Downtown Crossing
GentriWatch: More Luxury Condos (and Doggie Daycare) in Chelsea
Welcome to GentriWatch, where we look for signs of gentrification happening around the city. Another wave of luxury housing has reached the North Shore. “One […]
CloverDTX Opens February 3
The latest brick-and-mortar location of Clover Food Lab is putting on the finishing touches for an early February debut. CloverDTX opens on Wednesday, February 3, a […]
NY Developer Wants to Build a Millennium Tower-Sized Skyscraper Downtown
Boston’s ever-changing skyline could gain a new addition before the decade’s end. Banker & Tradesman reports that a development team led by New York-based Midwood Investment […]
Could Car Traffic Revitalize Downtown Crossing?
Consider Philly. In 1976, city planners in Philadelphia, prompted a fuel crisis and an influx of middle-class residents, blocked off 12 blocks of Chestnut Street, one […]
The Millennium Tower Is Boston’s Future—And Certainly Not Mine
Walking across the Longfellow Bridge from Central Square to Back Bay at night, the brightest structure on either side of the Charles River is the nearly […]
Medical Marijuana Dispensary Coming to Downtown Crossing in Early 2016
Boston’s Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously voted Tuesday to award Patriot Care a conditional use permit to operate at 21 Milk Street in Downtown Crossing, […]
MBTA Transit Police Arrest Downtown Crossing ‘Ninja’
MBTA Transit Police arrested a man Thursday for indecent assault and battery after he allegedly challenged officers to a fight, claiming to be a ninja. […]
Downtown Crossing Gets Country’s First Full-Service Paul Bakery
On Monday, May 11, Paul bakery will open its second Boston location in the heart of Downtown Crossing. Unlike it’s inaugural location in Somerville’s Assembly Row […]
European-Based Retailer Primark to Open Two More Stores in Mass.
Update, September 2, 12:30 p.m. Primark’s Downtown Crossing location—the Irish company’s first in the U.S.—will open its doors on Thursday, September 10. Grand opening festivities […]
Roche Bros. Set to Open in Downtown Crossing
Wellesley-based grocery chain, Roche Bros., has announced that its new Downtown Crossing supermarket will open on Wednesday, April 29 in the recently restored Burnham Building. […]
George Howell Coffee Opening in Downtown Crossing
George Howell Coffee has announced that it will be opening its second cafe in the upcoming The Godfrey Hotel, located at 505 Washington Street in […]
Bostonian Society: ‘See You in 2114!’
After buffing, shining, re-guilding, and painting the lion and unicorn statues from the Old State House, the Bostonian Society is preparing to place them back […]
Time Capsule Found Inside Lion Statue to Be Cracked Open on October 9
In less than a week, Boston will take a gander at what life was like in the city more than 100 years ago. Archivists from the Bostonian […]
It’s Official: There’s a Time Capsule Inside the Head of the Lion from the Old State House
Ever since the Bostonian Society took down the lion and unicorn that typically stand atop the Old State House, there has been speculation that perhaps […]
An Eerie Coincidence Between Scotland’s Vote and the Old State House
Call it a curse, or maybe call it a blessing, but whatever it is, some historians can’t ignore the fact that the weather-beaten statues on top of the […]