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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Central Square

Long overshadowed by its trendier and more prosperous neighbor, Harvard Square, Cambridge’s Central Square is a diverse neighborhood featuring an eclectic array of ethnic eateries and retail shops, as...

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BU Reaches Agreement on Kenmore Square Properties

Boston University has reached an agreement to enter into a long-term ground lease for nine Kenmore Square properties with Related Real Estate Fund II. Related Beal, a real estate developer with deep...

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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Roxbury

Roxbury is one of Boston’s oldest communities. The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were its first European settlers, and the town was incorporated in 1630. Roxbury became a city in 1846 and...

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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Dorchester

Encompassing just over six square miles, Dorchester is Boston’s largest neighborhood. It is also arguably the city’s most diverse, as it is home to nearly a quarter of the city’s population, including...

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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Allston

Everyone in and around Boston University seems to have a fond memory of Allston: a too-late night at the Sunset Grill & Tap, that first apartment on Glenville Avenue, or that table or chair you...

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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner

Coolidge Corner, one of Brookline’s two major commercial hubs (Brookline Village is the other), has been attracting shoppers for more than 150 years. Its many restaurants, Jewish delis, coffee shops,...

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First Fenway Porchfest Set for Tomorrow

It all started with a group of neighbors and a ukulele in Ithaca, N.Y., back in 2007. About 20 local musicians gathered on front porches to bring the community together through live music. What they...

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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill, situated just north of Boston Common, is one of the city’s oldest—and most beautiful—neighborhoods. A stroll down any of the narrow gas-lit streets will take you past bow-fronted...

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Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Inman Square

Off the T's beaten track, Cambridge's Inman Square is something of a hidden gem. Unlike the city's more famous squares—Harvard, Central, and Kendall—you can't get there directly by subway, but several...

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To Do Today: 35th President’s Birthplace a Stone’s Throw Away

Looking for something to do during a long lunch break? Consider taking the T to Brookline to tour the house where President John F. Kennedy was born, on May 29, 1917. The Kennedy family lived in the...

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