Mayor Michelle Wu

‘Embrace: The Kings’ is a moving half-hour special about The Embrace monument being unveiled on Boston Common honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, their love story in Boston, and their fight for equity for all of us in Boston and around the world. It’s the catalyst for how we look at everything around social justice. Brought...

Embrace: The Kings is a special about Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King’s love story in Boston and the historic unveiling of The Embrace memorial on Boston Common in their honor.

City officials say the pandemic has permanently changed the landscape of businesses and downtown, but they see an opportunity to revitalize the area.

The City of Boston is relaunching a push to revitalize its downtown by trying to make it more affordable to live, offer more diverse businesses and change the way people get around. The initiative, called PLAN: Downtown, began in 2018, but was put on hold thanks to the pandemic. It’s now getting off the ground again, coinciding with a recent…

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu released a new report Thursday that outlines the present challenges and future ambitions for the city’s storied Downtown neighborhood.

Downtown Boston is still struggling in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic with less than half of the foot traffic, empty store fronts and vacant office space. Boston is now moving to revitalize the 34 blocks that make up the city’s core neighborhood, including Downtown Crossing, as well as the Theater and Financial districts. Mayor Michelle Wu released a new…

America’s first public park is getting an upgrade after Boston Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled a new plan for Boston Common.

The master plan, which was put together by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and Friends of the Public Garden, lays out proposed improvements that range from the very tangible, like new tree plantings, to operational level changes, like strengthening daily and special event management.

The City of Boston is unveiling its vision for the future of the Boston Common Wednesday, by releasing a new master plan that authors call an “aspirational yet pragmatic framework” for substantive change at America’s first public park. The master plan, which was put together by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department and Friends of the Public Garden, lays...

Wednesday will be a first look at what the city has envisioned for the future of America’s first public park.

Boston city and state officials are set to hold a groundbreaking event Tuesday for the next chapter in the massive redevelopment project going on at South Station, all while highlighting the work that’s already been done. The South Station Air Rights development is a multi-phase project that broke ground in January 2020. Part of the redevelopment will become the South…

The 2020 edition was both highly politicized and hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, and city officials said they believe the number of people living in group settings was undercounted.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu says there are “serious equity, mobility, environmental, and economic concerns” associated with the MBTA’s ongoing service cuts. New changes to fall service were announced last week and will overlap with a historic shutdown of Orange Line service and a partial shutdown of Green Line service north of North Station. Effective as of this week, the...

Mayor Wu says the city continues to work closely with the MBTA, to make the closure go as smoothly as possible for commuters.

The shuttle bus drivers are training. The no parking signs are up. The City of Boston is having to prepare in record time for this unprecedented shutdown that will impact you even if you don’t take the T.

“This funding will ensure significant investments go toward safe, accessible affordable housing in our neighborhoods across the city,” Mayor Wu said in a statement.