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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Boston Redevelopment Authority

GENERAL ELECTRIC FAIL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 15, 2017 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Conglomerate’s woes throw Boston HQ deal contradictions into bold relief

 

What a surprise. General Electric is tanking, and the scheme to bring the multinational’s headquarters to Boston is looking worse by the day. And whom shall the public blame if that once-secret deal cut by Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh in January 2016 goes south? Potentially ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: boondoggle, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Redevelopment Authority, building, capitalism, construction, corporation, corruption, criticism, deal, fort point, GE, General Electric, Giveaway, Gov Charlie Baker, headquarters, jobs, labor, Massachusetts, mayor Marty Walsh, Necco, PILOT, PR, Procter & Gamble, public, public relations, scam, scheme, tax breaks

DEAR READER: ABOUT THIS BRA NAME CHANGE BS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted September 27, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

This name-changing charade is insulting, and only possible because so many residents either don’t know—or don’t give a damn—about how Boston is the last major metropolis in America with an urban renewal agency.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Planning and Development Agency, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, development, gentrification, logos, re-branding, urban planning

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 8

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 21, 2016 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The terms of the essentially secret deal that led to this situation—brokered by high public officials and GE leadership with no public oversight whatsoever—are already being violated.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Business Journal, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, Charlie Baker, devbelopment, fort point, GE Boston Deal, General Electric, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, Necco, The Missing Manual

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL, PART 6

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 8, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

General Electric brass, pols celebrate government giveaway while public opposition grows

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: #mapoli, Apparent Horizon, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, Charlie Baker, General Electric, Innovation District, Jason Pramas. Immelt, Marty Walsh, Necco, protests, tax giveaways

THE GARAGE JOB: A BOSTON REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY STORY

Written by KEVIN MCCREA Posted March 14, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

If this story was about something salacious, and not a parking garage, then maybe more Bostonians would care about getting jerked out of millions

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, building, development, Eminent Domain, Kevin McCrea, Shirley Kressel, Winthrop Square Garage

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE LAND BOSTON FORGOT

Written by RACHEL HOCK Posted October 14, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction

Hundreds of Allston residents fought in the streets to save their neighborhood. Now, after a series of land swaps, Harvard’s ivy vines are creeping in again. This is for those who fought, and who fight, for their homes.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, Non-fiction Tagged With: #ALLSTONANNIE, Allston, Annie Soricelli, Barry's Corner, BINJ, Boston History, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Boston Public Library, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, brighton, cattle industry, Charlesview Apartments, Ed Logue, gentrification, harvard, IMP, Ivy League, Jim Vrabel, Mayor Collins, Mayor Walsh, Rachel Hock, urban renewal, Who Is Annie Soricelli?

EYES WIDETT SHUT: HOW THE CITY HOLDS THE KEYSTONE FOR BOSTON 2024’S OLYMPIC STADIUM PLANS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 14, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Menino hoped to keep the racks of ribs and crates of seafood fresh from the Atlantic overflowing in the heart of Boston forever.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: 121A, Amtrak, Bob Kraft, Boston 2024, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, City of Boston, food packing, John Fish, Marty Walsh, MBTA, New Boston Food Market, New England Patriots, Newmarket, Olympics, Shirley Kressel, tax breaks, Tom Menino, Widett Circle

BOSTON CITY LIGHTS PASSES FROM FATHER TO SON

Written by MARTIN CABALLERO Posted December 17, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts

“I wanted a theater all my life. That was my dream.”

Filed Under: A+E, Performing Arts Tagged With: Boston City Lights, Boston Redevelopment Authority, Braun Hill, City Lights Performing Arts Center, Dance, DJ Braun Dapper, Duggan Hill, fundraiser, Jordan Knight, music production, south end, The Floorlords, theater, Washington Street

THE BRA CONSPIRACY AGAINST MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Written by BILL HAYDUKE Posted November 6, 2014 Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Another reason medical cannabis is doomed in the City of Boston

Filed Under: Blunt Truth, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston City Council, Boston Redevelopment Authority, BRA, Commonwealth, Department of Public Health, Deval Patrick, DPH, mayor Marty Walsh, medical marijuana, permitting, prohibitionists, zoning

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