‘The Embrace’ Unveiled on Boston Common
The $10 million sculpture was inspired by a 1964 photo of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King embracing. It was designed by Hank Willis Thomas and MASS Design Group.
This Month in History: Common Garage Scandal
A project to build a big parking garage under the Boston Common resulted in the downfall of a major public official and the project’s construction engineer.
City Selects Planner For Boston Common Upgrades
Weston & Sampson will lead the creation of a new master plan for Boston Common funded with proceeds from sale of the Winthrop Square garage.
Developers Have Big Plans for City-Owned Sites
Boston’s offer to let the private sector build housing on municipal properties is shaping up as a big hit in the real estate industry, with developers floating plans for a 700-foot skyscraper downtown and a 456-unit residential tower at the Columbus Avenue fire station.
Editorial Cartoon
Some people don’t take well to change.
Skinny Towers Kneecapped By Millennium
The demise of Boston’s first “skinny tower” highlights anew an ironclad rule of development in the Hub: Unless you are well-connected power player about town, forget about trying to build anything.
Millennium’s Shadow Problem
It’s time to say good riddance to the state’s silly shadow law.
The aim of a pair of arcane and quixotic 1990 statutes – technically two separate laws, one for Boston Common, the other for the Public Garden – are to protect the crown jewels of the city’s park system from the shadows that would be cast by new towers.
Smaller Tremont Street Tower Approved; GE HQ On Hold
A 12-unit luxury condominium tower that was reduced in height to comply with regulations protecting Boston Common from shadow has received final approval from city officials.
