Could Boston have a Latin Quarter of its own?
April 22, 2016
By: Meghan E. Irons
Tags: Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street
Bodegas hug the sidewalks, merengue drifts from stores along a lively stretch of Jamaica Plain.
Bodegas hug the sidewalks, merengue drifts from stores along a lively stretch of Jamaica Plain.
A Medal of Honor monument, new street signage, bike-share stations, and improvements to parks are just some of the enhancements on the way for Allston-Brighton residents, thanks to Boston College.
Boston College and the city of Boston recently gave neighborhood grants totaling almost $450,000 to Allston-Brighton, providing funding for future enhancement projects.
Allston’s new community space has an open skatepark, a yoga studio, a vintage market, and much more.
Promoting culture, community and creativity, Do617 and Allston Village Main Streets hosted an outdoor public festival Monday to celebrate Allston Christmas.
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the launch of the POP Allston project, a temporary pop up community space at 89 Brighton Avenue.
Mayor Marty Walsh took to 89 Brighton Ave. in Allston to announce a new pop up community space aptly known as POP Allston.
Twelve MIT graduate students presented initial results of their three month study of the Brighton Main Streets district at the Presentation School Community Center in Oak Square.
The Boston Transportation Department has installed four summer “parklets” in Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and Allston-Brighton with another planned for the Audubon Circle neighborhood near Fenway Park.
The state’s first-ever class in business English for speakers of other languages, a collaboration between Egleston Square Main Street and Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street, graduated six small business
The grants, which will support initiatives in seven Main Streets Districts.
The Greater Grove Hall Main Streets has hired Ed Gaskin as executive director.