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February 23, 2007

Botched in Boston seems on the fast track to a new defining statement of our city. Kerry started it with his botched joke that got tremendous play nationally. The Aqua Teen Hunger Force bomb scare brought it back as a botched marketing campaign, or at least a botched reaction to a marketing campaign. Dr Pepper has now ended their Hunt for More promotion – labeling it botched – and revealed the location of a......

Continue Reading "Dr Pepper Almost Defaces Graves"

May 23, 2006

We're not talking about any newly imposed fees, we don't know of any. On a recent trip to the Navy Yard we followed the red brick trail out of the National Park Service site only to come up against a blockade. Because we don't make a habit of following the Freedom Trail through Boston (really, how many times can you do it?) we were surprised to find that Gate 1 of Charleston Navy Yard......

Continue Reading "The Freedom Trail – Not So Free?"

May 22, 2006

We got a couple emails this weekend from concerned citizens who had spotted Mounties on the shore at Charleston Navy Yard. Yep, it's true. The U.S. Navy, National Park Service, and colonial-dressed docents alike allowed the Canadians to dock and take shore. We hoped for a South Park-style battle to be brewing, unfortunately it was merely a PR campaign for Canadian-based Bay Ferries new CAT high-speed ferry service from Portland, ME. Formerly only making trips......

Continue Reading "Canada Invades Charlestown!"

June 13, 2005

Navy Yard, home to that thriving vibrant life associated with a National Park Service site and home to the oldest commissioned warship in the US Navy’s fleet is missing art. Yes, art. Boston has successfully turned the factories of the South End into SoWa, with First Fridays open studios and dozens of little galleries. Where’s the next hotbed of inspiration? The Charlestown Navy Yard really screams to us "I want to be a Creative......

Continue Reading "BRA Plans for a Creative Incubator"

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