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Tag Archives: Boston Magazine
All the Attendant Evils of a Bad Slum
I spent most of yesterday in the BPL, dodging sleepy homeless people and researching a BoMag piece on Boylston Street‘s weird place in the city’s architectural bureaucracy. Half of it is part of the Back Bay Architectural District, and subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston City Council, Boston Magazine, Slums, Urban Renewal
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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
(Cross-posted from Boston Daily) Governor Deval Patrick found out what it feels like to be governor last week, as Sal DiMasi’s House finally – finally – got to work advancing the governor’s agenda. It’s only been, what, thirteen months since … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Boston Magazine, Deval Patrick, Idle Speculation, Sal DiMasi
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The Hill and the Hall Week in Review
(Cross-posted to Boston Daily) Mitt Romney‘s campaign for president has ended. Who’ll we make fun of now? It was, by all accounts, a bizarre scene at City Hall on Wednesday when the Boston firefighters union met with members of the … Continue reading
Smile a Little, Mitt
These are not fun times for Willard Mitt Romney. His campaign’s nearly done for actually done for and with good reason. Quoth the Globe: With 499 total delegates up for grabs through March 4, Romney would have to win more … Continue reading