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South End residents Reina Diaz with her dog, Louie, and Desi Murphy with his 1 year-old son, Liam, enjoy the foun-tain and the festivity at the Washington Gateway Summer Solstice Party at Blackstone Square. See more photos on 3.

PHOTO BY KEIKO HIROMI

Ursula McClean and Jacqui Hoard clapped to the music during the Berklee Sunset Summer concert at Symphony Community Park on Tuesday night. They joined scores of neighbors that came out to enjoy the music of ViVi (Vivian Valls) at the kick-off of the annual summer series.

By Lauren Bennett

Two solar flowers are mak-ing their way to the side lot of 41 Berkeley St. at the Benjamin Frank-lin Institute of Technology (BFIT). Attorney Matt Kiefer came before the South End Landmark District Commission (SELDC) on July 2 to request approval for these flowers, which will be installed in a partner-ship with a company called Smart-Flower.

Kiefer said these solar flowers, which have a diameter of 16 feet when open, will “demonstrate the possibilities of solar power for the building.” The flowers themselves, just like real flowers, will open their petals when the sun comes out, and close them in the dark. A represen-tative for SmartFlower said that these flowers are “inspired by the heliotropic properties of a sunflow-er.”

“SmartFlower is a stunning, simple system, but inside it has advanced robots which the stu-dents will be learning about,” he said. As soon as the sun comes up, the flower opens its petals and then follows the sun at an optimal angle across the sky, the representative said, adding that there are specially engineered brushes inside the flow-

ers that clean the system every time it opens and closes, so it always opens at peak performance. Over one year, each flower will produce approximately 5,000 kilowatt hours of energy for the school.

Aisha Francis, Chief of Staff at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, said that aside from providing solar power for the school, the flowers will be used for coursework in classes like Intro to Electromechanical Systems. “We train folks manually from the Bos-ton area,” Francis said of BFIT, so these flowers will demonstrate the technology for the students so they can be trained in the way green technology works.

The project, which will be tem-porary, is proposed to last up to three years.

SELDC Commissioner John Amodeo wondered about public signage for the flowers explaining what they were. He said he believes this would be a good addition because these flowers have “pub-lic value beyond what the students can do,” he said. The flowers are visible to the public, he continued, so “it would be mice if the public knew what this curious thing was.”

Another topic of discussion

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By Lauren Bennett

For the fourth year in a row, Newbury Street will be pedestri-an-only from Arlington Street to Massachusetts Avenue in what has become known as “Open New-bury Street.” From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 14, Aug. 25, and Sept. 15, people can enjoy free roaming of the street to check out the fun activations that Newbury Street businesses have to offer.

Jacob Wessel, Public Realm Director for the City of Boston, told the Sun that a lot of busi-nesses have done the same thing

for the past three years that have worked well for them, but there are also several newer businesses that are excited to participate in the event. For example, Serafina, a new restaurant, is excited for the outdoor dining element, and Marine Layer is going to have a T-shirt recycling program where people can learn about recycling clothing. “There are a number of folks trying to demonstrate how their products work,” Wessel said. KitchenWares on Newbury Street will be demonstrating knife sharp-ening, and clothing stores will demonstrate how their clothing is

made, he said. “We’re just excited to see it work

well and continue on,” Wessel said. A change from last year, the pedes-trianization of Hereford Street, will continue this year. “People are starting to understand it a bit more as a regular occurrence,” Wessel said of the event— “it pops into their mind and they continue to get excited about it. That’s something we’re really excited to see.”

”Having talked with consumers and other business owners, every-one I’ve talked to agrees that Open

Open Newbury returns for fourth year

CAMPED OUTAddicted, homeless population spreading

SUNSET CONCERT AT SYMPHONY COMMUNITY PARK

WASHINGTON GATEWAY SUMMER SOLSTICE PARTY

By Seth Daniel

When Blackstone/Franklin Pres-ident David Stone took a recent survey of the two Squares in his neighborhood, and found 11 peo-ple sleeping there one morning, and later observed folks bathing in the fountains, he knew something was mighty different than in past summers.

Add that to the frequent open drug use he and other neighbors have seen on the normally quiet residential streets of Blackstone/Franklin, and he and others have begun to conclude the Mass/Cass problems are migrating further into the South End.

“Blackstone and Franklin squares have always had some issues, but the situation has

become more significant in the amounts and severity,” said Stone this week. “We see more people sleeping overnight and then return-ing day after day. They’re setting up cardboard boxes and they’re bathing in the fountains. They appear to be young and troubled, and we find clothing and needles a

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How we’re working to ensure the Boston Police Department reflects and serves our neighborhoods

Guest Op-ed

MAKE THE MOST OF SUMMEROur founding publisher, Andrew P. Quigley, who lived an extraor-

dinary life, used to say, "When you look back on your life, you realize that all you really have is a lot of memories."

What brings these words to mind is the realization that the long, hot summer is upon us. With school out and the excitement of the Fourth of July behind us, we now have arrived at what often are referred to as the dog days of summer -- humid, steamy, and languid -- that have burned indelible memories into our mind's eye from our earliest childhood into adulthood.

For those of us who live in the Greater Boston area, numerous vacation spots, from the mountains and lakes of Maine and New Hampshire, to the pastoral serenity of the Berkshires, to the world-fa-mous beaches of Cape Cod and the islands, are within a short dis-tance.

The Greater Boston area itself is full of summertime pleasures and recreational opportunities, whether it be a visit to the 15 beaches maintained by the state, boating in our beautiful Boston Harbor and nearby environs, concerts at numerous venues, or taking in the vibrancy of the Boston waterfront scene.

However, what summertime always has meant to us -- the time we spend with our families, friends, and children -- reinforces the notion that the best things in life are free.

While life itself is short and passes all too quickly, summer is even briefer. There are just seven weeks from now until Labor Day week-end (how depressing is that?). All of us will lament, "Where did the summer go?" when we return to work and school on the day after Labor Day, Sept. 2.

Let's make sure that when we do so, we can look back on a sum-mer that created memories that will last a lifetime for ourselves and for those whom we love.

CONGRATULATIONS, U.S. WOMEN'S SOCCER

Every now and then the accomplishments of an individual athlete or team will transcend whatever it is that they have achieved in the world of sports. Prime examples include the late Muhammad Ali and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team.

In our view, the incredible run by the U.S. Women's Soccer team during the recent World Cup in France that culminated with Sunday's 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in the championship game is one of those events that made us proud to be Americans far beyond their feat of winning a world title.

Not only did the team prove to be the best in the world on the pitch itself, game-after-game, with thrilling victories over Spain, France, and England in the knockout rounds, but off the field, they were incredible representatives for our nation and women the world over.

Beyond their amazing athleticism, the U.S. women displayed grit, class, and, smarts. Unlike some players on other teams who were a bit "chippy," the American women were strong without resorting to rough behavior and never lost their cool.

Moreover, the U.S. team displayed an unbridled joy for the game that all too often is lacking in sports in these days, all the way from youth to the professional levels.

Jill Ellis, the U.S. coach, noted afterwards that her team members not only were outstanding soccer players, but they also were wonder-ful people who were superlative teammates and supportive of each other.

With the U.S. women suing U.S. Soccer for equal pay with the men's team, as well as the comments from some members of the team about the politics existent in the country today, the 2019 team's accomplishments on the field may be remembered a generation from now as less significant than the changes they are seeking to bring about in the perception of women athletes by society at large.

We are grateful for the excitement the USNWT brought to us during the past month. We know that their team will serve as an inspiration for future soccer players, both boys and girls, and we are hopeful that they will be able to bring about much-needed changes in the realm of gender equality in the sporting world.

By Mayor Martin J. Walsh

Last month, we welcomed the Boston Police Academy's newest recruits. These men and women had spent the last six months learning to serve and protect the people of Boston with the high-est standards of excellence and professionalism. As each recruit crossed the stage, they stopped to shake hands with me and Commissioner Gross. It was a powerful experience meeting each and every new member of our city’s police department, which is the oldest—and the best—in the nation.

Among these recruits are vet-erans, former teachers, and youth sports coaches. Many of them brought their families, friends, and loved ones up on stage with them. It was a powerful reminder of the deep connections our police offi-cers share with our community.

This graduating class also reflects Boston’s rich diversity of languages, cultures, backgrounds, and religions. It includes more people of color than any class in recent memory, and the largest group of former cadets to grad-uate from the academy since we reinstated the cadet program in 2015.

The cadet program is a paid, on-the-job training program for young people in Boston’s neigh-

borhoods. It prepares them for the rigors of the Police Academy, and connects a more diverse pool of candidates with local careers in law enforcement.

When I was elected Mayor, I made it a priority to reinstate the cadet program. I saw it as a powerful way to make our police department more representative of the people it serves. In the four years since we brought the cadet program back, the results have spoken for themselves.

Sixty-three percent of cadets have been people of color, rep-resenting Boston’s Black, Latinx, Asian, and Native American com-munities. The percentage of female cadets has steadily increased, and the current 2019 cohort of cadets

is exactly fifty percent female. To see how significant these

numbers are, take a look at the national landscape. Throughout the United States, about 25 per-cent of police officers are people of color, and about 15 percent are women. The Boston Cadet program is pushing doors wide open for a much more diverse, more inclusive police department in Boston.

A diverse police force is crucial to our public safety strategy. It helps ensure that our men and women in uniform deeply under-stand the challenges people are facing in our neighborhoods. It also helps build trust between our police and the people they serve, so

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THE BOSTON SUNPrESidENT/EdiTOr: Stephen Quigley, [email protected]

MarkETiNg dirEcTOr: Debra Digregorio ([email protected])Art Directors: Kane DiMasso-scott, scott Yates

contributing reporters: seth Daniel, [email protected] lauren Bennett, [email protected]

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Letter to the editor

that residents feel safe coming for-ward and asking for help.

Our police officers are trusted and familiar faces in our neigh-borhoods. They are an important part of a support system for our communities — working with pub-lic health, social service, and youth work professionals.

This is what community polic-ing looks like, and it has helped make Boston one of the safest cit-ies in America. Our crime rate has fallen by roughly 25 percent over the last five years. This year alone, major crime is down by about 10

percent. Our motto is that we keep Boston safe by “lifting people up, not locking people up.”

Diversifying and strengthening the Boston Police Department is part of a broader, citywide com-mitment. We’re working with the State to create a cadet program for the Boston Fire Department. And through our CityAcademy hiring initiative and improved out-reach, we’re drawing from a more diverse candidate pool for EMT’s and paramedics. This commitment extends beyond public safety and first responders — it’s about every

part of city government. My cabi-net is the most diverse in the histo-ry of our city, and nearly half of all full-time city employees hired over the last five years have been people of color.

Together, we’ll continue build-ing a culture of trust and resilience across all our neighborhoods, rep-licating the success of the cadet program, and continuing to push doors wide open for everyone in Boston.

Martin J. Walsh is the Mayor of Boston.

REGARDING THE RIGHT WHALES

Dear Editor:We appreciate that your June

21 editorial “Another Sad Sign of the Times” calls attention to crit-ically endangered North Atlantic right whales, but it made several misleading claims about their fight for survival and the current protec-tions in place.

The most immediate threats to right whales are entanglement in fishing gear and ship strikes. Nei-ther the U.S. nor Canada is doing enough to protect right whales from the maze of thick ropes and the dearth of commercial shipping vessels they are forced to navi-gate in their annual migrations. Although long protected in the U.S. under the Endangered Spe-cies Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, it has been several years since any new laws designed to protect right whales have been put in place in the United States.

Your article suggests that the U.S. has fully protected right whales in the Gulf of Maine, how-ever, the reality is starkly different.

For example, more than 70 percent of Maine waters — where most of the fishing in the Gulf of Maine occurs — are exempt from federal regulations to protect right whales from entanglements. These exemptions include requirements to mark fishing gear so that prob-lematic gear can be identified (and ideally removed), and to use sink-ing lines between traps to decrease the risk of entanglement. Further, any most speed restrictions in the

Gulf of Maine, when implemented after a group of whales are sighted, are merely voluntary. Thus, they are largely ignored.

Just this year, six more whales died out of a population of barely 400. At least two of these whales were mature females capable of bearing calves. This is catastroph-ic, and both countries need to treat this like the emergency that it is for a species at risk of extinction. Since 2017, Canada has moved quickly to close areas to fishing as soon as whales were spotted and to imple-ment mandatory speed restrictions in certain areas. However, even these measures were not enough to prevent the last six deaths. Here at home, right whales are increas-ingly present south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket for much of the year, yet the U.S. has not cre-ated a new closure in this hotspot with fishing and mandatory speed restrictions to decrease risk.

Long-term solutions will require both countries to increase their monitoring so that mandatory speed restrictions can be put in place as soon as whales are sight-ed. Innovative new technology such as ropeless fishing also holds great promise because it eliminates dangerous lines from the water altogether and would allow fisher-men to fish whenever and wherev-er they want.

Right whales can recover, but humans need to stop killing them first.

Jake O’NeillConservation Law

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amongst the commissioners was the proposal to leave these flow-ers in place for up to three years. “Maybe we review this on an annual basis,” Amodeo said. “This is the first of its kind, unique, we haven’t encountered this before.”

Amodeo said that most public art in the city has an expiration

date of one year, and he wanted the option for the commission to be able to review it in a year for renewal. He added that they may want to take into consideration the public reaction after one year as well.

Marcus Springer of Springer Architects said he lives 100 yards

away from the installation site, and thinks it is a “fascinating, great addition to the South End.” He said he would love to take his young sons there, who are both “fascinated with renewable ener-gy.”

“This will be a really important addition to that corner,” he said.

“I think this is very cool,” said Commissioner John Freeman. “The Commission highly supports creative things like this.”

The Commission “enthusiasti-cally approved” this proposal as submitted, with the provisos that a sign be installed on the sidewalk

that lets the public know that this is a temporary installation and describes what it is, the flowers be a medium/pearl gray, and it must come back before the Commission in one year for a review before it is renewed for a second year.

Staff Report

Related Beal last week unveiled its newest residential develop-ment The Quinn, a 14-story lux-ury condominium property on Harrison Avenue in the New York Streets neighborhood.

Designed by a team of renowned architects that includes Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Meyer Davis, The Quinn will offer 101 studio to four-bedroom residences and deliver a refined lifestyle for residents through hospitality-fo-cused services, programming and amenities.

The Quinn focuses on the for-sale condo properties rather than the apartments that will be for rent in the development.

“The South End has a rich his-tory and a strong sense of commu-nity, and we are excited to become a part of that with The Quinn,” said Kimberly Sherman Stamler, president of Related Beal. “We are creating homes for residents with amenities and services to enhance their lives, within a fantastic loca-tion surrounded by art galleries, dining and cocktail options, bou-tique shops and green spaces.”

The name pays homage to the block’s former identity as the his-toric Quinzani Bakery. Stern has more than 30 years of experience in Boston and has designed some of the city’s most celebrated build-

ings, including The Clarendon and Lovejoy Wharf. Internationally recognized interior design firm Meyer Davis is known for its res-idential and hospitality portfolio including Four Seasons, Rosewood Hotels, Le Méridien and The Ritz Carlton. Both firms were inspired by the South End’s blend of his-toric Victorian brick row-houses and industrial warehouses. They infused these elements into every detail of The Quinn, from its exte-rior façade to the residences, which offer beautiful Back Bay views and

a wide range of unique floor plans.The Quinn adds to Related

Beal’s portfolio that includes res-idential spaces throughout the city. To date, the firm has devel-oped The Clarendon, One Back Bay, The Arlington and Lovejoy Wharf.

The Quinn is under construc-tion and scheduled to open in late fall of 2020. Prices will range from $800,000 - $5 million, with sales led by Related Beal and The Col-laborative Companies.

The Quinn building is now going up with steel this month, and develop-er Related Beal announced it is naming the condo portion of the build-ing The Quinn – after the former Quinzani’s Bakery that was there for years.

Related Beal unveils ‘The Quinn’ condos on Harrison Avenue


ELLIS ASSOCIATION HOSTS FUNDRAISER FOR ALLAN ROHAN CRITE PARKPhotos by Derek Kouyoumjian

The Ellis South End Neighbor-hood Association has worked to preserve and enhance the South End since 1964. On Sunday, June 23, they held their annual fundrais-ing event at the recently-opened Revolution Hotel with the pro-ceeds to benefit the renovation of the Allan Rohan Crite Park on Columbus Avenue.

Current Ellis Association Chair John Alekna noted of the occasion: “The turnout and the energy in the room were phenomenal.”

Executive Director Stacy Koeppel, and Fundraising Co-Chairs “Duffy”, and Betsy Hall.

Robin Johnson, Peter Pogorski, and Ken Girvin.

Carol and Bill Caporizzo.

Ellis Association and Webster Bank board member John Chambers, Executive Director Stacy Koeppel, and Revolution Hotel Sales Manager Carolina Rivera. Both Webster Bank and Revolution Hotel contributed greatly to the Ellis Association’s fundraising effort.

Current Ellis Association Chair John Alekna, Chair for Park Revitalization Cheryl Dickinson, and Fundraising Co-Chair Stacy Koeppel hold a banner heralding the efforts to renovate the Allan Rohan Crite Park.

Patty Brennan, Sarah Culman, Wendy Hamm, and Regina Pyle.

Incoming Ellis Association Chair Bob Berstein with Sara Mayer.

Nick Squire, Sarah Spinella, and Carol Trust.

Ellis Association President Ellen Sheets, State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, member Diane Arenella, and Chair John Alekna.

one I’ve talked to agrees that Open Newbury Street makes strolling and shopping a richer experience. With restaurants outside and activ-ities to take part in-it’s a fantastic experience,” Jennifer Hill, owner of Kitchenwares by Blackstones at 215 Newbury Street, said in a press release. “I hope it will continue every year!”

There will also be two new par-klets on Newbury St. this year, one out in front of 205-207 Newbury St., and one in front of 125 New-bury St. The parklets were installed in partnership with real estate company Urban Meritage, Wessel said, and he added that there has been “pretty positive reaction” to the parklets so far. He said they

hope to possibly add a few more over the next year as well. The par-klets are a way to turn the “tem-porary excitement” of Open New-bury Street into a more permanent change for the neighborhood and city at large, Wessel said.

Wessel said he hopes Open Newbury Street will be a “destina-tion event” for people to go to in Boston this summer, and stressed the three different dates in hopes that there will be one that can work for everyone who would like to attend.

Lastly, “We want to hear feed-back from residents and shoppers and business owners about what we can do to continue to make this a success and how we can improve

upon it,” he said. Parking will be restricted on

Newbury Street and adjacent streets with enforcement beginning at 5:00 a.m. Signs will also be post-ed informing drivers of the change, the press release states.

“I am excited to once again host the Open Newbury Street series, now in its fourth year,” said Mayor Walsh. “This series has become an anticipated summer event and I hope residents and vis-itors will be able to experience all that Open Newbury Street has to offer. The family event is designed to welcome all, and I look forward to residents and visitors enjoy-ing popular Newbury Street as a pedestrian path.”

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lot. It seems unmistakable. I think it’s more than an uptick, but a sub-stantial increase. We don’t want this to be the new normal. Why it’s happening we don’t know yet. We are working with everyone to understand why, but we need to make sure it doesn’t continue.”

Stone is one of many voices in the South End and Fenway who have noticed a tremendous amount of new activity in their neighbor-hoods, including open drug deal-ing, intravenous drug use on their steps, and stealing from residents and businesses – compromising the community’s stability.

Problems this year have emerged in Titus Sparrow Park in the South End, as well as further up Albany Street and increasingly in the Fens and Fenway’s Boylston Street.

George Stergios, president of the Worcester Square Area Neighbor-hood Association (WSANA), is no stranger to the opiate epidemic as his neighborhood has been at the epicenter for several years. How-ever, what is new this year is the overall numbers of people, and their ability to camp out on the sidewalks overnight and during the day without a lot of oversight.

It is particularly noticeable on Harrison Avenue, where small but growing encampments of people are compromising businesses like the restaurants and convenience store.

He said he worries the City, the police and law enforcement are losing control of the streets.

“It is affecting the businesses,” he said, noting that they had a very spirited meeting in June regarding the pressure on local businesses. “It is effecting people trying to sell property and it is affecting people trying to live their normal daily lives…There are just people sleep-ing all over the place. You get up in the morning and there are just people lying there. They’re there all afternoon too. The City has to do something about it…You can’t lose control of the streets. You can’t lose control of this situation. But that seems to be what’s going on now. You don’t want to give peo-

ple life in jail for stealing a loaf of bread, but you have to keep some degree of order or you’ll get anar-chy.”

Stergios said the encampment problem has emerged this year, and it’s the first time the Mass/Cass problems have taken the “next step” many see in cities like Seattle and San Francisco.

He said it started last winter in the vacant Subway storefront – which closed nearly two years ago. One person started sleeping in the doorway, and then two or three others joined that person before anything was done. That grew to more and more people, and then the stolen hospital wheelchairs started arriving as well.

“The Subway person spread to two or three people, and then spread to the other storefronts and on down Harrison Avenue,” he said. “They were looking not to be bothered. They weren’t bothered at the Subway because it was vacant. Then, with more and more people, there’s less chance you get both-ered.”

Several other WSANA residents have also become involved in trying to stop the encampments and the open drug dealing and usage.

A few residents have taken to making videos of the situation and posting them online so that the problem isn’t ignored – as they believe it is. Those videos show people routinely “shooting up” on stoops, on curbs, dealing drugs in the open on stoops, sleeping on piles of clothing in front of busi-nesses and defecating in public as well.

One business owner relayed that on a recent afternoon, one of those in the encampment began spitting on his clients in the restaurant – chasing them out and leaving him with an empty dining room at the lunch hour. The next day, that same man came back and asked a restau-rant worker if he could bum a cig-arette. The man seemed to have no knowledge of what he had done in the restaurant the previous day.

“We have people literally shooting up and selling drugs at

out front door,” said one resi-dent that wished to remain anon-ymous. “Families don't let their kids outside because of fear of needles being left on the stoops. We are literally subsidizing the health epidemic happening right in front of our own homes whilst the police play cat and mouse with them and the mayor and City Hall choose to ignore the very problem they imported into our neighbor-hoods.”

WSANA Board member Robert George said the police at the local D-4 station have been very respon-sive, and in the last week have tried to put a halt to the encampment issue. However, he said, now the same situation is playing out across the street at Boston Medical Cen-ter.

“The downside is that it pushed people across the street into the BMC park and benches,” he said. “We need to get BMC to do their part now and remove the bench-es adjacent to the street, and not allow people to loiter on their property. Last week the police arrested a drug dealer in the morn-ing, and he was back on the street in the same location selling to the same people by 3 p.m. that day. It is a vicious cycle, but we need to stay vigilant. I would certainly like to see more services to help people, but I think a percentage of them wouldn't take advantage of any services for a number of different reasons.”

WSANA Board member Desi Murphy said there has been a lot of planning going on for the long-term future – such as Long Island Recovery Campus and the Shat-tuck Hospital site. He has actually been on the resident advisory com-mittee to help plan for the Shat-tuck Recovery Campus. However, long-term plans don’t equate to short-term solutions, giving rise to people living on the sidewalk.

“The City, state and private agencies are planning well for the future – three to five years and more…, but we need to do more for today, though,” he said.

Stergios and others in Black-

stone/Franklin and WSANA insist this summer’s situation isn’t a migration of people from one place to another, but a large increase in the amounts of people living on the streets – homeless and/or addicted.

However, South End Forum Moderator Steve Fox said he believes the problem of encamp-ments has arisen from the Boston Police and State Police clearing out the I-93 Connector road just beyond Melnea Cass Boulevard.

“We think the encampments are a result of people who were on the Connector – and because of several complaints from people driving in – they were moved,” he said. “People don’t disappear. They moved to places like Tope-ka Street and Southampton and Harrison Avenue. I think we need more Engagement Centers, but they don’t have to be large. Instead of one on Southampton, if you have 15 of them across the city, it gives an optional place for people to be instead of on the sidewalk…I do not think what we’re seeing is some kind of invasion of new peo-ple.”

Fox, who also chairs the Forum’s Opiate Working Group, said he thinks now is not the time to post videos or complain about the problem, but rather to seize the

opportunity to develop a solution with political and financial power brokers.

“The whole point is to be in a dialogue,” he said. “We need ideas…The mayor has the ability to pull all these people together…There is an enormous upside if we can get everyone like that back on the same page and taking on their piece of the solution.”

Fox has submitted, with input from non-profits and providers in the neighborhood, a list of action items that it is hoped will solve the encampment problem.

Meanwhile, folks like Stergios are skeptical.

He said he doesn’t think the City wants to take stock in the problem, and he doesn’t see them wanting to solve it either.

“They seem like they want to collect as little information and facts as they can…because with facts come accountability,” he said. “With a baseline, you can tell if it’s worse or better or just a migra-tion…You can’t do work to help people if you don’t know what the problem is and the City doesn’t seem to want to know what the problem is right now.”

Several people living on the sidewalk on Harrison Avenue in a recent posting on a social media site dedicated to showing the encampments and behavior of the homeless and addicted in the South End. This sum-mer, some believe the problem has spread to other parts of the neighbor-hood, and has resulted in encampments on sidewalks and parks.

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By Seth Daniel

An often troubled market on the corner of Washington Street and East Berkeley in the South End is looking to gain approval of neigh-bors to codify the use of an adjoin-ing building for a warehouse – but their work is going to be cut out for them.

Ming’s Supermarket/New York Market on Washington Street is looking to get a permit to use

the vacant 140-148 East Berke-ley building – formerly a parking garage way back when – as a ware-house and storage area for their inventory.

A neighborhood meeting has been scheduled for 5:45 p.m. on Weds., July 17, but it’s not likely that neighbors will be too recep-tive.

East Berkeley Neighborhood Association (EBNA) President Ken Smith said the market and its own-ership has had a rocky road with

the neighborhood, and hasn’t been very responsive to requests in the past – such as removing the per-sistent graffiti issues on the front of their store.

“We’d be open to a discussion with them, but we would not sup-port it because Ming’s has not been a great neighbor over the years with the condition of the store-front, the trash and odors coming from the store and the graffiti,” he said. “We’d want to share some of that with them and see if there’s an

opportunity…for them to be a bet-ter neighbor.”

He said there are likely to be a lot of questions on the matter, about what they want to do in the old building.

Sources have told the Sun now and in the past that the building has been used as a warehouse already by the market illegally for some time.

Multiple people have said the market may have been slaughter-ing animals in the old building to

sell in the market. They have also been believed to have stored live-stock in the building as well.

ISD has apparently cited them for issues a few times, and the graffiti issue has been ongoing for a few years. The store is seeking a variance from the Zoning Board to allow the warehouse use in the East Berkeley building.

The meeting, at the moment, is expected to happen outside behind Ming’s in its adjacent parking lot.

Local market looks to codify use of building for warehouse, storage


By Dan Murphy

Joseph Cornish, director of design review for the Preserva-tion Team of the city’s Environ-ment Department, detailed a draft for proposed changes to the Bay Village Regulatory Standards at the July 1 meeting of Bay Village Neighborhood Association exec-utive committee at South Cove Plaza.

“It allows for more change and scope of protection and more of a clarification of what’s there now,” Cornish said, adding that the new regulations provide more oversight for the rear elevations of buildings and also take into consideration the impact of potential climate change, as well as “climate resil-iency.”

The public comment period for the proposed changes is open until Aug. 6 and can be submit-ted to Cornish at [email protected]. Public hearings on the new guidelines that will incorpo-rate the public comments are then scheduled for Aug. 13, Sept. 10 and Oct. 8, when anyone is wel-

come to provide feedback.Also, Bethany Patten, presi-

dent of the BVNA, said the group was working with an attorney for Nahita at 100 Arlington St. to finalize language in the coopera-tive agreement for the restaurant, which is currently seeking a full-year entertainment license.

Following a recent special event at Nahita, which Patten charac-terized as “loud and obnoxious,” BVNA executive committee mem-bers requested that the restaurant provide a point of contact who is available at all hours and suggest-ed that the matter be revisited once the restaurant has gone 60 days without any complaints.

(The BVNA previously voted not to oppose the city granting Nahita its entertainment license with a 60-day review period, which would go into effect in October.)

In another matter, Nancy Mor-risroe, co-chair of the BVNA’s City Services/Traffic Committee, said although trash pickup in the neighborhood was slated to begin at 6 a.m. rather than the tradi-tional 7 a.m. starting July 1, she had received word that it wasn’t

collected until 3:30 p.m. in Bay Village and after noon on Beacon Hill.

“It’s a disaster for Bay Village to try and force us to put out our trash the night before…which causes rats and scavengers,” Mor-risroe said. “The downtown neigh-borhoods are going to be disgust-

ing…and [calling] 3-1-1 is going to be our only ammunition.”

After polling those in attendance, Morrisroe recom-mended that Bay Village wait to participate in a six-to-eight-week pilot program in the South End whereby the city would provide collapsible and sealed trash con-

tainers to participating residents until after the new initiative’s effec-tiveness can be adequately gauged.

Meanwhile, the Bay Vil-lage Block Party is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 26, which like last year, will be catered by Blue Rib-bon BBQ.

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Proposed changes to Regulatory Standards detailed at BVNA executive committee meeting

By Seth Daniel

A funny thing happened on the way to reconstructing Melnea Cass Boulevard – somehow the City arrived at the idea of chopping down hundreds of trees.

While City leaders have promot-ed the long-planned Melnea Cass re-design, and are preparing to put the project out to bid in August, several South End residents are ready to rally to save trees on the corridor that are slated to be cut down.

Ken Kruckemeyer said he is calling for residents to mobilize for a community stand-out on the corner of the Boulevard and Wash-ington Street this Saturday, July 13, from 9-11 a.m.

“They have really ignored the input from the neighborhood for the whole eight years this proj-ect has been discussed,” he said. “They made small changes. The basic issue of crossing the street from one side of Lower Roxbury to the other side has not improved at all. The idea was to slow down traffic to make it safer and to save the trees. At the public meeting in 2011 on this, one of the first things people said was to save the trees.”

That input first morphed into

cutting down about 200 of the mature, 30-year-old trees. Then that was reduced to 100, and then to 50. Now, Kruckemeyer said it is back up to 100 and maybe more.

“When push comes to shove, if they would just re-design with the existing footprint and the new sig-nals they say they need, they could do that without any impact on the existing trees,” he said. “The bid goes out in August, so there is still time to rally.

“The City should not advertise this project until corrections are made to satisfy the people’s con-cerns,” he continued. “A design that stays within the existing curbs can save nearly all the trees. New signals can increase safety and convenience for pedestrians. The two-way bikeway can be updated and will remain safely away from the roadway. And the construction should only take a few months.”

The City contends that it needs to cut down 101 trees to make way for a new roadway that will accommodate one-way bike paths in either direction.

Southenders mobilizing to save trees on Melnea Cass


SUNSET CONCERT AT SYMPHONY COMMUNITY PARKPhotos by Keiko Hiromi

This year’s inaugural sunset con-cert at the Symphony Community Park, in partnership with Berklee College of Music, the Friends of Symphony Park, the Fenway Civic Association, and Boston Parks and Recreation, took place on July 9 at the Symphony Community Park in Boston. The concert fea-tured singer/songwriter ViVi (Viv-ian Valls).

This is one of the concerts from Berklee Summer in the City.

Berklee Sunset Summer concert at Symphony Community Park in Boston.

Dany Gorza (front) and Arian Valdez.

Maria Teresa Ala, Anne Marie Ala and Justin Peterkin.

Eve Alpern and Brenda Morris.


SUNSET CONCERT AT SYMPHONY COMMUNITY PARK

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TITUS SPARROW CONCERT SERIES

The Friends of Titus Sparrow Park have a fabulous lineup of concerts throughout the summer on Wednesday evenings and Tues-day mornings (for children). The Wednesday concerts are at 6:30 p.m. and include:

•July 17, Beantown Swing Orchestra

•July 24, Dub Apocalypse•July 31, Booty Vortex•Aug. 7, Slim Jim and the Mad

Cows•Aug. 14, Pan Neubean Steel•Aug. 21 (6:15 p.m.), Eva Dav-

enport•Aug. 28 (6 p.m.), Pete Kilpat-

rick Band.Children’s Concerts, Tuesdays,

10 a.m:•July 16, Karen K and the Jitterbugs•July 23, Songful Artists-Harry•July 30, Kira Helper•Aug. 6, Wayne Potash•Aug. 13, Matt Heaton• Free Summer Concert Series

returns to Prudential Center: Sum-mer Tunes with the Berklee College of Music

• Enjoy summer evening con-certs featuring talented musicians from Berklee College of Music at Prudential Center's South Garden. Showcasing a variety of musical styles including jazz, pop, Amer-icana, and singer/songwriter per-formances, Summer Tunes will take place on the below Thursdays from 5pm - 8pm, with rain dates

in August.The 2019 schedule is as follows. July 18: Lick NeonJuly 25: Vivi

SUNSET CONCERTS AT SYMPHONY PARK

Sunset Concerts at Symphony Park feature Berklee musicians in one of Boston’s most charming outdoor spaces, located between Berklee College of Music and Symphony Hall. Concerts will be held, weather permitting, on Tues-days from July 9 through July 30, starting at 5:30 p.m. This series is brought to you by Berklee College of Music, the Friends of Symphony Park, the Fenway Civic Associa-tion, and Boston Parks and Recre-ation.

•Tuesday, July 16, Dreion

- Dreion is a vocalist, songwrit-er, and performing artist from Omaha, Nebraska. As a student at Berklee College of Music, major-ing in songwriting with a minor in Africana studies, he balances his academic and performing life with being a husband and a father.

•Tuesday, July 23, Sarah Mes-sias - Sarah Messias, a harmonica player and singer from Brazil, is influenced by blues and rock.

•Tuesday, July 30, Natalie Cas-tro - Natalie Castro is a 19-year-old Canadian singer and Berklee College of Music student who began singing at age 4 and hasn’t stopped. Training with vocal coaches such as Paula Griffith, Castro wins over audiences with charisma and humility.

TITO PUENTE CONCERT SERIES

Taking place Thursdays in July and August at 7 p.m. in outdoor locations across Boston (most-ly in the South End though), the six-concert Tito Puente Latin Music Series—coproduced by Berklee, City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and IBA Boston—presents a soundscape of live Latin music with a strong salsa influence in parks around the city. Performers include Berklee faculty, students, alumni, and world-re-nowned artists.

•Thursday, July 11, The Mambo Rican Group@ O’Day Park, South End – The Mambo Rican Group performs music by Tito Puente, La Lupe, Machito, and other notable mambo artists. The band is com-posed of current and future Latin all-stars, and is directed by Loli-vone de la Rosa.

•Thursday, July 18, Gilenny Gi with Eric German@ O’Day Park, South End - Gilenny Gi is a veteran Dominican singer and great inter-preter of bachata and merengue. She will play with percussionist and band leader Eric Germàn, who has performed with Cheo Felicia-no, Andy Montañez, and Ismael Miranda, among others.

•Thursday, July 25, Alex Avear and Mango Blue@ Mozart Park, JP - Alex Alvear and Mango Blue blend an exciting mixture of musical styles to create a refresh-ing Afro-Latin and world music sound, featuring songs of celebra-tion and social conscience.

•Thursday, Aug. 1, 3nity@ O’Day Park, South End - 3nity, the first all-female Latin band in Boston, Massachusetts, performs music shaped by three cultures: Latin, American, and African.

•Thursday, Aug. 8, Alea@ Mis-sion Hill Playground, 1545 Trem-

ont St. - Colombian artist Alea is a progressive and pioneering art-ist whose music arrests you with authenticity and honesty. Along-side brilliant performers such as Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, Franco Pinna, and Juan Ruiz, she delivers a high-energy performance that traces the musical heritage of many Latin American countries.

•Thursday, Aug. 15, En Tall fea-turing Sheila del Bosque@ LoPresti Park (33 Sumner St., East Bos-ton) - With a different sonority and an unusual format, En Talla displays influences from Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, and traditional Cuban music.

CITY OF BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES

•Wednesday, July 24, 6:30 p.m. @ Ramler Park, 130 Peterborough St., Fenway – Swingin’ in the Fens Featuring Marianne Solivan.

•Thursday, July 25, 7 p.m. @Blackstone Square, South End – Soul City Band.

•Friday, July 26, 7 p.m. @Clif-ford Park, Newmarket – Magnum Sound.

•Sunday, Aug. 4, 5 p.m. @High-land Park, Fort Hill Roxbury – Jazz at the Fort featuring The Fred Woodard Collective.

CITY OF BOSTON FITNESS SERIES (THROUGH SEPT. 2.)

•Salsa Dancing (SITP) in Black-stone Square (South End), every Monday, 6 p.m. A free and popular outdoor summer series for all ages, backgrounds and abilities, SITP is an innovative community engage-ment project in partnership with Boston Centers for Youth & Fam-ilies (BCYF) Blackstone Commu-nity Center that transforms public space for public benefit through music, dance and education. A public health initiative, featuring movement as a key to wellness, it draws hundreds of people from all walks of life.

•Chair Yoga at Symphony Park (Fenway), every Tuesday, 10 a.m.

•Cardio Dance at McLaughlin Playground (Mission Hill), every Tuesday, 6 p.m.

•QiGong in Eliot Norton Park (Bay Village), every Wednesday, 10 a.m.

•Tai Chi (through July 26) in Symphony Park (Fenway), every Thursday, 10 a.m.

•Yoga on Boston Common, every Thursday, 6 p.m.

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For RecordFor RecordFrom the July 9 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, City Hall:•298 Marlborough St.; Applicant: 298 Marlborough Street Condo Trust

Purpose: Change occupancy from 5 to 6 units.•34hf Beacon Street Applicant: Nilak Sharma

Purpose: Unit 8S - 8th & 9th floor: Full renovation to include an extension of living space by extending new addition to existing penthouse on 9th floor, construct new roof deck, re-configure bathroom layouts, interior partition walls, new drywall and plaster where necessary, new mill-work, cabinetry, doors and trim throughout, new electrical as needed and plumbing fixtures, fire sprinkler modification, flooring throughout, millwork per plans.

From the July 10 License Board Hearing, City Hall:•Mothership Alewife, LLC; D/B/A: Revival Cafe & Kitchen, 103 NEWBURY St., Back Bay.

Has applied for a Common Victualler License to be exercised on the above On one floor with kitchen/prep space, two restrooms, and café seating, 2 exits, 1 entrance. Annual patio on private property with 18 seats, same hours as the restaurant. Manager: Liza Shirazi. Hours of Opera-tion: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

•Tatte Holdings, LLC; D/B/A: Tatte Bakery & Café, 345 HARRISON Ave., South End. Has applied for a Common Victualler License to be exercised on the above 1 room ground floor; kitchen & storage in the rear. Seasonal patio (March-Nov) on private property with 35 seats. Same hours as the café. Manager: Tzurit Or. Hours of Operation: 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

From the July 10 Conservation Commission meeting, City Hall:•Notice of Intent for DEP File No. 006-16XX from GEI Consultants on behalf of Community

Boating, Inc. for the proposed erection of a sun shade anchored to the pier located at the Commu-nity Boating boathouse on the Esplanade.

•Community Outreach Meeting for Marijuana Establishment: There will be a community out-reach meeting for NS AJO Holdings, Inc. on July 10 at 6 p.m. The proposed Marijuana Retailer is anticipated to be located at 50 Clapp St., Newmarket. Community members will be permitted, and are encouraged, to ask questions and receive answers from representatives of NS AJO Hold-ings, Inc.

From the July 11 Public Improvement Commission (PIC) meeting, City Hall Rm. 801, 10 a.m.:•On a joint petition by the City of Boston Transportation Department, the City of Boston

Public Works Department, and Goodwill Headquarters Inc. for the Widening & Relocation of the existing right-of-way lines of Melnea Cass Boulevard (public way), Roxbury, located on its southwesterly side between Harrison Avenue and Albany Street.

•On a petition by the City of Boston Transportation Department for the making of Specific Repairs within the following public ways in Roxbury, consisting of curb realignment, roadway and sidewalk reconstruction, as well as new and relocated pedestrian ramps, specialty pavement, street lights, street furniture, street trees, landscaping, stormdrain infrastructure, bicycle infra-structure, tabled intersections, and driveway curb cuts:

Melnea Cass Boulevard – between Columbus Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue.Columbus Avenue – generally at Melnea Cass Boulevard.Tremont Street – northeast and southwest of Melnea Cass Boulevard.Brook Marshall Road – southwest of Melnea Cass Boulevard.Sojourner Truth Court – southwest of Melnea Cass Boulevard.Shawmut Avenue – northeast and southwest of Melnea Cass Boulevard.Dewitt Drive – northwest of Shawmut Avenue.Washington Street – northeast and southwest of Melnea Cass Boulevard.Harrison Avenue – northeast and southwest of Melnea Cass Boulevard.

Albany Street – northeast and southwest of Melnea Cass Boulevard.Hampden Street – north and south of Melnea Cass Boulevard.•On a petition by RREF II Kenmore Lessor II LLC for the making of Specific Repairs

within the following public ways in Boston Proper, consisting of curb realignment, side-walk and pedestrian ramp reconstruction, as well as new and relocated specialty pave-ment, street lights, street trees, street furniture, storm drain infrastructure, bicycle infra-structure, and driveway curb cuts:

Commonwealth Avenue – on its northerly side at address no. 535, east of Deerfield Street.Beacon Street – on its northerly side generally east of Deerfield Street.Deerfield Street – on its easterly side north of Commonwealth Avenue/Beacon Street.

From the July 11 MassDOT Office of Outdoor Advertising, 10 Park Plaza, 11 a.m., 2nd floor:The following are existing billboard renewals:•636 Beacon Street (facing west)•645 Beacon Street (facing east)•918 Commonwealth Avenue – (facing east)•890 Commonwealth Avenue (facing east)•560 Commonwealth Avenue (facing west)•560 Commonwealth Avenue (facing east)•500 Commonwealth Avenue (facing south)•4 Yawkey Way @ Fenway Park (facing west)•621 Huntington Avenue – (facing east)•405 Huntington Avenue – (facing west)•369 Huntington Avenue – (facing west)•800 Boylston Street – (facing south)•47 Huntington Avenue – (facing south)•110 Huntington Avenue – (facing east)•200 Dartmouth Street – (facing north)•139 Saint James Avenue – (facing east)•90 Saint James Avenue – (facing east)

From the July 15 Boston Groundwater Trust meeting, Lenox Hotel, 710 Boylston St., 4 p.m.:•Re-election of Trust Officers VOTE REQUIRED •Financial Report•Insurance Quote Review & Discussion•Executive Director’s Report

From the July 16 Licensed Premise Inspections hearing, City Hall Rm. 809A, 10 a.m.:•Lucky Strike Jillian’s, L.L.C., doing business as: Jillian’s Billiard’s Club, 145 Ipswich St., Fen-

way. Date: 04/15/2019: Employee on patron assault and battery •Lansdowne Boston Restaurant, LLC, DBA: House Of Blues, 15 - 41 Lansdowne, Fenway. Date: 04/16/2019: Patron on patron assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

From the July 17 St. Botolph Architectural Conservation District Commission, City Hall Rm. 709, 5:15 p.m.:

DESIGN REVIEW•20 Follen St. Proposed Work: At roof level, remove existing penthouse and roof deck. Con-

struct an additional floor and walk-out terrace.ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW•12 Cumberland St.: At Cumberland and St. Botolph façades, level four, replace all 1 over 1

vinyl and aluminum clad windows, with 1 over 1, aluminum clad windows.•104 St Botolph St.: At front façade, cut and repoint brick in kind.•169 St Botolph St.: At front façade, garden level, replace two, 1 over 1, wood windows with

two, 1 over 1, wood windows.•179 St. Botolph St.: Repoint front and rear facades, Remove and replace spalled/

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With the return of summer comes the next wave of Sunset Cin-ema! Our free outdoor film series features a varied lineup of recent hits, perfect for viewing under the stars. On July 11 at 7 p.m. usher in the Boston French Film Festi-val with the madcap comedy The Trouble with You, nominated for nine César awards.

Other films include:Aug. 15 at 6.:30—2001: A

Space Oddyssey Sept. 12 at 6 p.m.—UsAll screenings take place on the

Huntington Avenue Lawn, and are preceded by art making and lawn games starting 90 minutes before the film begins. No tick-et is required. Bring a blanket or low chair (maximum 3 feet high), a picnic supper, and nonalcoholic beverages to enjoy during the film. Beer, wine, and snacks are avail-able for purchase.

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By Dan Murphy

The development team behind the proposed Fenway Theatre detailed its latest deign plans and proposed community benefits during an Impact Advisory Group meeting Monday at the Ford Club-house at Fenway Park.

The developer, 175 Ips-wich Street, LLC, proposes build-ing an approximately 91,500 square-foot performing arts center, with capacity for approximately 5,400 patrons, adjacent to the ball-park at Lansdowne and Ipswich streets. The new venue would be a joint venture between the Red Sox organization and the operators of the adjacent House of Blues.

Construction is expected to take place in three phases, said David Friedman, senior vice president, of legal and government affairs for the Red Sox and special consul for the Red Sox Foundation.

The first phase, which is expect-ed to run from the end of the cur-rent baseball season in October until the start of the next one in April of 2020, would entail decom-missioning the existing building and demolition and foundation work. The second phase, slated to kick off this time next year, would call for the interior reconstruction of the third and fourth levels of the Fenway Garage, which will link the new venue to the ballpark. The thirds phase would then entail con-struction of the theatre itself.

Friedman said Gilbane Inc., a

Providence-R.I.-based construc-tion and real estate company, has been selected as the project con-tractor, and that limited construc-tion work would take place in the evening and on weekends, especial-ly during the baseball off-season.

In response to feedback from the city and the Boston Landmarks Commission, architect Chuck Izzo said the existing façade of the existing garage would be retained, and the area where the theatre’s sidewalk meets the garage façade would be set back “for more breathing room.”

Also, Izzo said the num-ber of bleacher seats slated for removal to accommodate new food areas, concessions and gath-ering spaces has been reduced from 290 (the last six rows) to 140 (the last three rows).

Ruth Bonsignore, project con-sultant, said the sidewalks on Lans-downe Street would be extended to 24 feet, resulting in the loss of seven parking spaces, while the sidewalks on Ipswich Street would be widened to 20 feet.

More trees will be planted along Ipswich Street while existing trees would be retained along Lans-downe Street, Bonsignore said, and the density of bollards would be reduced.

Bike lanes, measuring 5 feet wide, would be extended on both sides of Lansdowne Street, Bon-signore said.

Meanwhile, the stop for the MBTA’s 55 bus line would be relo-

cated from its current site, and a new bus shelter would be installed at the new location. The devel-op team has also committed to underwriting a study of proposed enhancements to the bus line. “The MBTA said they would consider our recommendations based on their merit,” Bonsignore said.

As the city and the Red Sox organization continue to evaluate the success of a pilot program that designated two pick-up and drop-off spots around the ballpark for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft, Bonsignore said space in front of the Boston Arts Academy and another site on David Ortiz Drive in front of the Lansdowne MBTA station are now also being consid-ered as possible locations for addi-tional pick-up and drop-off spots.

Bonsignore said the develop-ment team was unable to accom-modate the city’s request to move the ballpark’s loading dock away from Ipswich Street because Lansdowne Street is too narrow; instead, the loading dock would be expanded from its existing two bays to five.

Moreover, the city is now con-sidering making Van Ness Street one-way between Ipswich and Jer-sey streets.

“This would likely alleviate delivery activity at the loading dock, although there’s no commit-ment [from the city],” Bonsignore said. “We would be supportive of [the proposal] if the city decides that’s an optimal solution.”

In outlining the proposed com-munity benefits from the project, Friedman said the development team is taking a five-pronged approach to achieving this goal.

The first tack would focus on

partnerships with Boston Arts Academy and includes a $500,000 over five years commitment to the school’s capital, as well as provid-ing job and internships opportu-nities and access to the building itself, Friedman said.

The development team would also seek to foster partnerships with other nearby institutions, such as the New England Conservatory and Berklee College of Music.

Another benefit category would focus on community access, and Friedman said there are tentative plans to offer neighbors discounted tickets for events at the theatre in a manner similar to the Neighbor-hood 9’s program, which allows residents in zip codes surrounding the ballpark the opportunity to purchase up to four tickets each for $9 a piece plus processing fees for up for five regular season games. Space at the theatre would also be made available to local nonprofits for fundraisers and other events.

Moreover, Freidman said the development team intends to establish an annual visual arts exhibition at the ballpark or in the theatre itself to display works by

local talent.The theatre would also create

around 80 full-time jobs and 40 part-time jobs, which would offer competitive wages and give prefer-ence to qualified local residents.

The development team would also seek to make financial and other contributions to the commu-nity “on the same level as the Red Sox organization,” Freidman said.

The Fenway Theatre IAG, which advises the Boston Plan-ning and Development Agency in both identifying the impacts and determining the appropriate mit-igation for the proposed project, includes Thomas Bakalars, Sonya Bhabhalia, Kelly Brilliant, Molly Chase, Panos Demeter, Laura Fogg, Kristen Mobilia, Michael Nichols and Evan Ramsey. Tim Czerwienski is thid BHPA project manager for the application.

The BHPA is accepting pub-lic comments on the Draft Proj-ect Impact Report until July 29. For more information on this project and to submit comments, visit http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/fen-way-theater.

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By Lauren Bennett

State Rep. Jay Livingstone stopped by the Peterborough Senior Center in the Fenway on Tuesday afternoon to discuss some of the things going on within the city and state, and to have a con-versation with the seniors about things that are affecting them.

Livingstone and the group cov-ered several topics ranging from transportation and parking to rent control and affordable housing. Recent news about the MBTA has made the organization one of par-ticular interest to the city right now, and Livingstone said that the MA House and Senate have announced that they are going to conduct an

investigation of the MBTA. Liv-ingstone also talked about the new Orange Line cars that have been delayed in coming into service sev-eral times now. He said that within three years, there will be an entirely new fleet of Orange and Red Line trains.

The MBTA is trying to make the trains “much better” and “much more accessible,” Livingstone said. Thanks to the new trains, the Orange Line will run more frequent service as well. He said at rush hours, the Orange Line runs about 98 trains, but will run upwards of 108 trains after the new ones are put into service.

The Green Line Extension also calls for new trains, he said,

though the Green Line will not have an entire new fleet. Once the Green Line is extended into Somer-ville and Medford, new trains will be required to keep up with the increase in service, he said. “The MBTA is probably one of the orga-nizations I complain to the most,” Livingstone said in response to concerns raised by some of the seniors.

Livingstone reminded everyone that people in downtown Boston think a lot more about the MBTA than people living in places like Hyde Park, where the subway is not a way of life for residents.

Livingstone also talked about

Rep. Livingstone talks about MBTA, housing at the Peterborough Senior Center

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One of the most eagerly antic-ipated of the summer in Boston, the French Cultural Center’s Bastille Day Celebration returns Friday, July 12, from 6 to 11 p.m. on Marlborough Street between Berkeley and Clarendon streets.

Around 2,000 guests are expected to turn out to enjoy the event that marks la Fête nationale and the historic friendship between la République Française and the United States, thanks to Platinum Level Sponsors Montpellier Méditerranée Tourisme & Congrès and Ropes & Gray.

. This year, the celebration will include four bars; food from La Voile Boston, La Voile Brookline, Mr. Crepe, Waffle Cabin and Wilson Farm; and face painting and a kid’s table offered between 6 and 8:30 p.m.

“It’s our signature event and one of largest Bastille events in the city, if not the largest,” said

Jamie Haslett, the French Cultural Center’s director of marketing. “People certainly here in American might not know how large the French-speaking world is. This event tries to expose them to French culture and pulls togeth-er Francophiles from all over the world…and hopefully demon-strates just how big the Francophile world is.”

Unlike years past that have fea-tured musical acts from abroad, this year will include performanc-es by legendary New Orleans trumpeter Shamarr Allen and the self-described “Indie Gypsy/New Orleans band” Bon Bon Bivant. “It’s sort of homegrown French-inspired music,” Haslett said.

Adrien Argentero, the French Cultural Center’s cultural pro-grams manager, said this is the 44th consecutive year that the organization has sponsored the event, which until the advent of Pride celebrations in the neighbor-hood, was the only Block Party in the Back Bay.

“Some people still call it Back Bay block party…and it’s one of the few occasions in Boston where you can dance in street with glass of wine in your hand,” Argentero said. “It’s really an occasion to cel-ebrate together the French values embraced by Americans – equality, fraternity and freedom.”

Haslett added, “Everybody is welcome to this great event that

celebrates diversity and unity.”

Street Party tick-ets, with food and drinks available for purchase for $34 in advance and $40 at the door while Garden Party All-Access Passes, which includes an open bar and complimentary food, cost $150 each. (Table sponsorships are also

available for $2,000.)Visit https://frenchculturalcen-

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French Cultural Center’s Bastille Day Celebration returns July 12

Local residents enjoying a past Bastille Day Celebration sponsored by the French Cultural Center.

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Scenes from past Bastille Day Celebration sponsored by the French Cultural Center.


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On Monday, July 1, at around 2:10 a.m., police patrolling the exterior of the Boston Medical Center at 830 Harrison Ave. heard a loud sound and observed a male suspect leaning over the passenger’s side of a marked Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department patrol car, as well as a large rock on the passen-ger’s seat and glass on the ground nearby. The officer placed the sus-pect in double-locked handcuffs at this time.

A surveillance video, which will be saved as evidence, depicts the suspect approaching the patrol car while carrying a large rock

with both hands. The suspect is then seen throwing the rock at the cruiser, causing front window on the passenger’s side to shatter. The suspect then opens the door and enters the vehicle before the responding officer stopped him.

The Suffolk County Sher-iff’s Department was notified of the incident, and representatives responded to the scene to secure the vehicle for towing.

The suspect denied having any business at Boston Medical Cen-ter, and a check determined that he wasn’t currently a patient at the hospital, nor was he seeking any medical attention at this time.

A hospital security guard also

told police that the suspect had been located tampering with the bike racks outside of 850 Harrison Ave.

The officer notified the suspect at this time that the hospital is pri-vate property, and that all entranc-es are adorned with signage to this effect. The officer also ordered the suspect to leave the property and not to return there unless he had medical business, or he would be subject to arrest.

The suspect was then taken into custody, read his Miranda rights and subject to an on-site search, at which time a knife in violation of a Boston city Ordinance for having a blade over 2.5 inches was recov-

ered and seized from his person.The suspect was charged with

one felony count of destruction of personal property, one felony count of breaking and entering into a motor vehicle in the night-time and one count of trespassing on private property after receiv-ing previously a verbal or written warning to stay off the premises. He was transported tom District 4 headquarters for booking.

CHEAP DATEOn Tuesday, July 2, at about

6:36 p.m., officers responded to Typhoon Asian Bistro at 725 Boyl-ston St. for a reported disturbance.

Upon arrival, police spoke to an

employee, who said two male sus-pects just left the restaurant after causing a disturbance. The sus-pects ordered approximately $125 worth of food, but became abusive towards staff when they couldn’t pay their bill.

The suspect then claimed they needed to retrieve money from an ATM, at which time the restau-rant manager escorted them to one on Boylston Street. One of the suspects was then found to have insufficient funds to cover their tab, so the manager returned to the restaurant and notified police of the matter.

state benefits, such as the SNAP benefit program. He said they are studying all state programs and whether it makes sense to have one application for housing, food stamps, childcare, etc. but this could be difficult as SNAP bene-fits are entitlements, while things

like housing are not as they have a waitlist associated with them. “The goal is to make it as easy as possible for people,” Livingstone said.

Two rent control bills have been filed this term, Livingstone said, which he said is “probably” the first time this has happened since

the ballot question 25 years ago. The bills say that local municipal-ities across the Commonwealth can enact rent control should they choose to do so, but it “doesn’t really set guidelines on how it should be done,” Livingstone said.

Livingstone said he would add

three caveats to these bills: rent control should not be applicable to buildings built after a certain date, set a cap of an increase of a certain percentage, and the bill has to be reauthorized after a certain number of years. However, several of the people at the senior center disagreed

with Livignstone on the last point, saying that the window for reautho-rization shouldn’t be so short.

Overall, the group enjoyed hav-ing the Representative come to the senior center so they could voice their opinions and get some answers on topics that matter to them.

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ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHTS THIS SUMMER

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is pleased to announce its summer season of the Neigh-borhood Nights series. On select Thursday evenings (July 11, August 1, and August 22 from 5 to 9pm), the Museum will offer free admis-sion, available on a first come-first served basis. This summer’s series invites visitors to explore themes drawn from the Museum’s new special exhibition Big Plans: Pic-turing Social Reform, considering historical landscape architecture, and envisioning their own alterna-tive "counter-maps” today. Each Neighborhood Night will feature performances, hands-on art-mak-ing, food trucks, a cash bar, and gallery games. Bring friends and family for an engaging, interactive summer evening in the Museum’s beautiful galleries and gardens. For more information about each night, visit gardnermuseum.org.

FRIENDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 2019 SUMMER PARTY

The temperatures aren't the only thing sizzling! The perfect way to ring in the hot, hazy days of sum-mer is at our Summer Party, held at our new location, the Four Seasons Hotel Boston. Get your tickets fast, this event will sell out! The party will be held on July 17 from 6:00-8:00 at the Four Seasons Hotel. Go

to friendsofthepublicgarden.org to purchase tickets.

FREE WALKING TOURS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN

Join the Friends of the Public Garden for Untold Stories of the Public Garden, free walking tours of the first public botanical gar-den in the United States. Led by a pair of expert volunteer guides, learn about the history, sculpture, and horticulture of the Garden on a tour through this treasured oasis. Tours head out Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 4:00pm and Wednesday morn-ings at 10:00am through Labor Day, weather permitting. They run about an hour, and start at the Make Way For Ducklings Statue.

DOROTHY CURRAN CONCERTS RETURN JULY 17

The Dorothy Curran Wednesday Night Concert Series returns from July 17 to August 14 for another great season of outdoor music to entertain music fans of all ages on City Hall Plaza with a tribute to Chicago, the classic soul of Char-lie Thomas’ Drifters, an evening of Motown funk, and the grand finale featuring the legendary Tav-ares. Now celebrating 47 years as Boston's longest-running outdoor concert series, these performances feature exciting entertainment for music lovers of all ages.The series is presented by Mayor Walsh in partnership with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and

the Mayor's Office of Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment. The media sponsor is WROR 105.7 with sponsorship support from Capital One and Polar Beverages. All shows begin at 7 p.m.

The series kicks off July 17 with Total Access, a tribute to the band Chicago. City Hall Plaza favorites Charlie Thomas’ Drifters return on July 24 for a Rock and Roll Reunion Night with La La Brooks. On August 7 enjoy a jour-ney through the greatest decades of Motown funk with the Hipshot Band. The 2019 Dorothy Curran Wednesday Night Concert Series closes August 14 with Disco Night featuring the legendary Tavares performing hits including “Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel” and “More Than a Woman.” For more information, please call (617) 635-4505 or visit the Parks Department online at boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation or facebook.com/bostonparksdepartment.

BACK BAY HAPPENINGS

•The Boston Planning and Development Agency will hold an Urban Renewal meeting for the Central Business District: Boyl-ston-Essex Urban Renewal Area on Monday, July 15, at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at the Revere Hotel, 200 Stuart St. and will discuss updates and the future of the district.

• The Neighborhood Associa-tion of the Back Bay is holding an abutters meeting for a proposed expansion of 28 Exeter St. on July

15. Contact NABB for more infor-mation.

• There will be no NABB Green Committee meetings in July or August.

SOUTH END DATES•A community meeting will

take place on July 17 at 5:45 p.m. behind Ming’s Market/New York Market on Washington Street in the East Berkeley Neighborhood Association territory. Ming’s is looking to codify the use of the vacant building on East Berkeley Street as a warehouse for the store. The meeting is to take place behind Ming’s in their parking lot.

•SoWa FIRST FRIDAYThe artists of SoWa Artists

Guild invite you to visit SoWa First Friday, free and open to the public! More than 80 artists’ stu-dios at 450 Harrison Avenue in the SoWa Art + Design District in the South End of Boston will be open from 5–9 p.m. You’ll meet artists and experience a wide variety of original contemporary art that is available for you to browse and buy. MBTA Orange line to New England Medical Center, then Silver line out-bound to Union Park Street. Parking is available. For more information, please visit http://www.sowaartists.com and http://facebook.com/SoWaArtistsGuild.

•The SoWa Open Market will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 14. The Beer Garden will be taken over by Interboro Spirits and Ales, and live music will be by Squires of Soul from noon to 3:30 p.m.

•The Friends of Hayes Park will

have their annual summer picnic in the park on July 11, at 5:30 p.m. There will be burgers and hot dogs provided, and entertainment from Wayne Potash and the Music Fun Band. Bring family, friends and a favorite dish to share. Sponsors include Cambridge Trust and Spr-ogis & Neale Real Estate.

FENWAY TIMES• The Fenway Victory Gardens

will be having its annual Open Gardens on Saturday, July 13 from 2:00-5:00pm at the gardens; 1200 Boylston St. Stop by for a garden tour and art show at this free com-munity event. The rain date is July 14.

•The Peterborough Senior Cen-ter holds bingo at 12:30 and a Tech Café at 11 a.m. every Wednesday. Come play bingo and meet new people, or can get help with your phone or tablet/computer.

•Summer Fitness Series at Sym-phony Park

Free, age-strong fitness classes at Symphony Park, located at 39 Edgerly Road in the Fenway.

Red Sox Home Games:7/12 vs. Dodgers at 7:10pm7/13 vs. Dodgers at 7:15pm7/14 vs. Dodgers at 7:08pm7/15 vs. Blue Jays at 7:10pm7/16 vs. Blue Jays at 7:10pm7/17 vs. Blue Jays at 7:10pm7/18 vs. Blue Jays at 1:05pm


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