The National Park Service (NPS) designated the Uphams Corner neighborhood a historic district last week and listed it in the National Register of Historic Places. The decision came after a series of meetings last year. The neighborhood’s cluster of late 19th and early 20th century commercial and residential buildings – 24 in all – were deemed historically significant and
Stakeholders in Uphams Corner want the central section of the neighborhood to be recognized as a National Historic District – a designation that must be granted by state and federal authorities. Such a status could bring new resources to the Dorchester crossroads. The effort is being led by the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (EDC). An online meeting, hosted by
You can never know Dorchester well enough, especially on deadline. Ed Forry learned that lesson again, on his tenth time as publisher and editor of the Dorchester Day supplement to the weekly Dorchester Argus-Citizen. The year was 1983, and the insert’s red-white-and-black cover saluted a high point of the preceding twelve months with a lead photo of President Ronald Reagan
You can never know Dorchester well enough, especially on deadline. Ed Forry learned that lesson again, on his tenth time as publisher and editor of the Dorchester Day supplement to the weekly Dorchester Argus-Citizen. The year was 1983, and the insert’s red-white-and-black cover saluted a high point of the preceding twelve months with a lead photo of President Ronald Reagan
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday approved two projects for two parcels on Columbia Road that will mean 113 new affordable apartments, artist space and the preservation of two historic buildings across from the Strand Theatre in Uphams Corner. One of the projects will mean the elimination of 16 SRO apartments, but the current tenants will be guaranteed new, larger units in