bill Russell will be built at City Hall Plaza. The final design, slated to be revealed in the spring of 2012, will come from one of three artists, Fern Cunningham, Ann Hirsch, and Antonio Tobias Mendez.
Three electric-vehicle charging stations are open for business near City Hall Plaza today as Boston responds to a powerful surge in interest in alternatives to gas-powered cars. The city converted three prized spots on Cambridge Street by adding charging stations to parking meters that have the same $1.25-an-hour price paid by regular vehicles.
There's a gigantic raccoon loose in the South End. Governor Deval Patrick revealed in his new book he considered resigning early in his first term over his wife's depression. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
So what do you think would liven up the brutalist landscape of concrete and brick that is City Hall "Plaza"? A plant or two? Color? A design that doesn't make you feel like you're a cockroach circling a bathroom drain by walking through it?
No word on the organization behind it, but there will be a rally to protest Iranian election fraud tonight from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. at City Hall Plaza. Wear green, and check out Boston.com's Big Picture gallery of the election's aftermath. [Via UHub]
Your camera-toting Bostonist made a cameo appearance in City Hall Plaza for the Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival last night (with several thousand close friends). The event raised money for Camp Sunshine, which provides support for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The 2006 event broke the Guinness World Record for most lit jack-o'-lanterns at one time. While it didn't look like the record was in jeopardy when we were there, it was a gorgeous evening nonetheless.
Bostonist made our way to City Hall Plaza on Sunday to catch the 2008 Peace concert, a free hip hop event sponsored by the city and featuring classic hip hop artists EPMD, Das EFX, and Chubb Rock as headliners. We'd been hoping to get a shot of Our Popular Mayor popping and locking along with the b-boys. Instead, we ended up with drenched trousers and a long ride home on the Orange Line.
Today from 12-6 PM, Dunkin' Donuts will be handing out free samples of their oven-toasted sangwiches in a "toasty tent" that has been erected at City Hall Plaza.
Some City Councilors have complained about the mayor's blame game regarding the snowstorm, but one city councilor might be contributing to the problem. WBZ sent cameras to Chuck Turner's house in Roxbury, where his sidewalk wasn't shoveled.
-- 18 protesters were arrested during yesterday's Veterans Day ceremony at City Hall Plaza. They were members of Veterans for Peace, an organization of former soldiers opposed to the Iraq War. The American Legion had placed the group in the rear of the Veterans Day parade and told them that they could not carry signs protesting the war. The Veterans for Peace responded by blocking the official ceremony podium with gags in their mouths and...
Be prepared to take a long lunch break tomorrow. Mayor Menino has announced that Red Sox celebration festivities will begin tomorrow at noon. Bostonist watched the WBZ webcast of Mayor Menino giving the details. The players will be riding in duck boats in a repeat of 2004's "rolling rally." Menino said that the parade will follow the same route as it did in 2004. Here's an image of last year's route from the Globe....
--Sure, people like to collect knickknacks. Salt-and-pepper shakers, Beanie Babies, comic books, parking meters. Yeah, parking meters, 123 of 'em, in fact. Thomas Gannon of Cambridge had cut the meters off poles all over Cambridge and Somerville. Police stumbled upon them when visiting Gannon for other reasons on Monday night. Master of understatement and Cambridge PD spokesman Frank Pasquarello said, "This does seem to be odd." Indeed. --Police arrested 17-year-old Derek Lodie, of Revere, for...
New England Film and Video Festival Thursday, October 4, through Monday, October 8 Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline All tickets $10 Official Site Full Schedule What with the Red Sox savoring victory and rallies raging at City Hall Plaza, the New England Film and Video Festival planned the opening night for its 32nd year perfectly. On Thursday, the NEFVF will kick off with the documentary Play-by-Play Men and the Art of the Perfect Call, which begins...
Congratulations, Sox fans! You made it through approximately three minutes of the Red Sox Rally Monday festivities at City Hall Plaza before the first chants of "Yankees Suck" filled the air. New record! Well done! A few thousand fans descended upon the plaza early Monday afternoon to cheer on their hometown baseball team (and decry the arch rivals) for the Boston version of the shindigs going on across the country. Rally Monday was a tradition...
Mayor Menino has gone so green that he might end up looking like Kermit the Frog. First Menino laid out his plan to improve life for cyclists in the city, and now he's drawing inspiration from Cape Wind by proposing wind turbines for City Hall Plaza. The Globe reported on Saturday that the mayor wants a single turbine that can "generate up to one-quarter of the electricity used at City Hall." Globe writer Peter Howe...
If you're feeling particularly juicy today, head on down to City Hall Plaza between 10:30 - 2 PM for the 23rd Annual Massachusetts Tomato Festival. Local farmers will submit their best fruits to be judged by an elite panel of food writers, state officials, chefs, and various other tomato aficionados. The nutritious globules will be appraised on such criteria as color, flavor, slicing quality, and weight. The winning fruit(s) will receive awards at 12:30. The...
Earlier this week Cardinal Sean O'Malley invited Pope Benedict XVI to Boston during his planned 2008 visit to the United States. The Pope has planned a trip to visit the United Nations in New York and O'Malley suggests that a short trip up from the NYC in the pope-mobile might be in order. The Globe quotes O'Malley as saying "Given everything Boston has been through, having the Holy Father come, I think, would be a...
After a rocky start when the fundraising chair stepped down when the Weekly Dig noted that he was a registered sex offender (whoops!), Pride is back on track and not looking back. The full Pride Week schedule is available at the Boston Pride site, but we've highlighted some of the best events: --Flag Raising Over City Hall Plaza: today, 12 noon --Puppy Pride Costume Contest: Saturday, June 2, 11 am to 1 pm at...
Berklee and Essence have teamed up again this year to bring the best young talent out to compete in the Hip Hop Songwriting Contest. If you are, or know, an eligible teen (unsigned and between 15 and 18) the time is nigh. Deadline for submission is March 9. It's all for a good cause, helping to balance the message in hip hop music and giving young songwriters a stage and training, not to mention...
This morning Bob Oakes started reading copy on wbur's Morning Edition reporting on Menino's idea to sell City Hall and City Hall Plaza. The plan was outlined at a breakfast meeting today (and missed the print dailies deadlines) with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. It would be excellent to see the brick and concrete wasteland that is City Hall and the Plaza disappear – but what then would Boston residents have to complain about?...
We're thinking of format. No, not like the formatting changes that WERS just made to their programming. More like readability of the weekly picks. It's fall now, and since we never really get around to spring cleaning in the spring, maybe we'll get to it in the fall. If you've got suggestions drop them in an email to music at bostonist.com or just right in the comments. But be on the lookout – this...
Along with nearly 15,000 other folks, Bostonist was on hand as TV on the Radio and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs rocked City Hall Plaza. The pairing of Brooklyn (Williamsburg's) TV on the Radio with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs makes perfect sense for so many reasons. Not the least of which is the fact that TVOTR's David Andrew Sitek produced the YYY's Fever to Tell and Machine Ep. And the YYY's crack guitarist (and occasional...
It's Wednesday. That means come noon we've made it to the middle of the work week. Come 5 p.m. we've made it over the hump. We'll be smooth sailing into a free Yeah Yeah Yeah's show at City Hall Plaza and a Friday so full of music we're not sure where exactly we'll be headed. Is it bad that we haven't had lunch yet and libations are already on our mind? We blame Raj and...
Now that we're on this eight days a week kick for doing these picks it seems like it might be time for a new graphic. We'll give you a cookie if you design us a new one. Or maybe a Newcastle next time you catch us at the Middle East. Promise. Monday 8/7 The Roots with Talib Kweli It may not be a Brooklyn block party hosted by Dave Chappelle, but it will be...
Last night on the Real World: Key West, Jose made a really poor Mastercard "Priceless" reference. It didn't take long for someone to remark on how the joke is real old. Say what you will about a group of people watching the Real World who are themselves too old to be on the Real World – but at least we're getting our fill of acne medication ads rather than the daytime dish of Jim Sokolove...
It should come as no surprise that Bostonist spends a whole lot of time pulling stuff through those tubes. Once in a while we find ourselves getting an internet a little late. Today's video feature of RADIx TV is one of many snippets of RADIx, the hip hop duo of Quite Nyce and Seek, which have made their way to YouTube. There are several live performances of tracks you'll find on their April release, The...
Bostonist has mentioned many times before our love for the 'list. ut in truth, we were always a little skeptical about the barter section. Because, honestly, what are the chances there's someone out there who can sand, prime, and paint the bottom of a boat and is looking for a used van? Or someone who is looking to get rid of a crystal ball ('preferably 4" or larger') and wants an 80-key electric organ? Recently,...