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Voices from the Basement

From today’s Boston Herald: Film celebrates long history of Hub department store. A one-hour documentary about the original Filene’s Basement in Boston’s Downtown Crossing will premiere this spring. More than five years in the making, the film recounts the now-closed Basement’s history and stories of its workers and shoppers – including, “60 Minutes” newsman [...]



‘It’s just not a good housing site’

 Developer Frank Keefe goes to bat for the proposed Boston Museum on Parcel 9 near Haymarket along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. He’s not impressed with a competing bid for residential housing:
 
“Why would you put housing surrounded by non-housing uses plagued by a very dirty, smelly, noisy Haymarket venue? … It’s just not a good housing site, [...]



Flying Around Olde Boston

Interesting to see how much has changed – and hasn’t – since the 1920s:

Source: Universal Hub and ArchBoston



How did this mortgage crisis start

I had heard someone blaming our favorite national scapegoat, George Bush,for the nation’s mortgage meltdown.
That piqued my curiosity so I did a little digging to see if that was actually true. What I found, and what we’re witnessing, is actually part of the Bill Clinton legacy. Probably not the one he has been hoping for, [...]



Give my regards to Hudson Street, remember me to Scollay Square

Remember the Combat Zone?

Best quote: “The Combat Zone is a mere shadow of its self, with only 35 bookstores remaining …” Boston, circa 1983.
Remember how Hudson Street used to look?

But, soon, Hudson Street will rise again, with housing proposed for the eastern side of the street.
The more things change …
More: Boston’s Chinatown – Asian [...]



Jordan Marsh, Gilchrist’s, Woolworths; Boston’s shopping days blog

Know your history!
Back in the day, Downtown Boston was home to many stores that have now gone the way of the horse and buggy and record turntable.
A blog has been set up with some awesome photos and reminiscences about that time and place.
About the blogger: Boston born and very eager to get as many memories, [...]



Know your history – Boston’s South End

Considering a move to Boston? Do you know a lot about its history?
If not, I suggest you make your way to the library. Or, to Amazon.com.
Boston’s “busing crisis” unfolded during the mid-1970’s, following on the heals of tumultuous civil rights fights and race riots (none in Boston) of the mid-to-late 1960’s and [...]




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