Letter to BPDA Chief of Planning Kairos Shen RE: PLAN: Downtown
Mr. Kairos Shen Chief of Planning City of Boston Planning Department 1 City Hall Square #9 Boston, MA 02201 Re: [...]
PLAN: Downtown Advocacy Update | June 1, 2025
As stewards of the Boston Common, the Public Garden, and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, it is important we make [...]
Master Plan Implementation Summary | November 17, 2023
The Boston Common Master Plan is an aspirational yet pragmatic framework for exciting and substantive change at this historic [...]
Congratulations, Kenzie Bok | May 16, 2023
As the new Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority, you will bring your formidable talents to help create a [...]
Conversations with Friends: The Shaw 54th – Renée Ater & Liz Vizza | February 14, 2023
President Liz Vizza sat down with public scholar and art historian, Renée Ater, a visiting professor in Africana Studies [...]
Advocating for our Greenspaces | December 16, 2022
The Friends recently penned a letter to Mayor Wu and City Officials imploring them to reconsider new development that [...]
Pipe + Drainage Issues Resolved on the Mall | December 12, 2022
It does take a village sometimes! A huge thank you to Jean-Luc Teixeira, Superintendent of Asset Management for the [...]
Boston Common Master Plan Released to the Public | October 12, 2022
The Boston Common Master Plan was released to the public on October 12, 2022. The unveiling was held at [...]
Conversations with Friends – Liz Vizza & Ryan Woods | September 29, 2022
Friends' President Liz Vizza and Boston Parks and Recreation Commissioner Ryan Woods sat down in the Public Garden to [...]
Erin’s Summer in the Life | September 14, 2022
Youth Team Leader Erin LeDrew shares her personal recap of the time she spent with the Youth Team this summer:This [...]