By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor
• October 21, 2025
The City of Boston recently launched Color Flows on Winter Street, a multi-week event spotlighting a public art installation, as one of the first programs in the Planning Department’s Design Vision for the city.
After the City of Boston Planning Department announced an updated draft of its new zoning amendments Jan. 15, Boston residents and organizations urged for an extended public comment period and voiced concerns.
“Winteractive,” a series of interactive art installations, is now on display around Downtown Boston until April 14, aiming to encourage residents to embrace the winter months and drawing mixed reactions since its opening.
Cheers erupted in the Boston Common as a nearly 60-year-old, 48-foot tree was lit for the 80th annual Boston Holiday Tree Lighting. Bostonians were excited to be back to Boston Common after last year’s virtual celebration.
The protest joined a growing list of rallies across the country. Spectators and protesters gathered around the Parkman Bandstand painting cardboard signs with messages such as “Stop Asian Hate” and “I am not a virus.”
Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
While Boston thrives off its student population, the city cannot forget about the extreme gentrification and income gap hurting its local citizens. Students are valuable contributors to the city, but our being here also harms those around us.
Bike lanes that popped up in Downtown Boston this year are going to be sticking around as the City edges closer to make Downtown jobs more accessible to residents in other neighborhoods.
Known as the college town of America, Boston has a rich and extensive history. For Boston newbies and lovers alike, here's a lowdown on the culture of this city.
