Cristina Todesco, a theatrical set designer, wasn’t too concerned when she first found out her Dorchester studio was going up for sale. But with a big developer sniffing around, she began to feel uneasy. It was 2019, the Boston real estate market was hot, and it seemed a foregone conclusion that anyone who purchased the property at 11-13 Humphreys St. would either raise rents
As the sun set last Friday, slowly darkening Lower Mills village, the sign atop the Walter Baker Chocolate factory’s administrative building lit up for the first time in nearly 60 years. Hundreds of people gathered at Adams Street and Dorchester Ave. to get a glimpse of the newly bright neon sign, which had been dismantled and taken down for repairs last November. Now
By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
April 22, 2021
Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
The Walter Baker sign sits on top of an administrative building in Lower Mills. Dan Sheehan photo
A campaign to re-light the sign atop the former Walter Baker Chocolate factory in Lower Mills is nearing the final stages of its fundraising phase, setting the wheels in motion for a project that would restore the iconic symbol of the neighborhood in a matter of months.
Terry Dolan, president of the Lower Mills Civic Association, told the Reporter this week that the re-illumination project – an idea years in the making that this year was finally made possible by funds from the Community Preservation Act – could be completed as early as this summer or fall. Re-lighting the sign, which sits on top of an administrative building erected in 1919, would restore a central part of the village’s identity, said Dolan.