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So Where Does The Plywood Go? By Ian Stevenson By Justin Roshak made them impassable. The3.6 tremblor sometime soon. “If a 5.5 and vehicle impacts. This year was magnitude (on the Richter scale) [magnitude earthquake] happens Many downtown businesses far from ordinary. Before dawn on November earthquake on November 8 in tomorrow in Buzzards Bay, that boarded up ahead of potential A day of peaceful demonstra- 18, 1755, an earthquake struck Buzzards Bay off New Bedford wouldn’t surprise me,” said John public unrest this year, and some tions on May 31 to protest the some 30 miles east of Cape Ann. caused little damage compared Ebel, a professor of geophysics at are keeping the materials on hand, death of George Floyd ended with In Boston, chimneys and gabled to that from the estimated 6.2 Boston College. “Because sooner just in case. late night incidents of violence: roofs toppled to the ground and magnitude earthquake 265 years or later you have to catch up with Ordinary board up calls involve broken shop windows, a burned church steeples tilted. Some streets ago, geophysicists say that the the long-term average of statistics.” the aftermath of emergencies, police car, and scattered looting. were filled with piles of brick that region is due for another substantial Continued on Page 8 such as fires, storms, vandalism, Continued on Page 8 Copley Square Will Get Facelift in 2022 By Amy Sokolow

Copley Square hasn’t been renovated since the 1980s. The city has decided it’s time for an upgrade. The Boston Parks and Recreation Department, along with the Boston-based design firm in charge of the project, Sasaki, held a virtual meeting Monday Try Cooking for 140+ to determine the future direction Guests Over 3 Days of the space and solicit feedback from local residents. By Mannie Lewis Billington and Mary Brewster. “We have a much-loved Like many a good gathering, square that we're asking an As you sit down for they did most of the work but awful lot of,” said Kate Tooke, skateboarders and running on old and upgrade it to 21st century Thanksgiving dinner thisreaped little of the credit. They design principal at Sasaki, who machinery as the reasons to start standards?”, Tooke said. The Parks year, consider including these were the only four grown women designed a previous iteration this project now. Department is updating Copley as people in your list of reasons present at the first historic feast in of the square in the 1960s. She “The Parks Department is part of a larger initiative to ensure to be grateful, Susanna White, 1621, according to records. cited the “stressed” greenery in thinking forward: what can we Bostonians equitable access to Elizabeth Hopkins, Eleanor Continued on Page 8 the square, the cracked pavement do to ensure that we have this public parks. and the fountain damaged by much love to [this] city square, Continued on Page 8 Downtown The Boston Guardian 2 | November 20, 2020

The site is a block east from the Chinatown Arts Non- MBTA station, and two blocks northwest of the Chinatown Gate. Taiwan gave Boston four original lions, pedestals, and the gate, profit raises which was completed in 1982. During the Big Dig (1991—2007), the lions were $150,000+ at replaced with new ones. But in 2007, the discovered Vrtual Gala that contractor Paul Pedini, former vice By Trea Lavery president at Modern Continental, had The Art Resource Collaborative for Kids’ installed two of the originals inside his house. (ARCK) annual gala was a bit different this He claimed they were construction waste, year, but the nonprofit still raised $154,000 but public outcry prompted then-Mayor to support arts education for under resourced Thomas Menino to threaten legal action. Boston students. Pedini eventually agreed to return the The virtual gala, held on October 23 lions and ever since, they have awaited a over Zoom, included a silent auction, a live new home in city custody. They have been painting demonstration by artist Dwight Fu lions Returning cleaned and conserved. White and a digital “whiteboard” on which Once installed, they will guard the east participants could write and draw. The night side of Harrison Avenue, which is being concluded with dancing and celebration with To Chinatown a live DJ, still over Zoom. redeveloped into Phillips Square Plaza. “It was open for everyone to participate The sidewalk will become a combination By Justin Roshak in,” said Sara Mraish Demeter, founder and installation date was still being finalized. pedestrian and commercial space, with executive director of ARCK. “People dressed Because COVID-19 precautions will likely shade awnings, trees in planters, art spaces, up and put on a show. Especially in times like After a very long delay, twin lions will be extend into next spring, there are currently and open-air dining, down the entire block. this, you want to have that personal, human returned to Chinatown. They will guard a no plans for a public event to celebrate the The walkway pavement will be painted. One touch.” new walkway along Harrison Avenue and a lions’ return. proposal includes colorful dragons’ scales. ARCK, founded in 2012, helps fund arts plaza at the junction with Essex Street. After more than a decade in limbo, the For some, the statues are less important education for K-8 students in Boston Public The statues, known as guardian lions, fu Boston Public Art Commission planned than the plaza, walkway, and greenery they Schools (BPS), with the aim of ensuring lions, or sometimes incorrectly as “foo dogs”, to have the lions enthroned by November will adorn. “Chinatown doesn’t have a whole that the arts are part of the regular classroom are white marble. They’ll greet pedestrians 2019. But preliminary work revealed that lot of open space,” observed Karen Chen, curriculum. Demeter founded the company from atop granite pedestals and flank the the ground was unsuitable for supporting executive director of the Chinese Progressive when her child started kindergarten at Boston’s Josiah Quincy Elementary School. northern entrance to New England’s best the statues, said to Karin Goodfellow, Organization. She said that the mainly She learned that the school did not provide known Chinese American urban enclave. director of the Public Art. Stronger bases working class community experiences some arts education due to budget cuts. ARCK A spokesperson for the city’s Public Art are being prepared for the pedestals, at the of the worst air quality in due teaching artists co-teach with BPS educators Commission said on November13 that the recommendation of the project conservator. to nearby highways. Chen said she would through its 36-week curriculum, helping welcome new open space and greenery, students improve social emotional skills especially if it supported local businesses. and build civic engagement. “Our program The east side of Harrison Avenue has provides vital tools for these children to build a swath of Asian restaurants, specialty their confidence and to connect with one Overnight food stores, and salons, all of which will another to envision a better world,” Demeter obviously benefit from increased foot traffic said. “it’s about promoting citizens to become and outdoor seating. On the west side, an agents of positive change, all done through the Monthly arts curriculum.” existing bike lane will get safety posts and With the money raised through the auction, a wider buffer. Phillips Square Plaza will which ended on October 31, ARCK will be Parking Pass remain a work in progress, a “tactical square” able to send materials kits to BPS students for the next few years, a city spokesperson who are learning virtually at home. $173 said. Continued on Page 9

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Civic Association (BCHA) has The theme of this year’s As a young adult, Agoun and changed its annual events to holiday party, which will be her young daughter escaped a better suit a world restricted by free of charge, is “Bringing the controlling marriage in China to COVID-19. Holidays into your Home.” The seek a better life in the U.S. In the The group’s annual holiday event will include demonstra- early 1990s, arrived in Boston with party will be held virtually this tions by bartenders at 75 very few resources and minimal year, and the neighborhood will Chestnut restaurant, chefs at English language skills. be decorated only on Charles, Hampshire House and florists She chose Boston because she Cambridge and Beacon Streets, from Rouvalis Flowers on had friends and family here and instead of throughout. holiday cocktails, desserts and wanted to give her daughter a good Ivy Turner, who has decorating. There will also be education. She has since fallen in organized the holiday decora- music performed by the Back love with the history and culture of tion for 25 years this year, Bay Ringers. the city. She shared her story Tuesday said that the usual group of The party will be held during a virtual event for the Beacon hundreds of volunteers who December 5 beginning at Hill Women’s Forum. help with the process will be 6:30pm. Although she never had any replaced by hired professionals “The most important part of formal training in fashion and this year to keep everyone safe. holiday decorating is the sense wasn’t making a career from it in On the weekend when the of community, where neighbors China, Agoun “always had a passion decorating usually takes place, see each other after not having for fashion ever since I was a little BHCA will hold its virtual seen each other for a while,” girl,” she said. “I believe I have a holiday party. said Patricia Tully, executive natural eye and I'm very good with “The core of what holiday director of BHCA. “Everyone [knowing] what the style looks best decorating has become is the can feel like they have a part of on different people.” group of people who do it and making things beautiful for the know each other,” Turner said. holidays.” Continued on Page 9 One Island, 14 homes, infinite memories.

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prudentialcenter.com South End The Boston Guardian 6 | November 20, 2020 Pot Shop to Open Another Proposed Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission will vote to allow the store’s opening in its November 19 meeting. “Our key to success has always been working very closely with the community,” Giordano said. Giordano said that Affinity, which is owned by Liberty Compassion, Inc., began the process of opening the South End store at the beginning of 2018. Pediatric Practice for Low They worked with the communi- ty and the city to ensure that the Income Residents Opens store was accepted by the neighbor- By Ian Stevenson hood, including using a construc- nonprofit is designed for children’s tion company with headquarters medicine, Riseberg said she will nearby, Sleeping Dog Properties. After a ribbon cutting ceremo- also focus on issues that affect The store will only be open to ny last Monday morning, Dr. entire families, like housing and By Trea Lavery medical marijuana customers, Robyn Riseberg quickly began mental health. the neighborhood. although Giordano did leave the seeing patients. Her new South Already, one of Riseberg’s Legal marijuana has arrived in Affinity Boston, located at possibility open for opening up to End medical practice, Boston patients, who is being evicted, the South End. The neighbor- 591 Albany Street, will be the adult-use customers in the future. Community Pediatrics (BCP), called her to ask for help with hood’s first medical dispensary, second dispensary opened by the “I never say never,” he said. was open for business. moving expenses. With financial Affinity Boston, will likely be company, after its other location “Provided that we operate safely Aimed at serving low-income support from some deep pocketed opening at the end of the month in West Springfield, which is also and successfully, and we have the children and families, the 527 donors, Riseberg said her practice or beginning of December, and a medical-only. support of the community, it Albany Street facility is the has set up a fund to help such proposal has been submitted for The company’s president, Vin might be a logical next step.” first nonprofit private pediatric families with emergency needs. another, recreational dispensary in Giordano, said he hopes the Continued on Page 9 practice in the state. Though her Continued on Page 9 Drug Meetings Are Full of Quincy School Will Be Sound, Signifying Nothing By Trea Lavery and clinical care for homeless Most Expensive in History individuals. By Justin Roshak Operations, at Tuesday’s design box theater, which will be available In a series of recent online However, the city has had trouble meeting. The project is budgeted for community use on weekends. meetings, city officials met to moving forward with the problem, Next year Boston will break at $193 million, including about The roof will include green space discuss the homelessness and drug which Mayor Marty Walsh ground on a new campus for $52 million in state aid. for classes and athletics, a student abuse problem on Massachusetts attributed to more widespread the Josiah Quincy Upper School $8.55 million will be used to garden, and a small solar array. Avenue and Melnea Cass issues throughout the state. (JQUS) at 249 Harrison Ave. refurbish and expand learning The building is designed to Boulevard, commonly known as “A lot of the [recovery] programs The site is currently home to space in the Arlington building. A be fully wireless; each classroom Methadone Mile. in the Commonwealth of the Boston Chinese Evangelical student lounge will be converted will include a 50-inch flat screen In a November 9 Zoom meeting, Massachusetts, when they release Church, which agreed to sell to to a classroom and the cafeteria display. But many of the specifics a team of city officials, consisting someone out and have nowhere the city last year. will be expanded. of technology and fixtures are of representatives from the Boston to go, they release them to Boston JQUS opened in 1999, and This “swing space” will house still to be decided. Technology Public Health Commission, police and they end up in our services,” serves a diverse student body, of the entire staff and student body of changes so quickly that school and fire departments, the mayor’s Walsh said. “These programs need which half are Asian. It offers an JQUS for the three-year construc- leaders won’t start shopping until office, homeless shelter Pine Street to be spread around the state. We International Baccalaureate (IB) tion. Preparations for the move construction is well underway. Inn and others, presented the can’t take every single person in program and Mandarin Chinese are expected to last two months; Safety is a big focus. The progress that they have made on need.” to all grades, 6 –12 and will be ready for the 2021-22 ventilation system will have a the problem to residents of the In a city council hearing on Currently, students are spread school year. Main construction state-of-the-art MERV-14 filter, South End and Roxbury. the issue November 17, Chief of across two sites, a building at 152 will then begin that September, primarily designed for scrubbing Due to the COVID-19 Housing Sheila Dillon said that Arlington Street and modular and last until August 2024. air pollution. But it can switch to pandemic, the city has focused on treatment systems throughout the classrooms a quarter mile away The "swing space” will be too low speed “pandemic mode”, said emergency housing for homeless state need to do a better job of at 249 Harrison/900 Washington small for social distancing. If Pip Lewis of HMFH Architects. individuals, housing 205 individu- stopping this from happening. Street COVID-19 restrictions persist Other safety features include als since May. “The Boston Public Health The new facility will be across into next fall, the school would a single, controlled entranceway Pine Street Inn has also entered Commission and Pine Street are the street from the Josiah Quincy implement a hybrid model of with damage resistant glass. into a one-year lease with the doing much better data collection Elementary School at 885 mixed in person and remote Classrooms are laid out with Best Western hotel on Mass Ave. at the door to see where people Washington Street. classes. “hiding space” and will lock from to provide housing. In addition, are coming from,” Dillon said. “It will be the most expensive The new campus will have the inside. While opening day the Office of Recovery Services “We’re taking that information and school built in the history of seven floors and rise 116 feet. It is years away, some students are has set up comfort stations to feeding it back to the state. Boston,” said Patrick Brophy, will have a full court gymnasium, already looking forward to it. provide COVID testing, restrooms Continued on Page 9 Mayor Walsh’s Chief of 450-seat auditorium, and black Continued on Page 9 November 20, 2020 | 7 The Boston Guardian The Boston Guardian 8 | November 20, 2020

Earthquakes kind of ring around Boston,” neighborhoods that are particularly of their age. and so more likely to collapse. Continued from Page 1 Ebel said. “That could change vulnerable.” But Doherty maintains that Living in a region with moderate though… Our earthquakes aren’t Boston was founded on a narrow earthquake insurance in the Boston seismic risk, Bostonians have large enough to crack the ground’s peninsula, but its size has been area is affordable. A $1 million trouble adequately preparing for an surface,” he added. “So we don’t greatly expanded over the years, home’s earthquake insurance could event that is unlikely but expensive Ebel says that earthquakes with a know the patterns of active faults mostly in the 19th Century, by cost between $550 and $750 to mitigate. magnitude of 5 or slightly higher, in the region.” using mud, sand and trash to fill annually, he said. “Boston has been working as which is usually the threshold After the November 8 land around the watery edges of Since the 1970s, building codes diligently as anybody in the world for significant damage, occur, on earthquake, insurance brokers the old, core city. Back Bay, the in Boston require new structures to to ensure that [the city is] safe,” average, every 80-100 years in New noticed an uptick in clients South End and South Boston are be able to withstand the shaking of Hines said. “But we live this double England. interested in buying earthquake built on this landfill. 5.5 to 6.5 magnitude earthquakes, life where we say we have to design Of course, more severe quakes insurance, which is sold separately During an earthquake, Doherty according to Eric Hines, a professor for earthquakes, but we can’t spend happen even less frequently. In from homeowner or business said the landfill can vibrate “like of engineering at Tufts University. the money,” he said. 1940, a 5.6 magnitude tremblor insurance as an endorsement. Jello.” Older buildings, when renovated, And one day, another damaging that knocked over chimneys in New “We’ve received quite a few “Soft soils like river sediments are required to be reinforced earthquake is coming. Hampshire’s Ossipee Mountains calls as a direct result of the little and landfill tend to amplify ground against earthquakes. “People feel vulnerable after was felt in Boston but caused no earthquake,” said George Doherty, shaking more than the ground “As our old buildings get an incident like Sunday, and it’s appreciable damage there. president of Corcoran and Havlin shaking on hard rock,” Ebel said. replaced with new buildings, we’re a reminder that it can happen. A Since 1975, when detailed Insurance Group, a broker based Because neighborhoods built actually becoming safer and safer,” lot of people haven’t really paid earthquake measurements began in Wellesley with clients in Boston. on landfill are at higher risk, said Ebel. attention to that peril before,” being recorded in New England, “Small earthquakes can leave their earthquake insurance in those areas Still, between 40% and 60% Doherty said. “But most people in there haven’t been any earthquakes mark. What is of some concern costs more than in areas built on of the buildings in Boston that New England are not living in fear recorded under the city itself, from a risk standpoint is if there more stable foundations. Boston’s pre-date 1970s building codes have of an earthquake and feel they’re according to Ebel. But the possibil- were to be an earthquake in the historic neighborhoods are also not been renovated, Hines said. going to roll the dice and continue ity exists. “[The past epicenters] Greater Boston area, there are a few vulnerable to earthquakes because Older masonry buildings are brittle on without the coverage.”

Plywood as CVS, and shops on Boylston and Newbury was becoming more difficult to find. This to 20 percent of cost per protected window, Streets. Nationally, the price of plywood rose was the first Election Day he recalls when his according to construction cost comparison Continued from Page 1 sharply every month from May to October, services were requested ahead of time. website Homewyse. Political demonstrations when it reached an all time high, according Falzarano also said the board up landscape have continued through and past Election By comparison, Election Day was mostly to the Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis. has changed. Previously he would typically Day. Boston Democrats rallied on November peaceful both in Boston and nationwide, but So even though board-up companies were dispose of the boards, custom cut on site 4, while Trump supporters protested in fear of unrest still led many to batten down extremely busy, they faced higher costs. for each opening. Now some customers Washington, DC on November 14. the hatches. Demand for board up services “We were paying more, with a shorter are choosing to store theirs on location, And while the vast majority of Boston spiked in the weeks leading up to November margin,” said Louis Falzarano, founder of numbered by window, and ready to be put demonstrations have been peaceful, it 3, according to numerous local news reports. Boston Board Up, who observed, “One up at a moment’s notice. only takes one brick to put a big dent in Among the locations that boarded up by misconception is that it’s really easy and you That provides savings for both parties. operations. So what was once an emergency the start of November were landmarks like make a lot of money.” A former firefighter, Exterior grade plywood is a significant service has become, for many, a cost of doing the Prudential Center, national chains such Falzarano said that by November 3, plywood expense for boarding up. It is perhaps 15 business.

Copley Square at least 2022. Throughout the meeting, Thanksgiving were thus imployed in affairs musket inside the Mayflower. Tooke and other staff from Sasaki enlist- abroad, others were excersised Her husband John was execut- Continued from Page 1 ed the audience to participate in live Continued from Page 1 in fishing, aboute codd, and ed for murder in 1630. surveys to determine the priorities of the bass, and other fish, of which Mary Brewster and her Copley Square is the home of Boston’s park. When asked what elements they’d These women cooked a they tooke good store, of husband William were known New Year’s Eve celebration, the city’s like to see in a Copley Square redesign, three-day feast for 53 pilgrims which every family had their for their religiosity, and largest farmers market and countless many attendees answered that public and about 90 Wampanoag portion,” he said. William Brewster’s role as a protests and marches and serves as a art, an interactive fountain, skateboard- men. Edward Winslow kept the Pilgrim leader continues to be gathering place near the finish line of ing friendly features, greenery and a The four women who made other record. As it turns out, celebrated by his descendants the Boston Marathon. Copley is also a pavilion or café were desired features in the meal that became known he married Susanna White, the through the Elder William commuter crossroads and an oasis for a redesign. as the first Thanksgiving did first of our four Thanksgiving Brewster Society. the lunch crowd. Most survey respondents also so because they were the four chefs, after her husband The accomplishments of The project is still in its initial planning voiced support for a mix of greenery women who survived to see it. William White died. those like William Brewster, stages, as Abigail Chatfield, project and pavement, a design that caters to Five young girls lived as well. Largely what is known William Bradford and their manager at the Parks Department, bustling social gatherings rather than Primary sources on the first of the women at the first contemporary men are well reminded the audience throughout the quiet ones, and a total reimagining of Thanksgiving are scant. Thanksgiving is based on their documented. Lesser-known evening. For now, Sasaki is still in an the space rather than a smaller scale William Bradford wrote one associations to their husbands. are the women who made the initial analysis phase. spruce up. of just two primary accounts Many historians note that first feast, whose biographies The firm is currently soliciting survey “As we've seen in the last year, outdoor known to date. Susanna White was friends are short and whose tasks were responses about residents’ thoughts on spaces are more and more important to “They begane now to gather with Elizabeth Hopkins, wife likely limited. how the space should function and what our sanity and health,” Chatfield said, in the small harvest they had, of Stephen Hopkins, but little Those not included at it should look like and will start drafting referring to the need for outdoor social- and to fitte up their houses and else is known of Hopkins. all? Historical mentions of designs in 2021. The public will be able izing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. dwellings against winter, being Eleanor Billington and her Wampanoag women at the to weigh in on proposed design options “The obvious challenge is how do we all well recovered in health and family had a reputation for first feast are even scarcer. next year. keep up?” she said. “One can see the strenght, and had all things being troublesome. Her son Sasaki then expects to have a refined various aspects of the square suffering in good plenty; for as some Francis drew scorn for firing a concept plan ready for public approval from use: pavement is cracking, trees around early spring. If that plan is have suffered, and the lawn gets approved, the firm will then secure the trampled. We need to upgrade it so it For Advertising necessary contracts. Construction is can better serve our needs today and slated to start in and continue through tomorrow.” Call (857) 265-3022 November 20, 2020 | 9 The Boston Guardian

Dispensaries proponent of the application, said companies. They don’t get small diagnosed with multiple sclerosis will offer medical card holders a Continued from Page 6 that this is his fifth attempt since operators because it costs too much in 1996. While trying marijuana 15 percent discount to offset the 2014 to open a marijuana dispen- and it’s too time consuming. It’s to help with sleep issues soon higher tax rate on recreational sary in the Boston area, and hopes very hard for the local guy because afterwards, he noticed that his MS cannabis. That way, the store will Meanwhile, a different company, that this time he will be successful. you have to survive the double flare-ups stopped, and has had no still pay the taxes, but they won’t Redemption Boston, has submit- His previous attempts have process,” Reilinger said, referring problems with the disease for 18 be passed along to patients. Stacy ted a proposal for a recreational included Compassionate Organics, to the approval process for dispen- years now. His experience with Koeppel, executive director of the dispensary at 29-31 Stanhope at 331 Newbury St., and another saries, which have to go through marijuana inspired him to get into Ellis South End Neighborhood Street, the former location of The store under the Redemption name first the city’s Cannabis Board and the business. Association, declined to comment Brahmin Bar. in downtown Quincy Market. then the state’s Cannabis Control If the store is allowed to open, until the community group learns Geoffrey Reilinger, the“Boston gets all these national Commission. Reilinger was Reilinger said that Redemption more about the application.

Instead, families often forego preventative with children, Riseberg says the inflexibility Drug Meetings Pediatric Practice treatments and turn to large hospitals that of large institutions and the need for person- Continued from Page 6 Continued from Page 6 offer less personalized care. Low-income alized healthcare motivated her to start her children are three times more likely to own practice. She previously worked as head You have to do a good job seeing people have an unmet health need than wealthier of pediatrics at the South End Community have the right supports before they’re “I believe that you can’t treat kids in a children, according to Riseberg. Health Center. discharged.” vacuum,” she said. “It’s also about the family, With support from its donors, BCP hopes “I realized that with all of the bureaucracy The city is looking at a few alternatives so we’ll be helping the parents navigate these to avoid the bottom line issues other practic- in large institutions, it can be hard to sustain to curb the problem. One possibility is complex systems.” es face and serve many MassHealth patients. all the programs that are necessary to give the developing permanent supportive housing So far, BCP has raised over $900,000 Situated close to several affordable housing absolute best care to [underserved] patients,” units for individuals exiting homeless- from individual and institutional donors, developments, Riseberg plans to eventually Riseberg said. New programs can take years ness to live and receive treatment, in including Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Red open on some weeknights and Saturdays to to be approved and require long wait times an environment where they don’t face Sox Foundation, and Boston Children’s make it easier for parents to book appoint- to make changes. At BCP, Riseberg hopes to eviction if they relapse. Hospital. ments around their work schedules. make corrections and improvements quickly. Boston is also in an ongoing legal battle Families with MassHealth, the state’s “The South End has the highest percent- On Monday afternoon, she was hurrying with the city of Quincy over the right to Medicaid insurance, often have difficulty age of affordable housing units in the city of to a meeting with staff at her office. build a bridge to Long Island, where they getting care from private pediatricians Boston, even though most people think of it “We’re going to talk about what worked plan to open a substance abuse treatment because doctors receive smaller reimburse- as a gentrified place,” she said. “It is certainly well today and what didn’t, and whatever center. ments from MassHealth than from private a place of great need.” didn’t we’re going to change tomorrow,” she “One of the challenges is that it just insurance companies. Having spent more than a decade working said. can’t happen tomorrow,” said Lyndia Downie, president of Pine Street Inn, in the community meeting. “I think the Boutique Owner JQUS has about 500 students. The school’s International Baccalaureate (IB) next two years is going to be tough. When design for the new facility includes a program, which began in 2010. Chang said the hotel is no longer used for homeless Continued from Page 6 planned capacity of 650. Head of School the new campus would increase the prestige people, it doesn’t mean that the homeless Richard Chang said enrollment has steadily of its graduates. people go away.” “As an 8th grader I get to graduate from increased, as more families are choosing to “The building will give exposure and will While the city and state search for the new building – yay!” commented student remain with JQUS. He attributed that to allow people to know how great our students solutions, residents of the area are still Zuleyka Reyes at Tuesday’s design hearing. higher levels of parent engagement and the are,” he told the design meeting. concerned about the effects of the widespread drug use on their own health and safety. Quincy School location she had always admired and entice customers to visit, Agoun cited examples of In a separate Zoom meeting following for its “beauty, elegance and safely, in person. women whom she’s helped dress the city’s meeting, members of the South Continued from Page 4 sophistication.’’ She’s also learned to better for years, including one who End-Roxbury Community Partnership, For now, she’s brushing up on coordinate the site’s content invited Agoun to her Harvard an activist group in the area, expressed “There were so much fear her digital skills and sprucing with Facebook and Instagram Business School graduation. frustration at the city’s lack of progress on and uncertainty, but I was up Soodee’s online presence. to keep her customers abreast of She reminded the women the Mass/Cass problem. able to overcome the fear and Because Agoun usually keeps a the latest arrivals. at the event that in the face of Many participants said they felt that the the uncertainty and learn to limited supply of each item in Agoun has also partnered with the pandemic, dressing well meeting with city officials felt like the same adapt to new environments stock, her stores’ business model local social media influencers, can help boost spirits. “You information they had heard many times and survive,” Agoun said. She wasn’t easily convertible to an photographers and models can still feel fabulous while before. “We continue to hear, ‘Be patient hopes that this can do attitude online format. to cross-promote each other’s attending meetings in Zoom,” with us, these individuals are sick, they can help her continue to make Before the pandemic, she content, and has started offering she said on the video call. need help, we’re working on it.’ What are a living selling upscale clothing didn’t rely on online sales because customers private shopping “When you dress better, you will you working on?” said Yahaira Lopez, an as the pandemic and associated she couldn’t update the site to experiences to reduce potential feel better.” organizer with the group, in the meeting. recession continue. match the clothing available in exposure to Covid-19. And although she thinks “we “We can’t focus on harm reduction while The last time that a recession stores. The hope is that customers don’t have fashion in 2020;” creating harm for our community.” hit in 2008, Agoun seized the Instead of treating the store’s still feel safe coming into Soodee for 2021, she predicts “very In the city council hearing, City opportunity. The recession had redesigned website like a typical because what makes it special colorful, very vibrant” clothes Councilor Julia Mejia praised the South cut real estate prices, which e-commerce site, she decided to is “the human experience, the will be trending to “bring some End-Roxbury Community Partnership let her buy her second, larger treat it more like a store window, connection and the relationship energy [to] this world. That’s and other activist groups for their work, space on Charles Street, a to preview new styles at Soodee I make with my customers.’’ what we need.” and said that the city needs to do a better job of engaging with the people who are Arts Nonprofit with Lesley University. While Demeter said raises will fund an art kit for one student, which actually living in the area, both residents she is very happy with the gala, the organiza- will last them through the school year. “We’re and homeless individuals, to see what help Continued from Page 2 tion hopes to meet their goal of raising a total working on getting the materials together to they really need. “They’re not deemed of $200,000 through another fundraiser, on send them before the holidays, so kids can formal leaders, but they are street leaders,” Giving Tuesday, December 1. ARCK will be actually make the projects they’re learning and The money will also help fund professional Mejia said. “I’m encouraging us to think taking monetary donations, as well as contri- share it with their families,” Demeter said. “It’s development for BPS classroom teachers in all butions of art materials, through its website, a way of connecting with families and healing outside of the box about who has a seat at disciplines, a program that ARCK developed arckboston.org. Every $100 the organization [from the pandemic] together.” the table.” Unique Homes The Boston Guardian 10 | November 20, 2020 117 Pinckney Street

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