FINANCIAL DISTRICT—Remember those plans for a 1,000-foot, Renzo Piano-designed tower on the site of the Winthrop Square garage? It's back—sort of. "The Boston Redevelopment Authority has issued a request for interest from developers after Trans National Group owner Steve Belkin ... reopened talks with the city about a scaled-down project. His latest proposal is a 740-foot tower that would incorporate his adjacent Federal Street property and include a 300-room hotel, offices, retail space and possibly condos. Belkin plans to respond with a proposal akin to that..." [Herald]
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CAMBRIDGE—Ripping a page perhaps from South Boston, Cambridge officials are turning some snow-jammed streets into one-way thoroughfares: "There's so much snow clogging city streets that public safety officials are converting some to one-way streets temporarily, starting in East Cambridge ... The program could 'potentially expand to other streets as feasible' over the next few days." [Day]
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