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The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre

Written by COHAVIT GIL Posted March 28, 2023 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Will the iconic venue ever return to its rock roots as has been rumored? 

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Art, arts, Cambridge, development, features, Film, harvard square, Housing, movies, property, Real Estate

Davis Square Developer Plans Lab Space As Small Businesses Await Unknown Fate

Written by RÓNÁN FITZGERALD Posted July 26, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“The Sligos of the world might become history a lot quicker than people might think”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: davis square, development, gentrification, news, news to us, Scape, small business, SOMERVILLE

SPECIAL FEATURE ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 1, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the nationwide bipartisan blitz to privatize public housing, Boston’s giving billions worth of benefits to some of America’s largest developers, financiers, and property management firms. Politicians are applauding, but for many residents caught in the transition, their housing future is unclear

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, BPDA, City Hall, development, gentrification, Housing, HUD

HOW DO WE KEEP ARTISTS IN SOMERVILLE?

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 25, 2022 Filed Under: A+E, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The City held a discussion of the Somerville Arts Space Risk Assessment

Filed Under: A+E, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Art, development, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Arts Council, space

THE OMICRON SYNDROME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 29, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"President Cyril Ramaphosa sees off Coronavirus COVID-19 quarantined citizens from The Ranch Resort" by GovernmentZA is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

New COVID-19 variants inevitable until pharmas are stopped from privatizing public vaccine research and development

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Africa, Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, corruption, criticism, Democracy, development, Dr. Anthony Fauci, global, Health, international, J&J, Jason Pramas, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, NIAID, NIH, Omicron, Pfizer, pharma, pharmaceutical, political economy, privatization, public, public health, research, south africa, vaccination, vaccine, variant

EAST BOSTON FAMILIES HOLD VIGIL TO STOP REDEVELOPMENT OF HOMES

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted June 18, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The gathering is being held by families at 168 Gove Street, in response to a luxury developer's plan to build condos.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: City Life, development, east boston, gentrification, vigil

UNION UNITED SHARES “DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT”

Written by DIG STAFF Posted June 11, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The coalition will hold a rally and walking tour of four Union Square Somerville life science departments

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: development, displacement, rally, Union United, walking tour

REST IN YEAST (FOR NOW AT LEAST): A LANDMARK BAKERY SAYS GOODBYE TO ITS CAMBERVILLE HOME

Written by DIEGO MARCANO Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Two days before New Year’s Eve, the company’s 12 staffers woke up unemployed. Still, in hope of reinventing their venture somewhere else, Andrew and Greta are taking everything with them

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: bakery, buildings, business, Cambridge, development, gentrification, Greta and Andrew Platt, hikes, planning, RENT, SOMERVILLE, Somerville News Garden, The Biscuit, zoning

OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHOM? A HARD LOOK AT SOMERVILLE’S ‘ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT’ ZONES

Written by FLAVIANA SANDOVAL Posted December 11, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"What is really critical is that community members have a voice in shaping the direction of what gets developed in our underdeveloped areas of Somerville."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: development, Housing, opportunity zones, planning, SOMERVILLE, Somerville City Hall, Somerville News Garden, SomerVision

THE POLITICAL MOVEMENT TO COME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 11, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Scenes from the 9.9.19 Cambridge City Council hearing on parking space disposition for the disputed Sullivan Courthouse development

How Cambridge can put public need before private greed

 

A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.

 

As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Cambridge, City Council, Column, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, corporate greed, DCAMM, Debate, Democracy, development, dispute, East Cambridge, Environment, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, parking, Politics, Sullivan Courthouse

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