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Special to Times special thanks for supporting, “Spring Eternal,” Duffield said. What a glorious day it was for Duffield also thanked his sister, the one-square mile we call home Sharon Duffield, for her help with on Saturday, May 22, which this event, as well as for her life- marked the kick off of the inau- long commitment to helping oth- gural “Spring Eternal!” event on ers. Beacon Hill. “And always a shout out to “So many anecdotes to be the Beacon Hill Times and Ste- collected and recorded,” wrote phen Quigley and Dan Murphy event organizer Mark Duffield. who more than any single element “The neighborhood was out in made Spring Eternal a success and force to support small business in worked tirelessly to bring the proj- a big way. All of you contributed ect to light and in so doing helped mightily and sacrificed something many businesses survive a bit lon- to make this work and you are to ger,” Duffield added. “And finally, be commended in the highest pos- a thank you to Josh Brogadir and sible way. our friends at WCVB for covering City Councilor Kenzie Bok, the event. They were covering Rep. Jay Livingstone and Darrell many breaking stories yesterday Byers, CEO of Interise, as well City and still managed to send along Councilor, Michelle Wu, “came a cameraman to help us. WCVB, AMY WILSON PHOTO to support us put such heart and distinguished in so many ways, Above, filmmaker Sam commitment into our efforts to has always been the best friend to Krueger and On-Camera mend and heal our neighborhood neighborhood communities and Guide Ellen Hatscombe ravaged by the pandemic,” said Whitney, with BHGC documenting and recording the Duffield, who also expressed his member Tracy Flannery. voices never heard elsewhere. deepest gratitude to his “Boston “Well, our friend and treasure Brothers,” Jordan Rich and Bill to all, Markus Ripperger you Brett. are up next! Let me know today “Through their gifted work in when I can bring all the donated radio and photography they illu- gifts over to you and we will plan BOB O’CONNOR PHOTO minate everything they touch and the ceremony when we can invite Right, a new garden in troubled times such as we are featured in this year’s the multiple winners of the Spring in,” wrote Duffield. “Aren’t we Virtual Tour. Eternal drawing to have their day all fortunate to have them in our in the sun and a way to thank, midst?” collectively, through them all res- Tom McDonough from Mayor Kim Janey’s office also deserves (Spring Eternal Pg. 5) Beacon Hill Garden Tour proves to be the ultimate perennial

By Caroline G. MacGillivray tour-goers, but the still air was serve its past for the benefit of its not dead. The bursting energy of future. Gardens are passed from May 20 was a glorious spring the crowd was replaced with the one owner to the next, each with day that dawned on Beacon Hill quiet electricity of work in prog- a license to make the space their with an uncanny tranquility. ress. For in fact the garden gates own. Their faithful stewardship The third Thursday of May were still open, but only to a film has kept these gardens and their usually arrived like clockwork and crew and a small group of devoted annual showcase worthy of each brought an enthusiastic swarm of BHGC volunteers. Thanks to their other. This rite of spring has two thousand people with it. From efforts, garden tour fans near and endured the Great Depression and 1928 through 2019, members and far will have their day on Beacon World War II; it has survived the friends of the Beacon Hill Garden Hill from the comfort of their own century that many social traditions Club had eagerly welcomed the homes and through the power of did not. The tour owes its longev- throng into their gardens for the technology. ity to the generations of neighbors annual Hidden Gardens of Beacon Continuity is king on Beacon who kept it alive, even when it Hill Tour. Hill; everyone who moves here would have been more convenient This year the neighborhood makes a commitment to pre- felt hollow without the swarm of (Garden Tour Pg. 3)

Pictured, left to right, are, City Councilors Kenzie Bok and Michelle Wu; Memorial Day, Honoring All Who Served Jack and Cassie Gurnon, owners of Charles Street Supply Co.; Rep. Jay Livingstone; and Darrell Byers, CEO of Interise. PAGE 2 THE BEACON HILL TIMES May 27, 2021 editorial

A MEMORIAL DAY TO LOOK BACK AND AHEAD If Memorial Day of 2020 was unlike any other, Memorial Day of 2021 will represent almost a 180 degree turnabout from the dark days of a year ago. Thanks to the miraculous production of vaccines and plummeting infection and hospitalizations rates, it would appear that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. However, as joyful as our leap from the oppression of COVID-19 may be, we are saddened and humbled when we realize that almost 600,000 Americans, a total almost equal to the number of our soldiers killed in all of our foreign wars combined, have succumbed to the virus over the past 15 months. But as Americans prepare to embark on the great reopening this Memorial Day weekend, marking our freedom from the virus, it is appro- priate that we honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in our nation’s wars so that we might enjoy the freedoms that define the American way of life. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and flags officially became recognized by the order of General Logan at Arlington National Cemetery, Memorial Day (original- ly known as Decoration Day) has been a time for all Americans to com- memorate those who made the Supreme Sacrifice to preserve our freedom. When Memorial Day was moved to the last Monday of May starting in 1971, the three-day weekend also came to mark the official start of the summer season when we gather for cookouts and other outdoor activities with friends and family. Amidst the usual festivities of Memorial Day weekend however, we must remember not to take for granted the freedoms that allow us to partake of the American way of life. Although the worst of the pandemic hopefully is behind us, we still are facing a grave threat to our democracy. The enemy is not a foreign power or a viral infection. Rather, it is from within. It is fair to say that Americans are as disunited as we ever have been since the end of the Civil War itself 156 years ago. The triad of seismic events of the past year -- the pandemic, the ensuing economic dislocation, and the endemic racism in our society -- exposed the deep fissures in our country that have been lurking beneath the surface for decades and Guest Op-Ed exploded volcano-like over the past 12 months. Rather than serving to unite us in a common effort to overcome these challenges, they tore us apart even further, culminating with the shameful effort on the part of some to bring to an end the great American experi- As our city reopens and the weather gets warmer, I ment of democracy with the events of January 6. In searching for appropriate words to capture this moment in which encourage everyone who can to support our small business we find ourselves, the Gettysburg address that was delivered by President ing, and renewal of our city. over 4,500 businesses through five Abraham Lincoln on the site of the battlefield on November 19, 1863, By: Mayor Kim Janey The pandemic has dispropor- COVID-19 relief funds for small rings most true, both in terms of honoring those who gave their lives in Warmer weather has brought tionately impacted small busi- businesses. We have also expand- our nation’s wars and for healing the wounds created by the current crises. good news in Boston’s fight against nesses and businesses of color We hope our readers take a moment to absorb Lincoln’s words and ed public space for business exten- the pandemic. Across our city, across the city. As Boston reopens, sions through this year’s Outdoor reflect upon the meaning of Memorial Day, both in terms of our past and COVID-19 cases have dropped to our future: I encourage all of us to support Dining Program, Food Truck Lot- their lowest levels in more than a Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this conti- these businesses and help our city tery, Outdoor Fitness Classes, and year. And, from Roxbury to Ros- nent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition make an equitable recovery. more. lindale, East Boston to West Rox- that all men are created equal. Small businesses are what make As mayor, I take regular neigh- bury, Boston residents are getting Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or Boston the city we know and love, borhood business walks through- vaccinated at rates that outpace any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on and my administration is working out our city, including in Rox- a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that the rest of the country. tirelessly to make sure they are bury, Jamaica Plain, Chinatown, field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that As a result of this progress, I front and center in our econom- Upham’s Corner, and more. nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. recently announced that the City ic recovery. This includes the All Talking with business owners gen- But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate of Boston will align with the Inclusive Boston Campaign to erates new ideas and deepens my -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who Commonwealth and COVID-19 showcase stores, restaurants, and appreciation of the pivotal role struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or restrictions starting May 29. Our cultural assets all across the city. businesses can play in Boston’s detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, battle against COVID-19 is not We’ve also launched the B-Local equitable recovery. From restau- but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, over. Reopening our city will only app that gives shoppers reward rants, to bookstores, to clothing to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here work if we all continue to do our points at neighborhood business- stores, our city is a powerhouse in have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated part to fight the pandemic. es. its diversity of services, cultures, to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we We know what works in Bos- Small businesses assistance and ideas. take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full ton. We have created a culture of from our Office of Economic This summer, I urge you to do measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall wearing our masks, washing our Development also includes weekly your part in supporting our city not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth hands, and keeping our distance Small Business Calls, small busi- and helping neighborhood busi- of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the that keeps us safe. Let’s keep it up, ness COVID surveys, and more people, shall not perish from the earth. as we enjoy the recovery, reopen- than $16.6 million in grants to (Op-Ed Pg. 3) May 27, 2021 THE BEACON HILL TIMES PAGE 3

Garden Tour (from pg. 1) to set it aside. money for impactful organiza- Lockdown measures went into tions; in their minds, any means effect just ten weeks before the that could accomplish both would 2020 tour, forcing a last-minute be viable. cancellation and ending the tour’s Nine members had gracious- uninterrupted ninety-one-year ly volunteered their gardens for streak. By mid-summer, it seemed whatever form the tour might likely that the pandemic would take. When it became clear that affect the 2021 tour as well. The the best solution was digital, Luc- BHGC, led by President Molly china and Mellowes hired Emmy Sherden, had to find a way around Award-winning filmmaker Sam COVID’s immovable obstacle: Kreuger (“Little Women”, “Knives how to keep the tour tradition Out”), to capture Beacon Hill for alive when it’s unsafe to gather in a filmed tour. Emily Lawrence a crowd. signed on as the project’s director, Tour Co-Chairs Leslie Lucchi- with Ellen Hartshorne Whitney na and Maureen Mellowes were serving as the on-camera guide. tasked with exploring satisfacto- After a year that devastated so ry alternatives to such a venera- many Boston businesses, Lucchina ble event. The key to their search and Mellowes thought their plan was to focus not on the “how,” might die from lack of funding. but on the “why.” The twin mis- That concern turned to relief when sions of the Hidden Gardens Tour Fiduciary Trust wholeheartedly are to share Beacon Hill’s gardens agreed to be the film’s sole spon- AMY WILSON PHOTO for public enjoyment and to raise sor. Their generous donation to BHGC Virtual Tour Chairs Maureen Mellowes and Leslie Lucchina.

fund the production means that all tour day – with a sunset session on The BHGC hopes that this film Op-Ed (from pg. 2) ticket proceeds can benefit the hor- Louisburg Square. will live on as a record of Beacon ticultural and conservation groups The end result of this lengthy Hill at this historic time. For now, nesses recover from unprecedent- word to your family and friends that rely on the Beacon Hill Gar- process is a yet-to-be-named short the filmed tour is adapting tra- ed challenges. Here is how you about where you go! den Club’s support. film. From sunrise over Beacon dition to keep it alive. But that’s can help: Boston’s recovery, reopening, With the creative and charita- Street to that sunset on Louisburg nothing new in our neighborhood. • Download the B-Local app and renewal takes all of us. Thank ble missions secure, the produc- Square, the project will capture a Beacon Hill’s ability to enhance and earn rewards automatical- you for doing your part by getting tion process took flight. Lucchi- day in the life of Beacon Hill. Two and evolve – to change so that it ly when you shop at hundreds vaccinated and safely enjoying na, Mellowes, and the film crew Louisburg Square gardens are can stay the same – has always of participating local businesses all that Boston has to offer. Let’s spent early spring weekends mak- new to the BHGC; three spaces been its secret to getting better across the City when you make make this a happy, healthy sum- ing advance visits to the gardens. inaccessible on the in-person tour with age. a purchase with a credit or debit mer. From there, Kreuger assessed the are featured as digital exclusives. Tickets are available at beacon- card. Then, redeem those rewards For more information on ideal window to capture each Five other gardens on Brimmer, hillgardenclub.org. Tickethold- like cash at local businesses! Mayor Janey’s efforts to support space in its most radiant light. The Chestnut, Myrtle, Pinckney, and ers will have unlimited streaming • Visit the All Inclusive Boston small businesses, visit: https:// third week of May, earmarked as West Cedar Streets are tried-and- access to the video from June 30 website and discover new and www.boston.gov/departments/ “tour week” on Beacon Hill for so true tour favorites. The film will to Dec. 31. diverse businesses to explore. small-business-development. long, was spent filming. The pro- also include the recently renovat- To reach Caroline G. Mac- • Post your visits to local Kim Janey is the Acting Mayor duction culminated on Thursday ed courtyard of a Chestnut Street Gillivray, email her at cmacgilli- businesses on social media using of Boston. evening – the “would-have-been” condo building. [email protected]. #AllInclusiveBos and spread the Virtual Public Meeting MGH Clinical Building THE BEACON HILL TIMES Monday, June 7 Zoom Link: bit.ly/3vpl2LN 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Toll Free: (833) 568 - 8864 Meeting ID: 160 639 8023 resident ditor tephen uigley Project Proponent: P /E : S Q Massachusetts General Hospital Marketing Director: Debra DiGregorio Project Description: This Virtual Public Meeting has been rescheduled from Tuesday, June 1 to Monday, June 7. This is the third ([email protected]) of three topic-specific Public Meetings on the MGH Clinical Building project. The DPIR & IMP were submitted Art Director: Scott Yates April 22, triggering a 75-day comment period. The Public Meeting will begin promptly at 6:00 PM. Founding Publisher: Karen Cord Taylor MGH Public Meetings Schedule: May 4th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM: Architecture & Preservation May 18th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM: Transportation & Cambridge Street June 7th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM: Public Realm ndependent ewspaper roup © 2007 I N G mail to: Edward Carmody Boston Planning & Development Agency Phone: 617-523-9490 • Fax: 781-485-1403 One City Hall Square, 9th Floor Close of Comment Period: Boston, MA 02201 07.07.2020 phone: 617.918.4 422 Email: [email protected] email: [email protected]

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Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary PAGE 4 THE BEACON HILL TIMES May 27, 2021 BHAC approves city’s application for sidewalk work around State House

By Dan Murphy type of modular-sized wire-cut she’s concerned that they’ll have imously approved as submitted an suggestion. Further details of the brick previously approved for use “no control over what DCAMM application for 119 Tremont St. to project will be remanded to staff The Beacon Hill Architectural on the sidewalk around the Paul S. does…and we’ll end up with two replace metal downspout brackets for approval. Commission voted unanimously Russell, MD Museum of Medical kinds of brick, and that will look and supports with painted copper On an application for 28 Pinck- to approve the city’s application History and Innovation at Mas- terrible.” supports. ney St. to install a small fixed to make sidewalk and crosswalk sachusetts General Hospital, said The commission approved the On an application for 42 Irving panel to house the mechanism to modifications around the State Wassmouth. city’s application as submitted, St., the commission voted to deny open and close the garage door, the House during its May 20 public Also, approval has been grant- with the proviso that in the event the applicant’s request to rebuild commissioners (except for Rich- hearing, which took place virtu- ed for a cast-iron detectable panel that DCAMM doesn’t agree to use an existing dormer within 12 inch- mond, who abstained) denied the ally. surrounded by concrete on the the selected type of wire-cut brick, es of its existing width to provide proposed work and encouraged Zach Wassmouth, a project Freedom Trail to maximize the Wassmouth would meet with it with additional structural integ- the applicant to return with a new manger for the city’s Public Works amount of brick in that area, Architectural Commission staff to rity, while referring the applicant’s design, or to instead find one that Department who brought the pro- added Wassmouth. resolve the issue. request to install a 16-inch lighting conforms to the conditions of the posal to the commission during an Some existing parking spaces In another matter, the com- fixture (which is the same length as commission’s previous approval in advisory review on April 15, again in front of the State House would mission approved an application the existing fixture) in the entry to 2019. detailed the city’s plan to install from the owner of the new restau- staff for approval. also be shifted to the west side of During an advisory review, the wider, wire-cut-brick sidewalks rant taking over the former Lala The commission voted to con- the building, said Wassmouth. commission also heard from repre- around the State House, as well Rokh space at 97 Mt. Vernon St. tinue an application for 58 Temple The crescent-shaped area in sentatives of the homeowner of 17 as for a new “caution plate with to repurpose an existing sign and St. to replace non-historic glazed front of the State House, known Louisburg Square who is explor- bumper ramp” at the west corner awning outside the building to glass with historically appropriate as “The Well,” falls under the pur- ing the possibility of changing the of Park and Beacon streets and reflect the new name and concept, etched glass to allow the applicant view of the state, however, said building’s façade to match those raised crosswalk at Park and Bow- Wassmouth, and the Division of as well as to repaint the interior ample time to research the histo- of 11 and 13 Louisburg Square, doin streets. Capital Asset Management and vestibule and surrounds in Ben- ry of the building and its details respectively. The number of existing travel Maintenance is now preparing to jamin Moore classic black paint, before submitting a new applica- The three buildings were once lanes on Beacon Street wouldn’t install 27 bollards there. But Was- which Kristin Jenkins, the propri- tion. identical in appearance, according change due to the project, he smouth is now negotiating with etor and applicant, said is used On an application for 34 Irving to representatives for the home- added, which has already received DCAMM to get them to use the throughout the neighborhood. St. to remove the roofdeck to owner, since in 1907, they were approval from the Boston Land- same type of wire-cut bricks for Jenkins told the com- replace the rubber roof, and to marks Commission, as well as their project, he said, and the state mission she intended to modify replace the roofdeck in exactly all joined together into one struc- from the city’s Public Improve- had expressed its willingness to go the existing wood sign outside the the same location, the commission ture that then served as a convent. ment Commission. along with the request, budget per- establishment, which still bears the approved the work as submitted, The buildings underwent another The “impetus” for the project, mitting. name “Lala Rokh,” in the same with provisos suggested by Com- transformation in the early ‘90s said Wassmouth, was to improve Eversource has also agreed to encasement to reflect the name of missioner MacNamara to move when they were converted back pedestrian accessibility on this the city’s request to modify utility the new restaurant, “1928 Beacon the deck back 6 inches from Irving into their original iteration as three section of the Freedom Trail and covers around the proposed brick- Hill,” which pays tribute to her Street from its current location, as single-family homes. around the Robert Gould Shaw work to further complement the grandfather’s year of birth. well as to use a wrought-iron` rail- Commissioner MacNamara and the 54th Regiment Memorial project, said Wassmouth, As for the awning, Jenkins has ing painted black for the deck. discouraged the homeowner from on the Boston Common, among Rob Whitney, chair of the Bea- proposed making it black with (The commission had previous- altering the home, since, she said, other popular nearby attractions. con Hill Civic Association board white trim, emblazoned with the ly approved the roofdeck in 1997, “it’s important not to erase any Some modifications from what of directors, expressed the group’s number “1928.” even though it’s visible from a pub- changes made over time.” But Wassmouth brought to the Archi- gratitude to both Wassmouth and The commission unanimously lic way, so the 6-inch adjustment, Commissioner Richmond coun- tectural Commission in April, he the city for “making it a better approved this application, with said McNamara, would allow the tered that since the project would said, include wider sidewalks in project” by working with the com- the proviso that a lighter palette commission “to minimize its [ear- transform the home back to its front of the Shaw Memorial and munity to find this solution. is used for the paint than was pro- lier] mistake.) original iteration as a single-family “bumping out” the sidewalk on Martha MacNamara, a return- posed, and that the color match While Commissioner Alice home, the commission should sup- the east side of Park Street. ing commissioner who was recent- the building’s window trim. Richmond said by going back on port the project as proposed as it All brick sidewalks in front of ly sworn in as the Beacon Hill Meanwhile, the commission its determination from 1997, the would encourage other applicants the State House would be replaced Civic Association’s appointed rep- also reviewed an application for commission is setting the “worst to restore their properties to the and reconstructed using the same resentative to the commission, said 46 West Cedar St. to demolish the kind of precedent,” P.T. Vine- original conditions as well. ell and existing roof deck to recon- burgh, chair of the commission, Commission Chair Vineburgh struct the roof deck at the rear of countered that it instead leaves said that the two opposing view- the property, and to replace a vinyl them an “out” in rare instances points illustrate the arguments for window in the front dormer. where it’s later discovered that an and against permitting the pro- Nick Armata, senior preser- approved structure doesn’t comply posed work, especially because Celebrating vation planner for the city, said to their guidelines. “it’s hard to delineate when you if both the replacement of win- Richmond, who was the only dows (which, the applicant said, commissioner to vote against the don’t have something that’s clearly Upstairs 29 years on are mostly replacements from the application, said she believes that historic significant.” Downstairs ‘90s) and the installation of a shoe the commission seemingly reneg- An application for 23 Brimmer Home scraper at the rear entry are com- ing on a previous determination St. to replace the rear door and Charles pliant with BHAC guidelines, they wouldn’t improve their credibility transom light at the rear of the should be remanded to staff for in the public’s eyes. fourth level appeared on the agen- final approval. “I think it’s outrageous to do da, but ultimately wasn’t reviewed Street! The commission also unani- what we just did,” Richmond by the commission since the appli- Five rooms filled with Art, Antiques, cant failed to attend the meeting. and VintageAn e Homelegant Decor mix of new & old mously voted to approve the appli- added. Commissioners Vineburg and Fabric and Upholstery Services Available cation as submitted, with some The commission approved an art, antiques & home decor. minor provisos, including that a application for 68 Chestnut St. to Danielle Santos are stepping down Featured Local Artist Work mockup of the new roofdeck be replace two garden-level casement from the commission following Robert—— Douglas Featuring Hunter local art work —— erected to ensure the structure windows, with provisos that the the hearing while Wen Wen will John Young wouldn’t be visible from a public windows be restored rather than remain on the commission for a 69 Charles Street, Boston MA, 02114 way. replaced, and that laminated clear few months until she relocates 93 Charles Street, Boston, 617-367-1950MA 02114 Likewise, the commission unan- glass is used per the applicant’s overseas, said Armata. 617-367-1950 [email protected]@gmail.com @UpstairsDownstairsAntiques Please visit www.beaconhilltimes.com May 27, 2021 THE BEACON HILL TIMES PAGE 5

Spring Eternal (from pg. 1) idents for participating,” Duffield added. In conclusion, Duffield wrote, “And soon enough more tests. I hope that next year, should this idea survive, that whoever takes up the project can find a way to include an additional 50 and more businesses.”

Arlene Greene, weekend Broadcasting luminary Jordan Rich, who served as the emcee at the Jack and Cassie Gurnon (far left and far fight, respectively), owners of Concierge at the River House, was kickoff ceremony for Spring Eternal on May 22, with event organizer, Charles Street Supply Co., with City Councilor Kenzie Bok and Rep. Jay kind enough to assist the Spring Mark Duffield. Eternal project by blindly drawing Livingstone. from a bag of potential entries 28 winners. The winners will be notified in a few days. Markus Ripperger, President and CEO of Hampshire House Corporation, will then schedule a date for the winners to receive their prizes and pose for pictures.

SHARON DUFFIELD PHOTO City Councilor Michelle Wu and Darrell Byers, CEO of Interise. The team behind the inaugural Spring Eternal event. PAGE 6 THE BEACON HILL TIMES May 27, 2021 Copley Square Farmers Market returns for new season

By Dan Murphy vious Friday. based in Shelburne Vt., and with Harvard Square in Cambridge the token, it’s a little discouraging to Melissa Roiter, owner of West- an additional distribution center previous Sunday. not see as many vendors, but it’s The Copley Square Farmers borough-based Yummy Mummy in Amesbury that operates only “The market’s really fun, and early [in the season], so hopefully Market, the first farmers market Bakery, said they have been vend- during the summer months, is I like working here so far,” said more vendors will be out, and it’s to resume in Boston last May fol- ing at the Copley Farmers Market another returning vendor at the Merrill. “And it’s great to get out important to support small local lowing the onset of the pandemic, for eight years, as well as at other Copley Square Farmers Market after COVID and get some fresh businesses.” as well as traditionally the city’s farmers markets, mostly in the this season. air.” The Copley Square Farmers biggest and busiest farmers mar- Boston area, during pre-COVID “It’s a very different crowd [as Lisa Rebello, a Boston resident Market takes place at Dartmouth ket, has returned for a new season. times. opposed to other farmers markets said she had regularly patronized and Boylston streets in Back Bay “It’s a lot busier than I expect- “I wasn’t here personally but we work],” said Bob Clark, who the Copley Farmers Market in the on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11 ed, and it seems like people are heard it was definitely busier last along with Rachel Ciancola, was past, but this was the first time she a.m. to 6 p.m., through Nov. 23. excited for it to be back, I guess,” week, and on such a beautiful working the ice cream maker’s had been back there this year. Visit https://www.massfarmers- said Tyler Lambeth, a volunteer day as today, that’s kind of sad,” booth in Copley Square. “It’s a “It’s nice to see the market back markets.org/copley for informa- for Boston Cares who was track- Roiter said. “But I’m glad to be long duration crowd that’s steady up and running, and it makes you tion, including 2021 market rules ing attendance at the Copley back…and a lot of our regulars over a long period, rather than feel closer to the way things used and safety regulations. Square Famers Market on Friday, have been stopping by to say ‘hi,’ trying to squeeze it all in in two or to be,” Rebello said. “By the same May 21 – the third one held there along with some tourists.” three hours.” since this year reopening the pre- Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream, Doug Kasam, who co-owns Riddle Brook Farm with Shea Maloney and her husband, Mike Cotter, said it’s the first year in The finest quality business for their 8½ -acre farm in silver heirloom frames. Douglas, Mass., and that Copley —Made in America Square is the only Farmers Mar- ket they’re working this summer, selling fresh-cut flowers, as well as oyster mushroom and fresh pas- ture-raised eggs. “Everyone’s really excited for this,” said Kasam, “and all the market managers are saying that a .999 fine silver. lot more vendors will be coming in the next few weeks to draw the crowds in.” Jennifer Merrill, an employee of Boston Smoked Fish Co., said she’s relatively new to the job but that the Copley Square Farmers Market had more vendors and The best of the best! longer hours of operation, as well as more foot traffic, compared to Jennifer Merrill, an employee of Boston Smoked Fish Co. the farmers market she worked at

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Announcing BLO's 2021/22 Season!

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After internal reflection, BLO has changed its previously announced plans to mount a new production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.The Company reaffirms its commitment to creating inclusive environments and intentional storytelling for our audience and our artists. PLUS: A Special Engagement BLO'S 1991 ARIADNE AUF NAXOS Witness BLO's iconic 1991 production that starred and launched the career of American soprano Deborah Voigt! Seen and heard for the first time in 30 years, this opera debuts on operabox.tv featuring restored audio and video. Questions? Our Audience Services team is here to help! You can contact us M-F, 10am-5pm at [email protected] or 617.542.6772. COVID-19 UPDATE: Boston Lyric Opera will continue to be guided by federal, state, and public health advice and comply with all local government regulations when implementing health and safety protocols for our return to the theater. We will communicate details about health and safety protocols as we get closer to each production. BLO is committed to flexibility for any ticket holders who need Bob Clark and Rachel Ciancola of Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream. to change or return their tickets for COVID-related reasons. PAGE 8 THE BEACON HILL TIMES May 27, 2021 Matsu returns to Boston on Charles Street

By Dan Murphy Street from 1980 to 2014, origi- nally called Eastern Accent (which A former longtime fixture of remains the name of their whole- Newbury Street’s retail landscape, sale importing business) before Matsu has returned to Boston after being rechristened Matsu in 1985 a nearly seven-year absence, with a in a nod to their surname. new store at 76 Charles St. Around 2018, they were hired Matsu, from the creative part- to produce Thirteen Crosby, a nership of Dava and Masayuki 2,000 square-foot lifestyle store in Muramatsu, sells a curated selec- NYC’s Soho neighborhood, and tion of artisan-crafted products Dave said they had finished their for the home imported exclusive- production work there and got out ly for the store from Japan, Italy of Manhattan by the “skin of their and France, including glassware, teeth” and returned to Massachu- dinnerware, flatware, linens and setts before the pandemic struck. incense; “fashion forward” items, Back in the suburbs of Boston, largely imported from Paris, such Dava and Masayuki soon grew as clothing, jewelry, scarves and restless. They both knew they were bags; and gift items, like their too young to retire, she said, and own line of candles, which are “started to get itchy to do some- made in the U.S., with packaging, thing again.” design and distribution all handled Dava, who is also a jewelry in-house. designer, had hosted house parties Asked what makes Matsu’s regularly to sell her wares after offerings unique among other Matsu closed and before they boutiques on Charles Street and moved to New York. Now, with a throughout Boston, Dava replied, surplus of jewelry to sell, she was “Probably our discerning taste and having trouble convincing people knowing what people need even to come to over to her place due to before they now what they need.” social-distancing and safety con- PHOTOS COURTESY OF MATSU Dava and Masayuki previous- cerns. Dava and Masayuki Muramatsu, owners of Matsu at 76 Charles St. ly operated a store on Newbury

And as the months wore on, hold tarot and astrology readings, Dava and Masayuki continued to and save for hiring a painter and do a lot more soul searching, she an electrician, Masayuki did the said, and “to focus on what real- rest of the restoration work him- ly matters and how much it mat- self. ters.” Matsu doesn’t have a website “We knew we weren’t ready yet, nor do they plan on launching retire, but didn’t think [our next one any time too soon, said Dava, move] would be a store,” Dava because not only would catalog- said. “But this is something we’ve ing, as well as writing descriptions been doing now for all our lives for and photographing, each sales so it’s in our DNA…and we just item be an incredibly arduous wanted to experience exercising task, but also because she thinks that mussel in our brain again.” people are most craving the phys- In January, Dava began looking ical experience of shopping in a at retail locations in the Seaport boutique or store. and on Newbury Street, as well “We thought it was great tim- as in the South End and Back Bay, ing because people are sick of before she ventured onto Charles being online and being stuck in Street, which, she admits, was the homes,” Dava said of their then unfamiliar terrain to her. decision to reopen Matsu at this Charles Street “felt like Paris time. “We wanted to give them here in the city,” said Dava, and the experience where they walk in as “home to some of the last of the door and are completely trans- free-standing boutiques the city, so ported to somewhere else, and you it seemed like a really good oppor- can’t do that online.” tunity for us to explore.” And so far, it seems that her Dava and Masayuki settled on a hunch is paying off. 400-square foot retail space, with “The reception we’ve gotten is A look inside Matsu at 76 Charles St. 15-foot ceilings, at 76 Charles St., beyond anything we ever imag- which had been home to Eugene ined,” Dava said. Galleries since 1954, and was in Matsu at 76 Charles St. is also woeful shape, she said, but they planning an Opening Celebration soon developed a great rapport for Friday, June 18, from 1 to 6:30 SEND US YOUR NEWS with their landlord who agreed p.m., with an in-store tarot read- The Times encourages residents to submit engagement, wedding and birth announcements, news releases, to allow them to “enhance” the ing by appointment starting at business and education briefs, sports stories and photos for publication. Items should be forwarded to our offices space. 2:30 p.m. The storefront has since under- For more information on at 385 Broadway, Revere, MA 02151. Items can also be faxed to 781-485-1403. We also encourage readers to gone a thorough transformation Matsu, call the store at 617-982- e-mail news releases and photos to [email protected]. into a sleek boutique space, with 6972 or e-mail Dava Muramatsu an overhead loft where Dava will at [email protected]. May 27, 2021 THE BEACON HILL TIMES PAGE 9

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By John Lynds wealth’s vaccine pre registration as requiring significant support system by the end of May. The to leave the home for a medical Last week Beacon Hill’s weekly COVID-19 Vaccine Finder at vax- appointment. Beginning May 24, COVID-19 positive test rate was finder.mass.gov will remain avail- any individual who has trouble less than one percent for a second able, with over 900 locations listed getting to a vaccine site is eligible week in a row after only one per- across the state. for the homebound program. cent tested positive three weeks The Administration also The BPHC data released last ago. announced the expansion of the Friday showed Beacon Hill, North According to the latest data state’s Homebound Vaccination End, Back Bay, West End and released by the Boston Public Program to support in-home vac- Downtown had an infection rate Health Commission (BPHC), last cinations for all eligible residents of 629.9 cases per 10,000 resi- Friday 1,461 residents were test- who are unable to get to a vaccine dents, up 0.2 percent from the ed and 0.2 percent were positive. site, beginning Monday, May 24. 628.6 cases per 10,000 residents Two weeks ago only 0.7 residents The pre registration form at reported two weeks ago. tested positive according to the vaccinesignup.mass.gov closed An additional 7 residents BPHC. to new submissions on Tuesday. became infected with the virus Overall since the pandemic started 52,044 Beacon Hill, North According to the administration last week and the total number of End, Back Bay, West End and all remaining people still in the cases in the area increased from Downtown residents have been system will be contacted with an 3,503 cases to 3,510 cases as of tested for COVID-19 and the data opportunity to book appointments last Friday. shows that 6.8 percent of those before closing out the system on The statistics released by tested were COVID positive. This May 31. All remaining people the BPHC as part of its weekly was the same percentage reported who pre registered will be given COVID19 report breaks down by the BPHC two weeks ago. an opportunity to book before the the number of cases and infection Citywide, the weekly positive system closes. rates in each neighborhood. It also test rate continues to decrease. The state’s Homebound Vacci- breaks down the number of cases According to the BPHC 17,329 nation Program began on Mon- by age, gender and race. residents were tested and 1.6 per- day, May 24 and the Administra- Citywide positive cases of coro- cent were COVID positive--this tion plans to expand this program navirus increased less than a half was a 24 percent decrease from to support in-home vaccinations percent last week and went from the 2.1 percent positive test rate for all eligible residents who are 70,297 cases to 70,546confirmed reported by the BPHC two weeks unable to get to a vaccine site. cases in a week. Eighteen addition- ago. The Administration launched al Boston residents died from the Last week, the Baker-Polito the Homebound Vaccination on virus last week and there are now On Friday the BPHC released its weekly COVID-19 stats by neighbor- Administration today announced March 29 for individuals who 1,373 total deaths in the city from hood that tracks infection rates and COVID testing results in Boston plans to close the Common- met specific federal criteria, such COVID. neighborhoods. Baker files legislation to extend certain COVID-19 emergency measures​

Staff Report be rescinded effective May 29 as 19 patients. When the State of cial permits for restaurants offer- nation in the vaccination effort Massachusetts nears the goal of Emergency ends, these orders will ing outdoor dining issued under and that progress is enabling Governor Charlie Baker will file vaccinating four million residents. expire, and temporarily extend- the State of Emergency through the Commonwealth to return to legislation to extend certain emer- This legislation proposes to ing these measures will allow for November 29, 2021. Under an normal,” said Governor Charlie gency measures currently in place extend measures providing for a time to transition. Extending these Executive Order issued in 2020, Baker. “These temporary measures via executive orders that are set to temporary suspension of certain measures, which were instituted municipalities were permitted will help businesses and residents expire on June 15 when the State open meeting law requirements, by executive order, requires legis- to use an expedited process to in this transition period, and I look of Emergency will be rescinded, he special permits for expanded out- lation. approve temporary permits for forward to working on these and reported on Tuesday. side dining at restaurants, and To allow public bodies to safe- new or expanded outdoor dining other issues in the week ahead with Most restrictions, including lim- billing protections for COVID- ly meet during the pandemic and and alcohol service. Without a our partners in the Legislature.” itations placed on businesses, will ensure public access to meetings, legislative extension, special per- Last week, Governor Governor Baker issued an Execu- mits granted under the Governor’s Baker announced that on May 29, tive Order in March 2020 allow- Order will expire 60 days after the all industries will be permitted to ing these bodies to meet quorum end of the State of Emergency. open. requirements even if meetings were The legislation will also extend With the exception of remain- WantWant Neighborhood Neighborhood NewsNews held remotely through electronic a protection adopted in an execu- ing face-covering requirements for means as long as measures were tive order that prohibits medical masks in public and private trans- taken to ensure the public with providers from billing patients portation systems, hospitals and delivereddelivered right right to to your your hands?hands? electronic access to the proceed- who have received COVID-relat- other facilities housing vulnerable ings. The bill filed by Governor ed emergency and inpatient ser- populations, all industry restric- Baker Tuesday will extend these vices for charges in excess of costs tions will be lifted at that time, and provisions related to the Common- paid by their insurers. As filed, capacity will increase to 100% for wealth’s Open Meeting Law until the protection would extend until all industries. The gathering limit September 1, 2021, which will January 1, 2022, at which time will be rescinded. Subscribe to The Beacon Hill Time’s allow additional time to consider recently passed federal legislation Before June 15, the adminis- Subscribe to The Beacon Hill Time’s possible permanent changes to the that included protections for both tration plans to take additional open meeting law to provide for emergency and non-emergency steps that will permit the contin- Newsletter and never miss a thing! greater flexibility in conducting cases will become effective. Earlier uation of targeted public health Newsletter and never miss a thing! open meetings through reliance on this year, Governor Baker signed measures beyond the end of the electronic streaming and similar legislation establishing surprise State of Emergency, including the measures. billing protections for patients for mask requirements announced last VisitVisit thebeaconhilltimes.com thebeaconhilltimes.com or scan the QRQR CodeCode The bill will also grant munic- non-emergency services. week. ipalities authority to extend spe- “Massachusetts is leading the May 27, 2021 THE BEACON HILL TIMES PAGE 11

Real Estate Transfers Attention to Detail BUYER 1 SELLER 1 ADDRESS PRICE By Penny Cherubino

BACK BAY THIS WEEK'S ANSWER Shahabi FT Gibb, Adam 138 Beacon St #6 $1,550,000 Rumrill, Kathryn Woodhouse, Michael A 68 Commonwealth Ave #4 $2,750,000 Boskey, Noah Chevalier, Chase 13 Dartmouth St #1 $1,300,000 Slesinger, Meredith L Spicker, Hermann 298 Marlborough St #3 $934,000 Clefton LLC Tully, Carol E 416 Marlborough St #605 $1,970,000 Clefton LLC Tully, Carol E 416 Marlborough St #607 $1,970,000

BEACON HILL Kluender, Raymond Marx, Benjamin 49 Garden St #C $750,000 Jennings, William Varano, Andrea H 65 Mount Vernon St #1 $490,000 Gavetti, Giovanni Scott, Victoria E 97 Mount Vernon St #22 $929,000 1 Otis Place LLC Daniel A Mullin RT 1 Otis Pl $6,595,000 Ling, Gabriel Cigarroa, Ricardo G 41-43 Phillips St #20 $2,300,000 Kobylka, Justin Lucent LLC 68 Phillips St #4 $510,000 Young, Christopher R Pinckney 16 LLC 16 Pinckney St $3,825,000 Lee, Jacob Fujii, Gregory 50 Revere St #2 $535,000 Larrow, Danielle R Volwiler, Adam S 8 W Hill Pl #4 $2,054,000

BAY VILLAGE/SOUTH END/KENMORE Schleyer, William T Morrison, James S 98 Appleton St #3 $2,600,000 Chandler Realty LLC 60 Chandler St LLC 60 Chandler St #1 $1,030,000 Chandler Realty LLC 60 Chandler St LLC 60 Chandler St #2 $2,645,000 Schafer, Stephen Reece, Schuyler S 9 Holyoke St #4 $1,075,000 Peterson, Erica J 106 Mt Pleasant Ave LLC 108 Mount Pleasant Ave #4 $579,000 Lakumarapu, Shravan K 15 Woodbriar LLC 46-52 Robey St #48 $699,000 Hunt, Williams J Abukhadra, Ramzi K 110 Stuart St #20G $2,220,000 Ayala, Alejandro G Bagnoli, Elena 110 Stuart St #24H $1,175,000 Egan, Daniel J 777-1 Tremont Street 15 Warren Ave #3 $1,115,000 Sinicropi-Yao, Sara L Wertheimer FT 19 Bay State Rd #3 $1,345,000 Perlman, Gregory A Papadopoulos, Stavros 534 Beacon St #805 $635,000 903 Beacon LLC Barbara P Divaio RET 903 Beacon St $2,250,000 Pang, Edward K Anderson, Roland 10 Charlesgate E #102 $1,150,000 Howe, Courtney JME Funding T 64 E Brookline St #1 $667,500 Labrie, Matthew Harris, Russell P 25 E Springfield St #1 $1,240,000 Carey, Samuel Sondhi, Archana 7 E Springfield St #4A $1,077,200 The lantern in the last clue is on 9 West Cedar Street. The organization, Walk Boston’s website has walking maps of Beacon Hill under their Ellis, Nathan Yann, Wu M 35 Fay St #508 $850,000 “resources tab.” You might use these to learn more about your neigh- Rosenfield, Zachary Gallagher, Joseph 111 Gainsborough St #104 $749,000 borhood. It was on one of their earlier maps that I learned this was the Montes, Melissa Chase, Molly 96 Gainsborough St #102W $665,000 “Residence of architect Asher Benjamin” and was built in 1833. Alex Hamilton RT Dangelo Inc 7-9 Hamilton Pl $7,900,000 Vicino, Derek J 89 Pembroke Street LLC 89 Pembroke St #2 $2,450,000 Do you have a favorite building or detail you would like featured? Send Purvis, Quinnon K Mackay, David 9 Rutland Sq #2 $700,000 an email to [email protected] with your suggestion. Wang, Chen Div Shawmut LLC 100 Shawmut Ave #1007 $1,555,439 Stevanovic, Aleksandar Div Shawmut LLC 100 Shawmut Ave #411 $675,000 THIS WEEK'S CLUE Adler, Nathan Div Shawmut LLC 100 Shawmut Ave #608 $1,079,900 Corman, William H Div Shawmut LLC 100 Shawmut Ave #810 $599,900 Bhat, Arvind Div Shawmut LLC 100 Shawmut Ave #811 $821,150 Rosenfield, Zachary Due Sorelle LLC 28 Symphony Rd #3 $805,000 Kibel, Adam S Depp, Lawrence R 133 W Concord St #2 $2,642,000 Cherukara, Abraham M Allied Residences LLC 88 Wareham St #302 $959,000 Doubilet, Sarah Mcardle, Thomas R 1411 Washington St #10 $1,200,000 Doubilet, Sarah Mcardle, Thomas R 1411 Washington St #9 $1,200,000 WATERFRONT/DOWNTOWN 11 Adl Property LLC Elderhostel Inc 11 Avenue De Lafayette $22,925,000 Lau, Samuel W Rama Kanthan LT 40-42 Beach St #5D $660,000 Finnegan, Andrew M Greene, Peter P 154 Commercial St #3 $874,000 Pokuri, Sreekrishna 761 Harrison Church LLC 77 Harrison Ave #202 $705,000 Lin, Pan Mahanna Mary Est 37 Oak St $1,050,000 Offner, Olivia C 151 Tremont Street T 151 Tremont St #10S $650,000 Fox-Moskowitz, Lara Zhao, Benzhong 580 Washington St #2B $2,000,000 PAGE 12 THE BEACON HILL TIMES May 27, 2021 Cygnets attract a community of onlookers

By Suzanne Besser After the weary winter pandem- ic left many folks feeling lonely and isolated, Mother Nature has brought them together again. Now neighbors from Beacon Hill, Back Bay and beyond are making daily pilgrimages to the grassy banks of the Charles River where spunky carps swirl, baby ducklings paddle and lazy frogs sleep on floating logs. And for the last six weeks, the lagoon’s main attraction has been a nest occu- pied by an elegant female swan, her protective and sometimes BECKY MULZER PHOTO feisty mate, and their nine newly Mother swan sits with one of the cygnets. PHOTO BY SUZANNE BESSER hatched cygnets. Nine eggs are ready to hatch on the Esplanade’s lagoon. Throughout every day runners, cyclists and walkers pause on the her eggs were laid, she incubated bike path near Dartmouth Street them for about six weeks. Pre- for a look at the the nest. Michael sumably, sitting on eggs all that Nichols, executive director of the time could become boring, so she Esplanade Association (EA), esti- was often seen dozing, preening, mated about 200 people stop by arranging the nest and rolling the every hour. They peer over the eggs around. Occasionly the male granite wall with admiration and would take a turn nest-sitting awe as they discover the nest in when he was not busy fending off the lagoon below. They turn to threats from aggressors like Cana- others with smiles and laughter. dian Geese. At first they would chat about the No one quite knows how long nine eggs – when they first saw the new family will stay. Typical- them (one lady said it was on May ly cygnets remain with their very 2), when they would hatch (most protective parents for at least six guessed in 35-45 days) and what months. Already the mother has else they have heard about these begun teaching her babies to be graceful birds with their elongated independent and is even offering curved necks and angle-like wings them swimming lessons. who are rarely seen on the Espla- Earlier this week the EA sur- nade. rounded the area with fencing in According to Nichols, last anticipation of the hatching. So fall sixteen swans descended on far all visitors have been respect- the riverbank but only these two ful to the birds and are following stayed for the winter. In early April, the EA guidelines which are posted BECKY MULZER PHOTO the female built the nest. After all nearby, Nichols said. The eggs are starting to hatch.