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The low-slung buildings of Chinatown
Time was, Boston Proper was very much a place of short buildings, where for decades the city skyline consisted mainly of just one building - the Custom House Tower. Those days are long gone, obviously,...
View Article311 complaint of the day: Steamed over the screeching start to the new year...
A resident with ears covered filed a 311 complaint at 1:09 a.m. about the noise on Kneeland Street in Chinatown:Very very loud, high pitched screeching sound coming from Vicinity Steam...
View ArticleOrange Line commute is no fun; a brand-new train refused to run
Shiny and new tracks don't do much good when a shiny new train just dies and then won't be budged, as happened this morning at Chinatown, where one of the new Orange Line trains despaired of life and...
View ArticleLicensing board to consider rolling back closing time for Theater District...
Boston Licensing Board Chairwoman Kathleen Joyce said today she plans to call a hearing at which to consider rolling back the 2 a.m. closing time for Theater District clubs, after listening today to...
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Boch Center gets OK for new electronic billboard; says it will help save its...
Rendering of proposed billboard.The Zoning Board of Appeal yesterday approved plans by the Boch Center and a billboard company for an electronic billboard on Stuart Street that the center's CEO says...
View ArticleOrange Line riders had reason to wail; bit of fire near Tufts along the third...
The T shut the Orange Line at Tufts and requested Boston firefighters around 7:30 p.m. when something related to the third rail on the outbound side began to smoke - possibly a heater installed along...
View ArticleFederal jury acquits former Chinatown Main Streets director on charges he...
A federal jury today acquitted Litang "Henry" Liang, a former director at Chinatown Main Streets, of charged that he spied on members of Boston's Chinese-American community and tried to recruit some of...
View ArticleAlcohol to go to get a little easier to get downtown and in Chinatown
The Boston Licensing Board yesterday approved a new liquor store on State Street downtown and gave a convenience store on Tremont Street in Chinatown permission to start stocking beer and wine.Liquor...
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Insurer sues wood refinishers for fire that heavily damaged venerable Jacob...
The insurance company for the owners of the Jacob Wirth restaurant on Stuart Street this week sued three wood-refinishing companies it alleges caused a four-alarm fire through negligence last June 24 -...
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Box-truck driver slams into people, light poles in Chinatown
Photo by BFD.The driver of a box truck slammed into several people and utility poles in the area of Harrison Avenue and Kneeland Street in Chinatown and wound up trapped inside his flipped truck...
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Braintree couple charged with running Chinatown, Quincy gambling parlors...
A Braintree couple faces a variety charges related to the gambling and untaxed-cigarette operations they allegedly ran on Oxford Street in Chinatown and in Quincy, the Massachusetts Attorney General's...
View ArticleTheater District club bouncer loses job, faces criminal charge for beating up...
A bouncer at Royale, 279 Tremont St. in Chinatown, was suspended from his job and faces arraignment on an assault-and-battery charge later this month for the way he allegedly dealt with a crowd of...
View ArticleOwner of two Chinatown restaurants facing eviction; says food inflation,...
Sampan interviews Gloria Chin, who owns Double Chin Restaurant and Bao Bao Bakery, on the growing difficulties of running a local restaurant. The infusion of chain "Asian Starbucks" boba places don't...
View ArticleOne security guard shot another after hours at Chinatown restaurant; owner...
A security guard supposedly hired to help keep things under control at China Pearl, 9 Tyler St. in Chinatown, could soon face criminal charges for shooting another guard shortly before 3:30 a.m. on...
View ArticlePill-themed rapper from California charged with beating student at ill-fated...
A rapper who goes by the name Lil Xan - in honor of the sedative Xanax - used his microphone to smash a guest in the head at a party at Royale, 279 Tremont St. in the Theater District last fall - and...
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