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Mayor Mumbles was sworn in for his fifth term this morning. [Boston Globe]
Newton's first black mayor has taken the oath of office. [Newton Tab]
Lawrence is set to install the first Latino mayor in the Commonwealth tonight. [WBUR]
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A soldier from Beverly has died in Afghanistan. [The Salem News]
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Seattlest reviewed J.J. Abrams' new camcorder monster movie. DCist was relieved to hear that Stephen Colbert's portrait is finally hanging up in the National Portrait Gallery. Austin was in shock after hearing about an Arlington stepfather who sodomized his stepson who sodomized his daughter. Chicagoist healthily reported on week three of the smoking ban. Houstonist saw a recent Rice University scientific creation, touted as "the darkest substance known to man."
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Boston's "Pink Palace," a former bathroom on Boston Common, will be converted to a sandwich shop. Soldier On, a nonprofit group in Northampton, is building at least 80 homes for homeless veterans. The VA is helpng out. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
These days in Boston, it's hard out there for a realtor. If you aren't losing your shirt when the housing market crashed or searching for ever more elusive buyers in the city's struggling housing market, you're fighting lawsuits filed by clients, or, as in the case of Michael Carucci, you're allegedly actually fighting your own shady business cronies.
- The NYTCo seeks to put the deal-rejecting Globe up for sale. [Globe]
- The topless coffee shop in Maine that burned down is back in business--in a tent, with clothed workers. Not quite as much fun? [Herald]
- Deval Patrick is selling his Milton mansion and moving to Boston. [WCVB]
According to the Boston Business Journal, Berklee College of Music has purchased land on Mass Ave from the First Church of Christ, Scientist. The school got 13,300 square feet for $6.25 million, and will use the space (currently leased, in part, to McDonald's) to meet its master plan needs.
- Get yourself a three-bedroom at Longwood Towers for just $860,000. [Globe]
- News flash: budget people are nerds. Nooo. And this makes them incompetent. Um. Huh? And being macho makes you more competent. Okay, now you're just getting nutty. [Herald]
- Stocks are up, no thanks to nerds, apparently. [Globe]
Gawker points to a picture of a 1.2 million home in West Stockbridge with a KKK sign above the back door of the home's "turretlike" birdhouse addition (complete with bean bags). Klannish touch, Kappa Kappa Kappa, kids' initials, or counting strikeouts? A Gawker commenter speculates it's Curt Schilling's house. What do you think?
In one of the few chances he might ever have to make an interception, our golden boy Tom Brady has shown he may have a career as a linebacker. By selling three Back Bay condos he bought two years ago, Brady intercepted a cool $8 million--paltry in comparison to his salary, but big bucks to us little folks. The condos went to Andronico Luksic, vice chairman of Banco de Chile. Of course, Tom also spent a ton of money renovating the condos and recently paid $11 million for property in L.A., so that sort of negates the cash he earned from the condo sale. Brady's Manhattan apartment is on the market for a sensational $19 million, which might help fund the building of that Brady-Bundchen mansion in Los Angeles. We support Tom's real estate hobby, but hope he focuses on football this fall. At least a little bit.
Well, not really. But our boy Tommy did buy $11 million worth of dirt in Brentwood, according to TMZ. There's been speculation that he made the real estate deal in order to be closer to his dreamboat son, but maybe Gisele just wants better beach access. TMZ commenters say Gisele is into architecture, so maybe she'll play a role in designing the home. But can she play housewife as well as Bridget? We can't wait to find out.
--Heating oil, which is already insanely expensive, costs less if you pay cash. Not that it will make you feel any better. [The Big Guy]
--Are you freaking out over the fact that the St. Patrick's Day parade falls on the same day as Palm Sunday, March 16? 'Cause the press sure seems to be making a fuss. [Boston Herald, Boston Globe]
--Hendry Street isn't the only place suffering from the home-foreclosure crisis. In fact, so many areas are suffering that real estate agents are taking possible buyers on bus tours of other people's property. As if someone losing a home doesn't have enough misery, now they have to have complete strangers tramping about on the front yard. [Boston Globe]
The House of Blues has bought the Lansdowne Street clubs, including Avalon and Axis. How is this going to affect the renovations of Avalon and Axis, which has had a negative impact on performers and fans since the venues shut down? The Globe reports:
href="http://londonist.com/2008/01/6_years_on_amne.php">Amnesty International bringing Guantanamo Bay to the American embassy to raise the profile of the continuing campaign to close the detention center.
So much for losing $350 million in a hedge fund. Harvard's still plenty loaded. The university announced that its endowment stands at $34.9 billion, and returns for the fiscal year grew 23 percent from $29.2 billion.
When you're a kid, one of the fringe benefits to playing Little League or soccer is that you often got to stop at McDonald's on the way home. Win or lose. We're not sure if Major League teams have a similar policy, but if the Red Sox team bus stopped at a Mickey's outside of Detroit, no one on the team would be allowed to supersize today, after a miserable weekend getting swept by the...
We can't get the image of the neon red lights invading Kramer's apartment in the episode of Seinfeld when Kenny Rogers Roasters opened up a joint right outside his bedroom window. The affliction for Northeastern University residents in the proposed building wouldn't be the sleepless nights, apartment trading, and addiction to rotisserie chicken, rather perverse Village People nightmares as the YMCA sign flashes into the evening. If approved, the GrandMarc, a proposed 34 story...
Google is looking at property in the Boston area for a new hub in the Hub. The Herald reported earlier this week that Google was looking for 100,000 to 200,000 square feet of office space in either Boston or Cambridge to launch a new operations center on the East Coast. The rumors of the Google invasion have come to Bostonist via emails and our tipline – while we can't substantiate any of them the job...
Howls of despair erupted when Filene's Basement announced it would close for two years for renovations. People would miss the Bridal Dress Catfight Spectacular, and the closing would damage Downtown Crossing's economic prospects. To top it all off, the signs at Filene's Basement said, "Filene's is closing, but the basement stays." So much for that sentiment. The Globe went straight to the mayor. Downtown Crossing has been a pet project for the mayor's office. At...
It comes up every now and again. The idea that somehow Boston and Bostonians want to be New York or New Yorkers invades us from the South. Sure, the big apple has it's charm but we've got our reasons for living here in Boston and we don't need it to replicate New York. The New York Times recently featured an article on Tony Goldman, a man credited with inventing SoHo, and his efforts to redevelop Fort Point. And perhaps try a new name on for size:
Mr. Goldman said he intended to rebrand the quarter as the Boston Wharf District, and construction of the first phase of his project, which begins in March, entails creating 87 condominiums at 316-322 Summer Street. A second phase, scheduled for construction next year, will add 150 to 200 more. The price of the apartments will be about $400,000 to over $1 million, with an average price of about $500,000. Within five years, Goldman Properties also plans to create about 90,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, said Albert Price, a managing director of the company.The article concentrates on the similarities of Fort Point and SoHo and gives a hat tip to the South End for starting some of the SoHo-esque development (you know, SoWa) Goldman hopes to continue across the Channel from downtown. Bostonist shares the apprehension some from the Fort Point Cultural Coalition have expressed – Fort Point is already a neighborhood, trying to make it one is just forced. More less than affordable condos will surely crop up, and it was floated that some original cobblestone and railroad ties will be uncovered as part of the "new" neighborhood's charm.
Maureen Feeney (Dorchester) has been elected the first female Boston City Council president in 30 years. She gained more support from other councilors than incumbent and longtime president Michael Flaherty (at large) and John Tobin (JP, West Roxbury). Aside from the great news that a woman is in charge after way too long, the other news is the fallout from Flaherty's defeat. The Globe repeats that he's still aiming for the mayor's office. Joe...
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?...
Trolley service recently returned to the Lechmere station, replacing the bus service that had been the temporary replacement beyond North Station. Somervillionaires are debating the stops and length of an anticipated northern expansion of the Green Line. Today, in the latest Green Line development, ground was broken on North Point NorthPoint (hip one-word version, just like Charlie.) The construction project is a fairly intuitive idea – build housing where there's already transportation. It's easier, given...
Since it was introduced in 1935, Parker Brothers' Monopoly has delighted all those broke folks out there hoping that one day they could own Park Place (with hotels even). For those of us in 2006, we still dream of someday being able to afford any sort of real estate in the Boston area, so we turn to board games to make our fantasies a reality. In honor of Monopoly's 70th birthday, Parker Brothers is launching...
Breaking the law, breaking the law We -ist folks love us some crime, and no misdemeanor is too petty for a post on any of our sites. This week, join us for a rogues' gallery of miscreants major, minor, and alleged.
Hey, have y'all been using our new "Recommend this" feature at the bottom of each post? This week we're bringing you the "Most Recommended" posts from across the -ist world, as well as recommending some of our own. Phillyist thinks that readers recommended this post the most because "most of our quieter readers (probably) agree with us that rude commenting sucks." Know what else sucks? Philly's not getting the Olympics, but they are getting thinner....
