In A Boston Storefront, This Living, Breathing Fashion Mannequin Asks

closemore We live in a time when we’re bombarded by images of physical perfection — via social media, TV, billboards, magazines. In the heart of Boston’s Downtown Crossing — a bustling epicenter of shopping — a new public art installation is confronting fashion, femininity and materialism. Across the street from T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods, dancer… Read More In A Boston Storefront, This Living, Breathing Fashion Mannequin Asks

Amazon HQ2 And In Need Of Housing, Boston Finally Embraces Its Universities

Frosty relations between Greater Boston’s universities and year-round residents have been icy for generations, but they are beginning to thaw as recognition grows that higher education can bring jobs and solve a housing crisis. Bisnow/Cameron Sperance Bond Brothers Vice President of Education Ken Johnson, MIT co-Director of Government and Community Relations Sarah Gallop, Boston Planning… Read More Amazon HQ2 And In Need Of Housing, Boston Finally Embraces Its Universities

New luxury towers appear to house few local residents

Many buyers of condominiums in the new luxury towers sprouting around Boston are either part-time residents or investors — sometimes with no clear connections to Boston — according to a study published Monday that argues the city’s high-end building boom is doing little to help local residents. Researchers with the Institute for Policy Studies, the Washington, D.C.,… Read More New luxury towers appear to house few local residents

Is Boston’s luxury condo market shortchanging affordable housing?

What’s driving income inequality in Boston? Is it a globalized economy? A federal tax policy that shifts wealth to the 1 percent? Or, as a new report suggests, is it also a flood of investment in the city’s luxury condo market, where thousands of units are going for more than $1 million, and some are not… Read More Is Boston’s luxury condo market shortchanging affordable housing?