THE GUARDIAN July 10, 2020 Vol. 5 Issue 5 Police Assets in Drug Zone May Be Reduced

Photo: Boston Parks Department Boston’s Park Rangers Boots in the Stirrups By Mary Ellen Gambon the public service aspect is what Chief Gene Survillo of the has kept me motivated in my job Boston Park Rangers calls every day.” himself e Lone Ranger. e When someone thinks of a longest-serving member of the park ranger, the first image that force, he joined in 1983, a year comes to mind is a stately officer Photo: Jordan Frias after the division was created in on horseback slowly patrolling By Jordan Frias 1982. the Boston Common. But the job South End residents were the neighborhood, an area known “I was first drawn to becoming has many facets that the public Abrupt changes to police District informed that D-4 officers will as Methadone Mile, because of the a park ranger because, since I was seldom recognizes, according to 4 staffing has caught residents and no longer have a fixed presence in preponderance of drug addicts and young, I’ve always had a love of Survillo. elected officials off guard following the Melnea Cass Boulevard and homeless. horses,” he said. “But of course Continued on Page 2 the Fourth of July weekend. Massachusetts Avenue stretch of Continued on Page 7 Cannabis Applicants Are Learning Patience

video conference call on June 24 and is still developing its rules of operation. Its next meeting has not yet been posted. City Zoning requires that recreational marijuana dispensaries not open within a half-mile of another dispensary, be at least 500 feet from a kindergarten, elementary or secondary school and must be in a business district. at means after one dispensary Virtual Fireworks Forum is granted a license, it’s unlikely another location in the Back Bay Sparks Creative Solutions could qualify. “No applicant can go in front By Mary Ellen Gambon By Jim Morrison patiently as the City’s Cannabis of the board unless they’ve held a time the fireworks were faraway Control Board finalizes its process public meeting,” said Elliot Laffer, At first Anna Kupik of the pops that I would hear,” she Four companies vying for the and the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t the Neighborhood Association of Fenway was merely annoyed by said at a virtual forum hosted by right to operate the one recreation- helping. Back Bay’s (NABB’s) licensing and the occasional blasts of fireworks, Boston City Councilor At-Large al marijuana dispensary allowable Boston’s Cannabis Control building use committee co-chair. until they happened on her street. on Tuesday, July 7. in the the Back Bay are waiting Board held its first meeting by “I would say that for a long Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 6 THE BOSTON GUARDIAN 2 | July 10, 2020 Park Rangers expecting a tsunami of people returning to are historically a city of immigrants. We not ey also address issues such as homelessness the parks,” he said. “We want the young and only understand that, we embrace it.” and drug use. Continued om Page 1 old to be able to enjoy everything we have e rangers also are certified first respond- “In the Fens, there has been an increase in to offer.” ers, with authorization through the Boston the homeless population,” Survillo said. “We “Our first role is more or less modeled He added that the rangers have a close Police Department to assist in emergency also have to keep our parks safe by removing after the mission of Frederick Law Olmstead, relationship with Mayor Marty Walsh and situations. ey are trained in CPR, first aid hypodermic needles we find.” the designer of the Emerald Necklace, to be the Boston Police Department. and crisis intervention. Wildlife management is an unseen part the park keepers,” he said, noting that the Because of Boston’s diversity, the depart- “When people see a mounted ranger, of the job. is year, the geese population Park Rangers are a division of the city’s Parks ment has expanded its role to reflect growing everyone turns their heads,” Survillo said. has gotten unwieldy, so rangers have had to Department. “We are here to primarily needs. e 18 park rangers speak several “It’s an unquestionable way to do communi- harvest eggs. educate Bostonians and tourists and preserve languages and have backgrounds in park ty policing. In addition to the nine major parks Boston’s open space.” management, legal studies and environmen- “I always joke that I want to see people pat throughout the city, rangers can be seen in Event management such as concerts that tal studies. the horse,” he added. “Not too many people Boston’s neighborhood parks, tot lots and stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic “Our dynamics make Boston the wonder- want to pat the cruiser.” historic burial grounds. will slowly return, Survillo explained. ful city that it is,” Survillo said. “We are a Another way rangers promote the parks “We are here to keep people safe,” Survillo “With restrictions loosening, we are melting pot, and being a harbor town, we is by educating people about their history. said.

Cannabis Applicants Business Leaders Meet Continued om Page 1 With Livingstone & Bok “Only Cypress Tree Management and Sira have held them. Public meetings can’t be in-person with COVID-19. en, the applicants have to go through By Jordan Frias “e normal shopping patterns industry “will not bounce back zoning and the State. It’s an unfortunately long road aren’t cutting it,” Councilor Bok said. quickly” but gradually and to follow.” Seeking solutions from business “We’ve lost too many of the tourists, substantially. A representative from Sira Naturals declined to be owners in the Back Bay, elected the conventioneers, the workers Bryan Koop, senior vice president interviewed on the record. e company has been officials Jay Livingstone and Kenzie in the office buildings. So [that] and regional manager at Boston in business since 2013 and operates dispensaries in Bok joined a virtual meeting held by creates a real need to create different Properties, noted that the return of Somerville and Needham. ey plan to redevelop the Back Bay Association (BBA) last audiences and draw other people in, the workforce, which spends money 827-829 Boylston St. into a mixed-use building, week. and I think the sweet spot there is during the day and in the evenings including 4,500 square foot dispensary. Livingstone and Bok both took the outdoor stuff.” downtown, may take a while to return Cypress Tree Management co-founder Victor Chang time to acknowledge that restaurants Both the state and the city are during the pandemic. said his company is developing a dispensary in Newton on Newbury and Boylston streets are seeing constrained budgets, and “Activity-based taxes, that’s what and has applied for another one in Natick. Chiang said back open, along with other business- despite an interest in some sort of this is all about,” Koop said. “And I the two public meetings he held for the dispensary he es, but explained how cash strapped commercial property tax relief, BAA would say anticipate a slower start hopes to open at 1114 Boylston St. went well. He said the city and state will be in terms of President Mainzer-Cohen said the than you’re budgeting, anticipate the process of getting approved is long and difficult, but further assistance. association won’t be advocating for it. things to be far more difficult.” it’s fair and everyone has to go through it. “I think what you’re going to Recently, the Newbury Street In addition to the pandemic impact- “As a minority majority locally owned applicant continue to see is a relaxing of certain League has been asking for commer- ing business, the looting following a we’re excited to see through the city’s process and move regulatory rules that are in place for cial property tax relief. police brutality protest on May 31 forward with our dispensary,” Chiang said. a long time, to allow people to deal “Of course we always want the was also mentioned as devastating to If his application is approved Ember Garden CEO with the pandemic. Budget wise is taxes to be lower, but we have those that were targeted. Shane Hyde will open at 397 Newbury St. He said very difficult,” state representative experienced through direct conver- e need to prevent empty people often compare marijuana dispensaries to liquor Livingstone said. sations with the mayor that he storefronts was also brought up by stores. Hyde says he plans to open something more akin Livingstone added that measures, really doesn’t get involved in individ- BBA member Michael Jammen of to a 1,300 square foot fine wine shop. including expanding outdoor seating ual tax cases and leaves it to the Urban Meritage, a private real estate “Based on our vision of the neighborhood, we want an options, has helped some businesses assessor,” Mainzer-Cohen said. “So investment firm. upscale dispensary,” Hyde said. “We’ll be appointment reopen during the coronavirus I’m advising people to talk to the He said the focus needs to be on only to prevent long lines and avoid the traffic horror pandemic, but the lack of activity assessor and to put in a direct individ- bringing the proper retailers in to fill stories that you saw in Brookline. We’ll have security downtown will continue to negatively ual appeal.” those storefronts. inside and outside. We want to be a good neighbor. We impact the budget. e sluggish return of activity was e wrong businesses moving in, don’t want to stand out. ere will be frosted glass on While the city has set up a series also mentioned as people continue to he said, is “what can do damage for the windows. My vision is if you were walking past and of funds for small businesses to take work from home in fear of returning 5 or 10 years and make it impossible didn’t know what we do, you’d never know we were a advantage of, more may need to be to the office. to attract the retailers that make it cannabis dispensary.” done to create destination spots that Fairmont Copley Plaza General Newbury Street, Newbury Street.” e fourth applicant, Compassionate Organics, people would want to flock to in Manager George Terpilowski, who Mainzer-Cohen asked Bok to which hopes to open at 331 Newbury St. did not order to increase activity in the city, said it would be five weeks until the support efforts to bring appropriate respond to requests for an interview. commented Bok. hotel fully reopened, added that his retailers into the Back Bay when No one interviewed for this story would hazard a they are before the Zoning Board of guess when the first dispensary would open its doors Appeal. to the public. ey’ve all leased or purchased space that Both Livingstone and Bok are has been sitting empty for months and could remain hoping to get more feedback on what empty many more months as the process grinds on. barriers can be removed and what Laffer said Back Bay residents are open to having a regulations can be eased to make dispensary, and the applicants have been responsive to things better for businesses reopening their concerns so far. going forward. “Two years ago, I don’t think the community would e BBA hopes to have a focus have wanted it,” NABB’s Laffer said. “ere is more group to help brainstorm more ideas acceptance today than there was then. It’s important for on what rules can be relaxed at a later both the residential and commercial districts to thrive. time. ey aid each other.” July 10, 2020 | 3 THE BOSTON GUARDIAN THE BOSTON GUARDIAN 4 | July 10, 2020

the street getting their nails done at a landlord became angry and demanded she salon. Everyone knows that you get a leave immediately. Feeling threatened, the manicure after stealing a car and some tenant called the police who informed the fancy cloths. No one admitted to stealing landlord that they could do nothing as this RIME from Diesel. Oh, and the car belonged to was a civil matter. Perhaps he’ll take her to C & friend of a friend of a friend. To no one’s court to collect an additional four hours or surprise, all three had outstanding warrants. so of rent. Regrettably, our arresting officers did not PUNISHMENT have designer handcuffs so had to use the Call the Fashion Police ordinary kind. Yup, another shoplifter, this time at Saks POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS Fifth Avenue on Ring Road on June 30. Early Morning Co ee Obviously thinking she would blend in with District 4: 650 Harrison Avenue, 617-343-4457 On June 30 at 6:30am (is the sun even the other shoppers, this female had rainbow District A-1: 40 New Sudbury Street, 617-343-4627 up at that hour?) police where called about colored hair, black tank top, black pants and a breaking and entering at the Dunkin black shoes. Rather than choosing an offset- Donuts at 270 Newbury Street. A store ting color, she tried to steel a black Bailey employee had just opened the shop and jacket worth $288. Store security retrieved e local economy is starting to heal based how there were no UPS or FedEx logos on found the drawers from two cash registers the item after she walked out of the store. upon an anecdotal observation: the number the vehicle. on the floor. e registers usually hold about Rather than thanking the loss prevention of shoplifting and package theft incidents $300 in cash overnight. e thief was caught officer, she spat on her and fled in the seem to be on the rise. Forget any talk of a Clothes and a Manicure on camera wearing a hooded sweatshirt, direction of Huntington Ave. Not only did “new normal”. We’re returning to some of Also on June 29, a male and two gym pants and sneakers (hopefully not from the shoplifter need a fashion consultant but our old ways and patterns. Fashionplate Wannabees were busy trying on Diesel). e crime which took all of one also an SUV like other perps. clothing in the dressing rooms at the Diesel minute at 1:26am has been turned over to Swiping Packages store at 339 Newbury Street. We guess that police detectives. Even More Shoplifting On June 29 a resident at 871 Beacon they were so excited with their new duds On July 1, Nordstrom Rack at 497 observed a guy entering the building empty that they forgot to pay for them. e store Landlord on the Clock Boylston Street reported a male entered the handed. Not unusual but wearing flip flops manager saw them load their goodies into On June 30 at 3:47pm, officers responded store, selected a pair of Reebok sneakers, and a blue amazon vest is definitely a cause a blue Volkswagen SUV with Michigan to a landlord/tenant issue at an apartment concealed them under his jacket and walked for suspicion. Our observant resident waited plates. (Have SUVs become the official cars on Boylston Street between Gloucester and out. Unlike the Saks shoplifter, this one in the lobby until Mr. Fashionplate left of low-level thieves?) Police arriving on the Hereford. e female tenant’s lease expired at had a contrasting wardrobe of white t-shirt, carrying two packages. When confront, our scene ran the plates and, guess what?, the car noon but her departure was delayed because black jacket, black jeans and white sneakers. klepto returned the packages and fled in a was stolen. she was waiting for her father to arrive with Kind of makes it easier to blend in with gray Honda SUV driven by a friend. Funny e three perps were found across a vehicle to transport her belongings. e other Back Bay shoppers.

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e past few months have been trying for so many reasons. Many issues that were pending in our community in early March have been stuck in place. Now that our economy is starting to re-open, some developments are starting to return. I thought it would be helpful to recap the pending development projects under discus- sion, many involving state resources, in the Area A-1 Welcomes Beacon Hill and West End area. ere are two large MassDOT projects: Replacement of the red line viaduct heading Capt. Robert Ciccolo from Beacon Hill into Charles Station and connecting the red line to the blue line. from April 2016 util the end having supervised multiju- One DCR project: Replacing the tunnel By Mary Ellen of June. “He commanded risdictional forces during in the east bound lane of Storrow Drive. Gambon the north side of the city, emergencies and special One other State project: Redevelopment but he was responsible for events. of the Hurley Building. tunnel. Some were just starting their public Newly appointed Boston officers all over the city,” Ciccolo has taken over Two private projects: Expansion of Mass process when we shut down in March, Police Area A-1 Captain according to BPD spokes- the position after Captain General and expansion of Mass Eye and Ear Hurley Building redevelopment. Robert Cicollo is no strang- man Sgt. Det. John Boyle, Kenneth Fong retired at and building underground parking that will All of the projects could be under er to being a leader in the noting Ciccolo’s office was the end of last month. e impact Beacon Hill and the West End. construction in the next five years. Boston Police Department. in the same building. “He A-1 precinct encompasses All are centered around Cambridge Street. ere are many issues to consider regard- His most recent role was as responded to all major the Downtown, eater e projects are in different stages of ing these projects. ere are always pros the night commander for all incidents that occurred.” District, North End and public review. Some have had many public and cons with respect to any development. Boston Police units on duty He also is very familiar West End. meetings, Mass General. Some have not Nothing is ever perfect. citywide, which he held with the downtown area, Continued on Page 8 started their public process, MEEI, DCR Continued on Page 8

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Virtual Fireworks 4 or 5 p.m. Fireworks have been keeping him awake, sometimes until 3 a.m. Phase 2 of Muddy Continued om Page 1 “It might be fun shooting fireworks off, but let’s think about the people who are home who are not e discussion, attended by city officials on Zoom in good physical or mental health,” Flynn stressed. River Rehab Begins and viewed by 461 on Facebook, focused on differ- One solution Mejia said the task force proposed ent strategies to deal with the barrage of fireworks was having a fireworks buyback program. People, that has plagued some communities for up to 12 including young adults, would be reimbursed with hours a day. either gift cards or cash. e confiscated fireworks Kupik said she was inspired to join a citywide could then be used as part of a citywide fireworks group organized by Mejia after the councilor held a festival, where they would be lit by professionals. similar discussion on the socioemotional and health ere would be educational opportunities for fire impacts on elders, veterans, people with disabilities safety as well as career exploration. and those who suffer from trauma and PTSD. Another idea was motivating young people who “I think I was happy that the dialogue had lit off fireworks to become peer counselors against happened with one of the other community the practice. members where they were taking non-police action, District 8 City Councilor Kenzie Bok, whose talking to other residents, having a fire extinguisher district includes the Back Bay, Beacon Hill and the nearby,” she said. “So I took that approach. I felt Fenway, said she and her district have been affected. that I was deterring the additional fireworks that “I have heard the fireworks,” she said. “I am also were going on.” hearing from a lot of constituents for whom it’s She added that community empowerment is a beyond an inconvenience. It’s affecting their quality key to dealing with a problem that has risen by an of life in a deep and pervasive way.” exponential factor this summer. She added that she hoped July 4th was a “punctu- Community engagement can have explosive ation mark” that would cause the fireworks to cease. consequences, as District 2 Councilor Ed Flynn Bok questioned the buyback idea because, described. Last week a South Boston veteran told depending on the price, “You could create some By Jordan Frias Flynn how he asked people to politely stop shooting really weird incentives where people decided to buy mitigate flooding. fireworks. more fireworks in order to sell them back.” Long anticipated work on Phase Fenway residents can anticipate “ey turned on him, and they shot the bottle Eileen MacNeil, the executive director of the 2 of the Muddy River is set to begin the trucking of heavy construction rockets at him,” Flynn said. “He had big burn marks Greater Boston YMCA, said she has worked with this year, with some of the prepara- equipment and trailers to Agassiz throughout his body.” teens who have been “trying to voice themselves any tion already started. Road, which will be closed from 7 He also talked about the impact on people with way they can be heard.” Temporary fencing will be put am until the end of the construc- disabilities, who often go under the radar. A man he Results of the neighborhood sessions will be up and Agassiz Road will function tion day, according to Project spoke with has to wake up at 6 a.m. to get a van to a compiled and given to the task force, which will as the main site for the project, Manager Kyle Merkosky. dialysis appointment. He returns home exhausted at then determine how plans can be implemented. which will include dredging to Continued on Page 8 127 Saint Botolph St

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617-247-3070 [email protected] By the authors of the highly acclaimed How to Negotiate Your First Job www.thecopleygroup.com Paul F. Levy and Farzana S. Mohamed July 10, 2020 | 7 THE BOSTON GUARDIAN SOUTH END Drug Zone districts or operations have been cut due to a budget constraints,” Fox said. “And we follow but because we need to have vehicles and reduction in BPD’s overtime budget. the news, we understand the defund police resources that are capable of helping us to Continued om Page 1 e City Council, Bok said, approved perspective ..but when push comes to shove, manage an environment that can grow out Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s recommendation it’s really about recognizing an environment of control,” Fox said. e bicycle patrol for D-4 will also no to cut $12 million from BPD’s overtime that’s real to the South End community and He points to the attack on a correction’s longer be deployed, according to Sgt. Paul budget, but did not have say in what areas to the Newmarket community as the most officer by the Southampton Street Shelter DeLeo, supervisor of the D-4 Community would be impacted. needy place for us to fulfill our obligation.” last year and the controversy that followed Service Office. “All the Council has done at this point is Fox said years have been spent to ensure as an example why a police presence, along DeLeo said the majority of calls they get to ratify the mayor’s proposal to reduce the that the Mass and Cass area had a compre- with other resources, is necessary in that area. come from this area. overtime budget by 20 percent…so to the Fox has been in touch with many people “To have a dedicated car there is very extent that the police department is making since he got word of the changes and said he useful, and I think it’s very comforting for those choices that’s part of what we’re going hopes the bicycle unit will be restored. the neighborhood. But that is not going to to talk with them about,” Bok said. “All the councilors, “I don’t care how they pay for it in terms be the case, so hopefully it gets reinstated at Bok and her colleagues will call for a including myself, of budget, but I’m asking for it to be restored some point, but for now it’s off the table,” hearing on the overtime budget cuts at the want to see these to the location that is without any question DeLeo said. next city council meeting, scheduled for most needy. If I don’t get that commitment DeLeo added that a third of all communi- July 8th, to better understand why BPD decisions made in I’m calling a meeting by the end of the week ty service officers, three in the day and three Commissioner William Gross made the a way that has the with city councilors,” Fox said. “is is not in the afternoon, are no longer scheduled. changes and why. least impact on the something that can wait two weeks for us to erefore, two will work in the day and two “All the councilors, including myself, want resolve.” will work at night. to see these decisions made in a way that has policing services If the issue is not resolved, Fox said, he will ough there may be a lag when it the least impact on the policing services that that our constituents be calling for a face-to-face meeting with the comes to answering 311 calls because of the our constituents most rely on,” Bok said. “I most rely on.” mayor. reduction, DeLeo said the department will think we’re going to be appropriately skepti- In a statement, Walsh’s office said BPD is continue to be responsive. cal about whether reducing assignments for Kenzie Bok discussing how to reduce overtime cost and “It might just take a little longer for the most popular front-line roles, whether reallocate money to social services programs, non-emergency stuff to be handled on our that’s a necessity or whether that’s about but “no final decisions have been made end,” he said. making a political point.” on how this will impact police coverage at Asked if changes were due to budget cuts, Bok also added that direct impacts on a hensive plan to deal with the many challeng- Newmarket Square and the surrounding DeLeo deferred all questions to the Boston particular district, as far as she knows, “are es there, which included a dedicated police neighborhoods.” Police Department, the Mayor and the City speculative.” presence, particularly on bicycles. “Addressing quality of life concerns is an Council. BPD did not respond to multiple But Stephen Fox, a representative on Fox added that it is not the community’s integral part of the Mass & Cass 2.0 plan,” requests for comment the Mayor’s Mass/Cass 2.0 Task Force and job to figure out the budget details regarding Walsh said in a statement, “and we remain Kenzie Bok, District 8 Councilor whose chair of the South End Forum, said he overtime. committed to working in partnership with area includes the Back Bay and Fenway, which was informed that these changes to D-4 “We need the police resources for the the community towards a collective solution D-4 covers, said she and her colleagues have happened because of changes to the budget. overall management of the environment we so every resident can live a healthy and safe not yet received information on what BPD “What we’re being told is that there are have, not because we want lights and sirens, life.”

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Livingstone think about how to try to minimize impacts and disruption. Muddy River way past this particular area, any potential negatives. e I know that the community both bridges at both Clemente Continued om Page 5 long-term concerns can range from positives may not be realized, and Continued om Page 6 Field as well as the War increased traffic (which is hard to the negatives may be realized, Memorial will be reopened to I always first think about think about as a possibility now, but if we do not work together. My e entire project is slated foot traffic,” Merkosky said. the potential positives for the it will return), to inconsistency with goals for these projects is to reflect to be done in March, 2023, Signage is expected to community and try to work with current community goals, to the community desires and concerns. I which includes a two-year be put up this weekend as the community to make sure, if potential loss of important historic look forward to continued partner- maintenance period. fencing comes up, making the project goes forward, that the features. Each of these projects has ship with other local city and state “[Agassiz] road will then people aware of the changes positives are realized. unique long-term issues to address. leaders, local civic groups, and be reopened at the end of the ahead, according to Merkosky. e potential community benefits e construction impacts are the community members to secure the day,” Merkosky said during a Each fence will remain in for these projects include more acres primary short-term concern. e best community results from these virtual meeting on the project place until a specific portion of the Esplanade, MEEI expansion; sheer number for the small area projects. If you have thoughts or on June 30. “We are not going of the project, which is split a senior center or a public school, means the construction disruption questions regarding any of these to close the road just for the up into 13 areas, is completed. Hurley redevelopment; greater is potentially a greater concern than projects or anything else, please let sake of closing the road.” Half of the project will be safety, the replacement of the DCR you would expect for any one of these me know. e project, which will done by the end of 2021. tunnel and MassDOT viaduct; and projects separately. I have helped Representative Jay Livingstone require the removal of 130 “What we're going to be better connections to public transit, to coordinate the project teams represents Back Bay, Beacon Hill and trees, sediment and reeds or looking at constructing is red to blue connection. Second, I to minimize both construction the West End. phragmites, will improve river almost like a train,” Merkosky flow and the quality of the said. “If we are currently water, according to Project digging or excavating in Area Manager Jennifer Flanagan of 2, we will be already pulled When Brothels Tried the Army Corps of Engineers. out of Area 1, restoring Area She explained how Phase 2 1, and also preparing Area 3 To Be Good Neighbors of the flood risk management for excavation.” project could prevent major A flagger will also be present johns were just about everybody.” flooding, like the 1996 flood in certain areas, including According to Beaudry, the houses that impacted the MBTA Agassiz Road, to keep of prostitution were run by madams and cost millions of dollars in pedestrians safe from moving and were fashioned in the style of damages. work vehicles. the clientele they hoped to attract. “Overall the project will e last part of the project, A parlor house would be a facsimile improve the water moving Area 13, will include the of a middle-class home of the time, through the system,” Flanagan construction of a flood and men could get private in-meal added. “e Charles River protection wall near the old rooms while enjoying dancing, will still strongly influence fire department building entertainment, and the services the Muddy River water by Westland Avenue. at they came for, Beaudry said. Liquor level. However, the water construction won’t take place was sold, often at a 300 percent will move through the until 2021. mark up, because that was how the Muddy River much quicker Merkosky added that access madam made money. and the project’s designed for to the Victory Gardens should By Mannie Lewis Sally Deutsch, historian and a 20 year storm. e 20 year not be impacted as the project paint) might have been red and author of Women of the City, said storm is an event that has a moves behind that area. Some South End lintels in the turned salmon or pink.” while researching for her book, one 5% chance of occurring any Once the project is done Ellis and Eight Streets sections of According to Duffy, there are still authoritative source was convinced given year.” there will be increased plant the neighborhood may still bear the some buildings that have the mark that nearly every shop in the South In addition to temporary diversity, vegetation and the signs of their lurid pasts. from the past, but he could not End was offering sex for sale, often fencing for the site, foot traffic replanting of thousands of In the late 1940s, fed up with name specific addresses. fronting as a business. will be impacted in specific trees and shrubs. johns knocking on their doors in Historians reached for more “Only the expert could distin- areas, some of which will is summer, Merkosky search of prostitutes, residents came information were not familiar with guish between legitimate and divert people to the Brookline said sporadic road closures to an agreement with the area’s the paint markings, but provided illegitimate businesses,” Deutsch side of the river. can be expected as excavators, brothels that they would paint their details about South End prostitu- wrote in an email. e annual In the Emerald Necklace, loaders and offroad trucks first-floor lintels. tion half a century earlier. Boston Street Directory, which was pedestrians will have access to enter around 7 am and leave “ey had to go to the bordellos “[e South End] became very sponsored by advertisers, listed the a singular foot bridge between the area around 5 pm. and ask them to do it,” said Paul active with brothels between 1890 residents and businesses of each Clemente Field and the WWII Tree clearing will be a major Duffy, longtime neighborhood and 1910,” said Mary Beaudry, address in the city including houses Memorial since the path near part of the work this summer. resident, who was a little boy at chair of Boston University’s of prostitution even though they the field will be closed. Excavation is set to begin in the time. “I think at that time (the Archeology Department. “e were illegally open, Beaudry said. “Once we've worked our the fall. July 10, 2020 | 9 THE BOSTON GUARDIAN A DIFFERENT FOURTH No crowds, no concert, no fireworks on e Esplanade this Fourth of July. Just pastoral beauty and time to relax and reflect.

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