Jean McGuire, the 92-year-old pioneering civil rights activist, has returned to her daily Franklin Park walks months after she barely fended off a knife attack.
There is a plan to house hundreds of people from the troubled area of "Mass and Cass" on the campus of Shattuck Hospital, which is on the outskirts of Franklin Park.
The area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard has long been known for rampant public drug use, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says the problem is escalating.