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As someone who works in downtown Boston, but doesn't live there, I agree with Justbuildit's comments, we are not overrun with tourists like some European cities like Venice, et. al., Tourists don't annoy me, I say bring more, downtown proper could use a shot in the arm. In my experience, the...

I think your referring to Scott Van Voorhis😅

Real estate trade group seeks a delay in Boston's new housing inclusionary rules. The rule is set to take effect on Oct. 1 and would require that applicable housing developments have 20% affordable units, up from the current threshold of 13%. The real estate group states that the new rules would...

It has become seedier since Covid. Unfortunately, one of the tour companies has or is thinking of moving where they start their tours away from the Visitors Center in the Common to elsewhere due to conditions in the area. Maybe 10 or 15 years ago they fixed up the plaza around Brewer Fountain...

Although the goals may be well intentioned, I can't image this requirement surviving equal protection/civil right legal challenges. By way of example, toward the end of the pandemic in 2021/22 there was a federal restaurant relief program for restaurants. Priority for grants was to be given to...

It was recently protected as a designated landmark.

👆This is a great point. From an economics perspective, the highest demand for new licenses is in the Back Bay, Seaport and Downtown. Those areas happen to be the same areas that are excluded from the proposed new licenses. Business have been willing to pay over 500k for licenses in the...

I can't imagine this happening in the N. End. The city has effectively killed outdoor dining in that neighborhood due to supposed negative externalities, so I'd be very surprised that they would now spearhead some kind open container district.

More detail from that article from a different source. Interestingly at least in the current year some suburbs are adding multifamily housing at much higher levels than Boston on a per capita basis...

Loved this post!

I hope your right and that Suffolk keeps a bit of vitality on the street. Contrast Emerson College which seems to have taken over and sanitized much of the Alley and Boylston St. There used to be a handful of bars/nightclubs there that have all but evaporated.

Silvertone's 600k liquor license going to the Seaport. The article paints a bleak outlook for nightlife in downtown crossing/financial district...

I had a good breakfast at Ann Sather in Lake View, lots of Scandinavian options on the menu. For lunch in the Loop, I enjoyed the atmosphere and german food at the Berghoff.

well with that exquisite attention to detail I can understand why:ROFLMAO:

Not as soon as you might think unfortunately. I thought I read somewhere that it would be substantially reopened by the end of 2024.

Just feet outside of the back bay landmark district and this building was a goner, the city of Boston doesn't seem to have a particularly robust or effective historic preservation strategy in place for new developments outside of designated landmark districts.

Maybe the city should drop the policy in the high interest rate environment to jump start developments? Then in a couple of years if development is booming with lower interest rates and plenty of housing is coming on line then the city can afford to be a bit more demanding with policy goals...

yes, you're correct liquor licenses are controlled by the state, but the focus for Wu and other Boston pols is requesting state permission/home rule petitions to increase geographically restricted licenses in the outlying neighborhoods. This is a important goal in itself, but there seems to be...

Wu could also try to prioritize nightlife downtown, some cities have created nightlife zones with success. We often hear that given the scarcity of liquor licenses, many licenses have been siphoned from outlying neighborhoods to the seaport, back bay etc. The response of the city has been to...

Article regarding why housing is so expensive in Boston: https://www.boston.com/real-estate/local-news/2024/07/22/why-is-housing-in-boston-so-expensive/ edit: I see that Charlie MTA already posted this same article in the "Idea for fixing the housing shortage" thread in the "Design a Better...