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Neighborhood

Photo of Boston's Seaport district. A stone walkway on the left lines a large body of water as the Boston seaport cityscape is scene in the background. A white triangle play button is overlaid in the center.

In the City

Street Smarts: Seaport District

October 26, 2022

A photo at Brookline Booksmith where banned books are available for purchase. The books displayed have cards explaining when, where, and why the book was banned.

Books

Want to Find a Banned Book? Brookline Booksmith Has Some on Display

October 26, 2022

Stock photo of Beacon Hill in Boston. A brick building along a cobblestone street is shown.

Neighborhood

Street Smarts: Beacon Hill

October 14, 2022

The corner in Coolidge Corner

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner

October 13, 2022

Photo of the multi-use building that is also the WHOOP headquarters in Kenmore Square. The building is brick with large blueish windows. A large grey "WHOOP" sign is prominent atop. A large CITGO sign can be seen peeking from behind the building.

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Fenway-Kenmore

September 13, 2022

Sepia photo of the aftermath of a devastating gas line explosion at the corner of Tremont and Boylston streets on on March 4, 1897, which blew up two trolley cars and left 10 people dead, just six months before the Boston subway was scheduled to open. At left, a man in a bowl hat and a long trench coat looks out into the rubble of metal and piece. A crowd of people, back right, can also be seen examining the damage. Photo by Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins, courtesy Boston Pictorial Archive via Boston Public Library

Transportation History

125 Years Ago, Like Today, Many Bostonians Feared Their Subway System

July 26, 2022

A picture of a sign in Union Sqaure in Somerville that reads "Union Sqaure"

Things-to-do

Explore Somerville’s Union Square Thanks to the New MBTA Green Line Extension

April 25, 2022

Photo of the red Davis Square sign with gold lettering taken when there was snow on the ground. Behind the sign, businesses are lit up at night.

In the City

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Davis Square

March 22, 2022

Nasim Parveen stands in her blooming garden while holding a watering can

Neighborhood

This BU Librarian Turned Her Backyard into an Urban Eden, One Plant at a Time

July 29, 2019

Porchfest

Music

First Fenway Porchfest Set for Tomorrow

June 15, 2018

Buildings and Citgo sign in Kenmore Square, Boston

Campus & Facilities

BU Reaches Agreement on Kenmore Square Properties

August 12, 2016

Boston University BU sells Hotel Commonwealth, Denver based Sage Hospitality, Kenmore Square

In the City

BU Sells Hotel Commonwealth to Sage Hospitality

December 21, 2012

Friendly Toast, Cambridge, MA, Boston area breakfast brunch

Food & Dining

Lunch (or Breakfast), Anyone?

January 19, 2012

Neighborhood

Taking the Muddy to Brookline Village

July 7, 2011

Arts & Culture

Kick Back with Pizza, Pool, and a Pitcher

June 21, 2011

JFK Birth house in Brookline, Massachusetts

Things-to-do

35th President’s Birthplace a Stone’s Throw Away

June 17, 2011

Local

Jump-starting Your Summer with Jane Austen and Merchant Ivory

June 1, 2011

In the City

It’s All Downhill from Here

February 2, 2011

Faculty

Reading Boston: on the Page and on Foot

December 10, 2010

Local

New Partnership Between Journalism Students and Boston Globe

December 8, 2010

New Partnership Between Journalism Students and Boston Globe