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Restaurant, shops anticipated for first floor of Ferdinand siteWhen Boston Mayor Thomas Menino announced in March, 2011 that the city would redevelop the long-vacant Ferdinand's Furniture site in Dudley Square, he described the plan as not only a way to consolidate the Boston Public Schools (BPS) department and move it closer to where the city's school-aged children live, but also to help restore Dudley Square?s vibrancy as a business district. More » |
The day Dr. King visited Boston Common in 1965"Designated Driver." This was my title when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Boston in April 1965. On that cloudy, intermittently rainy day, the designated driver was later assigned to be an "umbrella man," shielding Dr. King as much from the elements as the possibility of a lurking assassin within range of Boston Common, where the civil rights icon would address an estimated crowd of 22,000 supporters. More » |
