Brookline passes rezoning plan to allow more multifamily housing
Faced with a state deadline, Brookline officials passed a major rezoning plan that will allow more multifamily housing along Harvard Street.
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Faced with a state deadline, Brookline officials passed a major rezoning plan that will allow more multifamily housing along Harvard Street.
Located in Coolidge Corner, Shawarma King was a family-owned business started by two brothers from Lebanon who specialized in “traditional dinners and recipes,” according to an archived version of the restaurant’s website.
Brookline broadcasts an ethos of inclusivity, but it has become a preserve for the privileged. This is no accident, but the fruit of decades of exclusionary actions. Now facing a state mandate to allow more multifamily housing, Brookline faces a choice: What kind of town does it want to be?
Attendees gathered at the Brookline Public Library’s Coolidge Corner branch as two other rallies — one in Brookline supporting Israel, another in Braintree supporting Palestinians in Gaza — drew hundreds of protesters.
Hundreds of people attended a pro-Israel rally in Brookline on Sunday as the Israel-Hamas war wages on.