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- AROUND C-TOWN (26)
- CHINATOWN CALENDAR (47)
- LIFE AND STORIES OF ASIAN AMERICANS (8)
- THE CHINATOWN BEAT (5)
- The PU PU CHATTER (2)
- WORD ON THE STREET (96)
- November 18, 2008: Book Party Event: Snake Dance of Asian American Activism
- November 10, 2008: UMass Boston Professor on Proposed Casino for Philly Chinatown
- November 7, 2008: One "Advocacy Group" Responds to Election Day Complaint
- November 3, 2008: Former Syrian Churches on Hudson Street
- November 3, 2008: Casino in Chinatown?
- October 28, 2008: Boston Globe: State Senator Dianne Wilkerson Arrested by FBI
- October 27, 2008: Boston Globe: "Good moves on Greenway"
- October 24, 2008: 1st Annual Boston Asian American Leadership Conference
- October 13, 2008: Is the BRA Trying to Throw a Fast One?
- October 13, 2008: Super 88 Market Closes Half of Stores
Archive for May 2008
Dainty Dot Compromise Reached
May 9, 2008 by Chinatown Blogger.
Thomas Palmer in the Boston Globe reported on May 7 that a “compromise reached between City Hall and developers of a planned 299-foot-tall residential tower in Chinatown will reduce the height by 34 feet, but means elimination of the revered Dainty Dot building on the site.
The planned glass tower near Essex Street and Surface Artery, proposed by developer Ori Ron, has split the Chinatown and neighboring Leather District communities.
The compromise, described last night to the Boston Design Review Commission, includes reducing the building’s height to 265 feet, or about 4 1/2 floors, paring the number of residential condominiums from 180 to 147, and adding a new park on Oxford Street. But it also includes demolishing the Dainty Dot, once headquarters of a hosiery company and formerly known as the Auchmuty Building.”
http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2008/05/07/developer_agrees_to_trim_towers_size/
Whether you agreed with the Dainty Dot development or not, the fact is, the trend has been to build towers in or near Chinatown.
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May 2 Asian American Heritage Month Celebration
May 1, 2008 by Chinatown Blogger.
Please join the Asian American Commission and the Asian Community Development Corporation for 2nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration.
DATE: May 2, 2008, Friday
TIME: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
LOCATION: The State House, Great Hall
A variety of Asian food will be served.
Meet state legislators and leaders of the Asian Pacific American(APA) community from around the Commonwealth at our 2nd Annual APA Heritage Month Celebration. Showcase the community’s achievements and strengths in political participation during this very important presidential election year. Also in attendance will be organizations that work for and represent the Asian American community in Massachusetts. We hope to see you at this wonderful event! For more info or to RSVP, please email Iris Tan at iris.tan@asiancdc.org.
Sincerely,
Asian American Commission and
Asian Community Development Corporation
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