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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

gentrification

PART OF THE PROBLEM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 13, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

From racist real estate practices to bigoted laws, the Boston suburbs are largely white for a reason

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Column, Democracy, economy, gentrification, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Politics, racism, slider, suburbs

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

CAMBRIDGE ARTISTS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST DISPLACEMENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 16, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Reflections on a new grassroots political movement in formation

 

Another Cambridge arts institution is being pushed out of its longtime home by a greedy landlord. And once again, local artists are mobilizing to “discuss and organize for meaningful political action to support the arts” in that city—as the Facebook ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, Art, artists, Ben Simon, Cambridge, City Council, Column, displacement, EMF, gentrification, Green Street Studios, Housing, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Mobius, Nadeem Mazen, news, Nicola Williams, Politics

A TOTAL MOCKERY: PAT FALCO RETURNS WITH A MESSAGE AND A THREE-DECKER

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 3, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

"I think that aesthetic nostalgia can draw people in and then the content can force them to engage in a different way, ideally with more than the project—and start to think critically of what is actually going on around us."

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Boston, Dorchester, gentrification, Housing, Luxury Waters, Mock, Pat Falco, Seaport, three decker, triple decker

DOYLE’S LAST CALL: WHY IT MEANS SO MUCH TO SO MANY, AND WHAT IT MAY MEAN FOR OTHER ICONIC SPOTS

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted September 25, 2019 Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, LIFESTYLE

I worry about Santarpio’s. And J.J. Foley’s. And Jeveli’s. And No. 9 Park, Marliave, Regina’s, the restaurants and bars in the Parker House, and yes, even such touristy places as the Barking Crab, the Chart House, Giacomo’s, and the Union Oyster House.

Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Boston, Doyle's, gentrification, J.J. Foley’s, Jamaica Plain, Jeveli's, Restaurants, Santarpio's

EASTBOUND AND GOWN: AS STUDENTS DISPLACE LONGTIME EAST BOSTONIANS, A COMMUNITY WELCOMES NEWCOMERS BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME CONCERNS

Written by ERIN NOLAN Posted September 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

“We will lose the connection, the tight community we have in our neighborhood,” she said of more transient renters. “We won’t get to know our neighbors.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston East, City Life, condos, development, displacement, east boston, eastie, gentrification, Housing, housing costs, immigration, Lydia Edwards, Maverick Square, rent control, Vida Urbana

NO FINISH LINE IN SIGHT: 21ST ANNUAL HOMELESSNESS MARATHON TO BROADCAST FROM CAMBRIDGE

Written by BRIAN CHOQUET Posted July 16, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We said we’re going to do this the same way the British had to get their troops out of Dunkirk,” the radio host said. “It was an immediate need. They were going to die and homeless people are dying.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Cambridge, gentrification, HCWW, Health Care Without Walls, Homeless, homelessness, Housing, SOMERVILLE

STATE OF EMERGENCY

Written by SYDNEY B. WERTHEIM Posted February 20, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

A united front to rescue Dudley meets at Black Market, will convene again

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Market, Boston, commerce, Dudley Square, economy, gentrification, Haley House, main streets, Roxbury

FAIR HOUSING WHACKED: TUFTS STUDENTS FIGHT ADMIN PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH “CLASSIST” DORM SYSTEM

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 5, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

More than 200 Tufts University students, faculty, and allies from surrounding communities held a march and demonstration last week to protest a new campus housing policy, according to the  ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, development, dorm, gentrification, government, higher education, Housing, Jason Pramas, news, Politics, pricing, private, Protest, public, Real Estate, student, tufts

FOR DEVELOPERS IN BOSTON, IT MAY PAY OFF TO BLOW OFF INCLUSIONARY BUILDING REQUIREMENTS

Written by DAN ATKINSON Posted November 28, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

The building was finished in 2017. But when the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) reviewed the completed project, it discovered the developer had sold the units that had been designated for affordable housing at market rates.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: 135 Athens Street, 160 West Broadway, Boston, Boston housing, Boston Planning and Development Agency, BPDA, BRA, development, fines, gentrification, Housing, inclusionary development, market rate, property, zoning

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