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Local news for Downtown (Boston, MA) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Thursday | BPDNews

Daily Incidents for Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Last night, July 22, 2008, around 11:05pm, officers from District A-1 responded to the area of LaGrange and Tamworth Streets for a robbery in progress.

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Related Topix: Brighton (Boston, MA), Tewksbury, MA, Boston, MA

Tue Jul 22, 2008

OnMilwaukee.com

Milwaukee ranks 13th most walkable city in America

Published July 22, 2008 at 10:36 a.m. Tags: walkability , walk score , pedestrian friendly , walkscore.com , transit Walkability is big in today's world.

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Related Topix: New York, Downtown (Jacksonville, FL)

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Loaded Gun

Mediabistro.com All-Media Party on July 29

Join me 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 at Silvertone , 69 Bromfield St. in the heart of Boston's Downtown Crossing for an all-media networking event promoted by Mediabistro.com based in NYC.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA

Thu Jul 17, 2008

TheBostonChannel

Smile, You're In Downtown Crossing

If you were shopping in downtown Boston's main shopping district this week, you may have ended up smiling on a candid camera.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA

Wed Jul 16, 2008

San Angelo Standard Times

Cummings Building sold, will house lofts and more

The Cummings Building, which houses the popular restaurant No Problemo on Purchase Street, has been sold to a Martha's Vineyard-based developer that plans to spiff up the exterior and convert the second and ...

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Home, Mortgage, South Boston (Boston, MA)

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Residential Real Estate

Chacarero profits eaten away by challenging economy

Juan Hurtado misses the days of serving his famous chacarero sandwiches out of a small kitchen at the side of Filene's department store.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Boston Business Journal

Retailers, developers get mayor's tour of city

More than a dozen developers, retailers and brokers joined Mayor Thomas Menino and Boston Redevelopment Authority officials Tuesday morning to tour Boston s redevelopment hot spots.

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Related Topix: Downtown (New York, NY), Boston, MA

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Boston Herald

Hub hopes logo, Web site boost business area

Both were unveiled yesterday by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who hosted the first leg of an "Experience Boston" tour of the city's retail opportunities prior to the International Council of Shopping Centers' ...

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Related Topix: Boston, MA

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Boston Herald

N.Y. developer has plans for Downtown Crossing

City officials announced today that New York developer Midwood Management Corp. is expected to file plans this week for a mixed retail/residential project on the corner of Bromfield and Washington streets in ...

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Related Topix: Downtown (New York, NY), Boston, MA

Star-Gazette.COM

The street is their canvas in Elmira

Meet some of the chalk artists featured in new festival this weekend. By Kira Johnson * kjohnson@stargazette.com * July 8, 2008 Elmira will host its first Street Painting Festival this Saturday and Sunday on ...

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Related Topix: Graphic Design, Arts

Sun Jul 06, 2008

The Boston Globe

Bookings

TOMORROW: Zoë Ferraris reads from "Finding Nouf," at 7 p.m., at Porter Square Books, 25 White St., Cambridge.

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Related Topix: Provincetown, MA, Cambridge, MA, Newtonville, MA, Boston, MA, Brookline, MA

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Boston Business Journal

Restaurateurs flocking to Downtown Crossing

It's an emerging neighborhood. Rents are cheap and landlords are pulling out the stops to lure commercial tenants.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Boston, MA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

The First EstateNews and Trends From Brooklyn's Houses of Worship

The St. Charles Jubilee Senior Center , acclaimed as a hub of social life and activity for older adults in the Heights/Hill and Downtown Brooklyn communities, has been celebrating its 35th anniversary.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY

Mon Jun 23, 2008

NY Daily News

Boston, Philadelphia & Baltimore offer history in a vibrant setting

The Liberty Bell is a must-see historical stop in Philly. Summer crowds take in the scene at Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

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Related Topix: Travel

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Boston Globe

Bookings

TODAY : No listings TOMORROW : Poet Maxine Kumin and fiction writer Matthew Klam read at 7 p.m., at the Fine Arts Work Center, 24 Pearl St., Provincetown .

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Related Topix: Provincetown, MA, Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA, Brookline, MA

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Residential Real Estate

A tale of two condo projects: Location still matters

Earlier this week, guests sipped ice tea and lemonade and ate cupcakes while taking in the view of the Boston skyline from the 26th floor of one of Boston's newest condominium developments.

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Tue Jun 17, 2008

Bloomberg.com

Renzo Piano Designs $435 Million Grim Tugboat for Downtown Whitney Museum

Moored to the elevated High Line train track and park, the tugboat silhouette of Renzo Piano 's $435 million design for New York's new Whitney Museum looks poised to steam purposefully toward the nearby Hudson ...

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Related Topix: East Side, PA, Downtown (New York, NY), Meatpacking District (New York, NY)

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Boston Herald

Building booms in Boston

Boston Herald Business Reporter Reporter Scott Van Voorhis brings 15 years of aggressive reporting to a wide range of topics that affect the Hub's business community and residents.

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Boston Properties, Boston, MA

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Boston Globe

Nightlife

The Good Life in Downtown Crossing welcomes a hip-hop veteran to the turntables tonight - Pete Rock .

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Related Topix: The Good Life, Pop/Rock, Hip-Hop, Pete Rock, Music, Entertainment

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Commercial Property News

Topping-Off Ceremony This Afternoon for Boston Tower

June 10, 2008 Source: Boston Globe A "topping-off" ceremony is scheduled to take place this afternoon for 45 Province Street, a 32-story tower that will have 138 condominiums in Boston's Downtown Crossing area.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA

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