One Billion Dollar Silver Line Phase III Moving Forward

The MBTA has let South End residents get a look at the plans for the third phase of the Silver Line, which will be a project to connect the original two stretches of the Bus Rapid Transit system.
Currently, the Silver Line serves two distinct areas: The South Boston Waterfront area and the Washington Street corridor [...]

Vacant Columbus Center Site Irks Neighbors

The Columbus Center was supposed to be the project that reunited the South End and the Back Bay, featuring condos, retail, a hotel, and a small park to cover up the gaping canyon that is I-90. As of now, all it’s doing is driving its neighbors crazy.
The controversial project has plans to cover up four [...]

MBTA Revamps Four Corners Station Design

Originally, the design for the future Four Corners MBTA commuter rail stop was supposed to be simple, a Y-shaped canopy covering a simple station. However, the Greater Four Corners Action Coalition felt like the design should be revamped. After a difficult process, it appears as if the coalition has succeeded.
The redone design features a canopy [...]

Mattapan Affordable Housing Reopens after 4-Year Renovation

For four long years, the Adams Court apartment complex in Mattapan sat empty as workers renovated the apartments into suitable housing for a wide-range of people searching for affordable housing. Last month, the Department of Neighborhood Development and the Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation both gathered to reopen the complex.
In 2004, both the DND and Nuestra [...]

Owners, Tenants at Odds over Eviction Notices

Normally, when you get an eviction notice, you pack up, leave and find a new home or place of business. That was what Granoff Associates was certainly hoping for when they passed out their ultimatums. Unfortunately for them, the businesses they are trying to kick out really don’t want to go just yet.
Granoff Associates purchased [...]

Developer Aims to Bring a Little Hollywood to Southie

Recently, the state of Massachusetts has been cementing itself as a premier destination for filmmakers, as numerous new Hollywood blockbusters have been filmed in the Bay State. This is all well and good, but the small problem remains that they all leave after spending mere weeks here. If a South Boston developer can get his [...]