Boston is commonly known as one of the more walkable cities in the United States, with its urban landscape presenting plenty of exciting activities and interesting opportunities within easy reach. But not as many people realize that just a short drive outside of city limits can get them to some of Massachusetts’ most beautiful .
A number of city councillors are proposing an “urban trails program” that would increase connections between green spaces across the city, add trails and signage along the way, and implement a number of other features. The proposal was made at a recent hearing held by the Council’s Committee on Environmental Justice, Resiliency, and Parks. The plan would add extensions to the
Between scenic shots of the High Speed Trolley clicking through the falling snow, of water rushing along the lush banks of the Neponset, and of the Blue Hill Avenue streetscape, teen film director Moses Sibley of the Mattapan Teen Center (MTC) located the pulse of the people of Mattapan and put it on film in “Mattapan The Documentary,” which has become the talk of the
The long fight over a digital billboard conversion in the parking lot of Boston Bowl on Morrissey Boulevard looks to have cleared the lane and the pins are falling in the direction of the project’s proponents. While MassDOT officials said on Tuesday that no decision had been made on the permitting of the digital billboard conversion, Administrative Law Judge Al Caldarelli
The Friends of Savin Hill Park held its 38th annual Savin Hill Park cleanup up this past Saturday. The cleanups have been essential to the restoration of the top five acres of the park, with each year achieving an incremental improvement. This year, a group from the Patten’s Cove area asked to be part of the cleanup. Boston’s parks are well known in the world of urban parks,