Codman Square News Today

The long-awaited renovation of Codman Park is about to go out to bid, with a potential con- struction start in August, ending years of planning and waiting for an upgrade to the underutilized space at the top of Centre Street in Codman Square. In a meeting in the park held earlier this month, Nellie Ward, project manager for Boston Parks and Recreation, told neighbors the city

A controversial Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) effort to reimagine zoning and planning in select business districts is on hold, for the moment, in Codman Square as officials seek to expand the pilot project’s boundaries to include more of the Washington Street corridor up to Four Corners. The “Squares + Streets” process for Codman Square was set to launch this

By populating his menu with fewer fried food options and more salads and Mediterranean fare, a Codman Square restaurateur has successfully worked with neighbors to refine his concept and present a new plan for the space at 560 Washington St. that was formerly occupied by Oriental House Chinese Restaurant. Boston Fried Chicken owner Aftab Ali presented his original a plan for

It’s an out with the old and in with the new situation along a prominent stretch of Dorchester Avenue south of Savin Hill as Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) officials confirmed this week that its laboriously developed PLAN: Glover’s Corner will not move forward and instead will be tucked into the new Squares + Streets process in nearby Fields Corner.

Boston's campaign of planning-led rezoning is proceeding with a recent vote by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to petition the Zoning Commission...

Boston’s campaign of planning-led rezoning is proceeding with a recent vote by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) to petition the Zoning Commission for approval of new...

Sarah-Ann Shaw, who died last week at age 91, blazed a trail for Black women who work in television journalism. But her pioneering legacy goes far beyond that medium and includes all manner of civic and political engagement in her hometown, Boston. When she first appeared on the airwaves as a reporter for WBZ-Channel 4 in 1969, she was truly one of a kind. A native of Roxbury,

Like most cities across the United States, Boston has been coming to terms with the roles its ancestor residents played in the enslavement and trafficking of Black African and Indigenous peoples in the Northeast and the greater Atlantic world. Sites along the Freedom Trail have been incorporating stories about Black and Indigenous Bostonians, free and unfree, into their

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center (NHC) on Blue Hill Avenue is encouraging residents who have been impacted by recent pharmacy closures to take advantage of their services. US Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, US Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Mayor Wu had all lobbied Walgreens CEO Tim Wentworth in recent months to reconsider the closing of the last Walgreens in

The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board yesterday approved a revision to an already-approved project at 3 Aspinwall Rd. in Dorchester that will add 11 additional units and a fifth floor to the building. The development team behind what was originally a 4-story, 34-unit condo building near Codman Square that received the city’s permission to proceed back in 2019