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Tag: Back Bay

  • Saturday, May 2, 8:30 am – 12:00 noon – Alley Rally/ Love Your Block 2026

    The Back Bay will sparkle on Saturday, May 2, as Alley Rally returns. Meet at the Clarendon Street Playground, 8:30 am, at the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth Avenue, for coffee and doughnuts. At 9 am you will check in, hear welcome remarks, and head off to clean your block with tools provided by the City of Boston. At 11, return your tools to the Playground. Stay and enjoy refreshments and live music with your neighbors. Questions? Email info@nabbonline.org. The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay initiated Alley Rally in the 1970’s, and it’s stronger than ever.

  • Valley Green Feast – Local, Organic Food Biked to Your Door in Boston!

    Residents of Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Chinatown/Leather District, Dorchester, Downtown, Fenway-Kenmore, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill, North End, Roxbury, South Boston, South End, and the West End can enjoy food deliveries at a cost of $23 and up.

    Valley Green Feast, Western Mass’ trusted local, organic food delivery service is offering $5 off their first order with the coupon code, VGFBOS.
    Orders will be delivered by bike thanks to our co-op partners, Boston Collective Delivery, from their hub on Channel St. Enjoy customized produce baskets in different sizes, meat, cheese, yogurt, baked good and so much more biked right to your door.  For complete details visit www.valleygreenfeast.coop. Image of cooperative members from www.bostonmagazine.com.

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  • Thursday, June 7, 5:30 pm – What Lurks Below … The Unseen Beneath Back Bay and Fenway

    The Emerald Necklace docents cordially invite you to a special event: What Lurks Below … The Unseen Beneath Back Bay and Fenway, on Thursday, June 7 at the Blount Auditorium, Wentworth Institute of Technology, 550 Parker Street in Boston.  The evening will begin at 5:30 with a reception, and the talk, by James Lambrechts, P.E., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Wentworth, will begin at 6 pm.

    Have you ever wondered what lurks below your feet as you stroll the pathways of the Fens or sit atop the stands at Fenway Park?  Professor Lambrechts will take you on a journey to the underground for a fascinating look at what lies beneath Back Bay and Fenway.  From ice age to Olmsted, foul marsh to fashionable neighborhood, join Professor Lambrechts on this expedition through a labyrinth of layers deep below the landscape.  For more information, call 617-522-2700, or visit www.emeraldnecklace.org.  There is free onsite parking.  Register online by clicking here.  This is a free event sponsored by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy.

  • Tuesday, March 2, and Wednesday, March 10 4:30 pm – 8:30 pm – City of Boston Community Workshop on Climate Action

    The City of Boston will hold two Community Workshops on Climate Action, the first on Tuesday, March 2, from 4:30 – 8:30 pm, at Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, in the Mary Norton Hall on the Second Floor, and the second on Wednesday, March 10, from 4:40 – 8:30 pm, at the Metcalf Ballroom, George Sherman Union, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue.  Target neighborhoods under discussion in the March 2 session will be East Boston, Charlestown, South Boston, and in the Downtown area, Chinatown, North Leather District, and the West End. Neighborhoods under discussion on March 10 include Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Kenmore, South End, Allston, Brighton, and the Fenway. Interpretation available on request in American Sign Language, Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.  You must register in order to ensure a space at this workshop.  You may register online at www.cityofboston.gov/calendar/#/?i=2.