On the eve of Election Day, residents saw storefronts boarded up across Boston as businesses prepared for property damage and looting in the aftermath of Tuesday night. The precautions came after civil rights protests this year, in Boston and nationwide, had turned destructive at times.

A popular mural that has become a fixture in Boston’s skyline will soon be removed, officials said. The grayscale mural depicting a man with his hands in his pockets is currently displayed on...

As Bostonians, visitors, students and workers breeze through the kiosk-filled hallway of the Shops at Prudential Center, one classic piece is missing — the building’s food court. Now shuttered with...