Back Bay News

Financial services firm The Kessler Group recently renewed their lease for headquarters office space at 855 Boylston St.

The Kessler Group renewed its lease for 28,000 square feet at 855 Boylston St., where the financial services firm's headquarters have been located since 2004.

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino led prospective tenants on a tour of available retail space in the city's Back Bay and Fenway neighborhoods on a soggy afternoon today, offering tour-takers a variety of exclusive incentives to relocate to the neighborhoods as he tries to grow Boston's retail base.

Day after day the cows trample pathways in the hills beside the bay. In time, perhaps a cowpath becomes a farm road.

It is the Fourth of July and what is more patriotic than fried chicken. The Boston Globe ran a story on Boston's best fried chicken, Fried and True .

Massachusetts Land Court Judge Karyn Scheier dismissed the residents' challenge of the Boston Landmarks Commission's vote in November to not accept a petition seeking special protection for the building.

To celebrate its fifth anniversary, baby gear and toy store Magic Beans is giving away some top-notch goods on its website throughout July.

Not one $10 million+ single-family or condominium homes has ever been sold, in the city of Boston, according to MLSPIN.

Boston fashion has an unlikely new address: the North End. While some retail districts are increasingly dotted with empty storefronts, the North End is seeing a burgeoning number of boutiques that sell everything from designer dresses to high-end handbags.

The Boston Public Library just became a serious contender as a Back Bay lunch spot.

A Back Bay medical spa teamed with PrettyCity.com to tout the venue and Web site to local beauty-minded females.

" The Beehive, the uber-hip award-winning restaurant and live music venue, named one of the Top 100 Jazz clubs in the world by Downbeat Magazine, will be making musical history during their 2nd Annual Bastille Day Celebration on July 14, 2009 from 5:00PM - " 2:00AM. The Boston, MA-based "The Beehive", known for their world-class talent and musical ...

The South End. Too Much Parking. It's certainly not often these two phrases meet.

We should finish already permitted buildings before tearing down existing ones leaving more gaping scars in our urban fabric.

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Cops said the suspect had been wandering the halls and banging on doors before being stopped by the building's concierge.

I routinely crab about the dearth of good street food in Boston, echoing former New Yorkers and Los Angelenos who pine for their hometowns' ubiquitous hot-dog carts, kebab stands, and taco trucks.

Count on staying a while if you have any hope of even beginning to see what's here.

Has it been a while since "Love Shack," "New Attitude," and "Man in the Mirror" blasted from your car stereo or boom box? The 150-member Boston Gay Men's Chorus will bring these and lots more big-hair-decade tunes back with three concerts celebrating Boston's gay and lesbian pride week.

It's more than many people pay for a house. An unidentified buyer paid $300,000 for a coveted private parking space in Boston's Back Bay Wednesday.