The Fort Pointer

Lead planner of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers COB CSRM Project Team assured me today that all comment letters re. USACE Feasibility Study will be published. Hat's off to the City's climate team for its groundbreaking collaboration with USACE. My letter to USACE: www.fortpointer.com/Archive/2026...

@fpnaboston.bsky.social Meeting Tonight 6 PM us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

NEW— Kathleen Joyce, who has served as the chair of the #Boston Licensing Board for the last eight years, will step down from the post next month and be replaced at the helm by Mattapan resident Ava Callender Concepcion. www.dotnews.com/2026/10/27/c...

Councilor Flynn, who tried unsuccessfuly to derail the Congress Street Reconstruction Project earlier this year (receipts below), just succeeded in killing another cycle lane. For the record, "cycle lane to nowhere" is MAGA PR. Lives of Southie cyclists? Worthless. bsky.app/profile/fort...

The Boston City Council subpoenaed the MBTA’s top leader. Attorneys say enforcing it could get messy. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/27/m... @nikigriswold.bsky.social @ditikohli.bsky.social

Big news just out -- Uchi (a group of high-end Japanese restaurants whose chef/founder is a James Beard award winner) is expanding, opening a location in Boston's Fort Point neighborhood. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2026/10/uchi... #boston #fortpoint #restaurant

City of Boston Resilient Fort Point Channel Infrastructure is at MEPA for review. Public comment deadline: 11/12/26 eeaonline.eea.state.ma.us/EEA/MEPA-eMo...

Why an independent candidate's lawsuit against The Belmont Voice is likely to run afoul of the First Amendment right not to publish. dankennedy.net/2026/10/26/w...

Boston Dynamics is in the news. Still can’t figure out why the Globe has published literally dozens of pieces about Boston Dynamics over the past decade, even after the sale to Hyundai, especially given the fact BD has local competitors. Explain this, please: www.google.com/search?q=%22...

As energy costs soar, Healey has embraced an ‘all-of-the-above’ approach — alienating some climate activists… www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/26/m... @anjalihuynh.bsky.social

Over the course of a 20-year period, I held scores of public events. Only pulled two permits, for two events that had audiences of 400 and 1,500, respectively. Fort Point is not 02127. But Councilor Flynn, please. Receipts: fortpoint.org Theatre Fest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dt3...

“However, there was no transparency and communication with the neighbors and no public safety plan.” Not true, Councilor Flynn. The Southie resident had flyered and publicized the event (receipts available). The public safety plan was sound. Saw the detail with my own eyes.

Great to see a post from Mayor Wu’s Office of Neighborhood Services celebrating today’s Southie block party, a lovely community event. Hat tip to the City of Boston for supporting and providing relatively small grants for community-building events like this.

Outstanding talk today with author/reporter Courtney Humphries at @bpl.boston.gov, regarding her new book “Climate Change and the Future of Boston.” The paperback edition is now available! Read it already — highly recommend. @strangestsea.com

Yummy treats and cool beats! Dorchester Food Coop @universalhub.com @fortpointer.bsky.social @welcometodot.bsky.social come enjoy, join and shop!

Unsurprisingly, Sen. Collins joined Clr. Flynn in calling for cancellation of today’s Southie block party, similarly mischaracterizing the host — a Southie resident — as a commercial event promoter.

Beautiful morning at Haymarket. What is this fruit?

Photos of the lovely block party that Councilor Flynn tried to cancel, and will very likely blow up in the Herald and Mass Daily News. Flynn has already trashed the host as “an influencer of some sort,” a Southie resident that I understand lives around the corner, on Broadway.

Will a friend or relative of Councilor Flynn identify some petty issue to blow up at today’s Southie block party, so Flynn can trash the Wu admin in the Herald and Mass Daily News tomorrow? I’ll be on O Street taking bets.

The Good Neighbor Cafe’s block party on O Street starts at 10:00 AM today, Saturday 10/24. ☕🥯 Councilor Flynn is trying to put the kabosh on the event, despite the fact that the City of Boston reviewed the application, awarded a small grant, and issued a permit.

These Beacon Hill homeowners were installing racks of bananas yesterday, under Curious George’s watchful eye. 🐵🍌

Rat control has been a bit too aggressive in Beacon Hill, in my opinion. Pic taken yesterday. 🐀

A message posted by Ed Flynn on Twitter: #BOSPoli ☕️

As the Boston Globe salivates over a building boom, take a look at the subpar built environment that the Globe was complicit in delivering. And BTW - has a single developer guaranteed a tower groundbreaking if they don’t have to comply with 20% IDP and BERDO? Enough BS to last a lifetime.

Murray Whyte: From modern to now: ICA’s 90-year journey through art... www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/23/a...

Imagine celebrating a building boom this century in which an entire new neighborhood was built without any attention to impacts of climate change. To civic engagement. To a high-caliber public realm beyond the Harborwalk. To cultural engagement outside of ICA. GMAFB, Boston Globe.

Tomorrow (10/24), see you there!

Opening alert -- Xi'an Famous Foods is now open in Boston's Downtown Crossing. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2026/10/xian... #restaurant #boston #dtx

The Executive Director of Boston Policy Institute blocked me on all platforms because he was unhappy with my occasional critiques of his and BPI's work, always leveled respectfully. Will @pioneerinstitute.bsky.social allow Maynard's immature approach to criticism to continue?

Globe handwringing about "mojo" is rich. Where was the Globe during permitting, when Hines was allowed to treat S. Station as a doormat, failing to return it to its former glory? Where was the Globe at Winthrop Ctr, as Walsh failed to memorialize commitments? apps.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/busi...

Go Alla! She is the absolute best! Miss working with her.

I have a deep personal appreciation for municipal employees, and really love the fact that BMRB’s Shattuck Awards honors a few each year. Here’s the 2026 list of awardees. 🙏🏼

Shane Pac, @bostoncitycouncil.bsky.social Director of Policy and Research, was a Shattuck Award recipient this evening. So well-deserved. 🔥💯🙏🏼

On the topic of dark money nonprofits with undisclosed backers, media darling Greg Maynard of the 501c4 boiler room formerly known as “Boston Policy Institute” has joined the 501c4 Pioneer Institute. bostonpolicynotes.substack.com/p/boston-pol...

Interior of USPS Dot Ave is under construction, but when it comes to holiday decorations, USPS employees never disappoint. And I mean “never.” ❤️

More from the guy who, just yesterday, fabricated a story on X about Bromfield Street from whole cloth, smearing Wu and Healey, and who the Boston Globe lends its imprimatur to week after week, featured without full disclosure as to who pays his bills (reportedly GOP sugar daddy Rick Green).

GlobeDocs Film Festival opens tonight with a screening of Tutu (Dir: Sam Pollard), a documentary about the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Today, ten (10) Councilors voted to accept a $3+ million grant awarded by MAPC to improve the BlueBikes e-bike program. Councilors Flynn and Murphy opposed acceptance of the grant. South Boston trails in cycle accommodation. Predictably, stats involving cars striking cyclists are alarming.

When early voting at ICA yesterday — even knowing my responses to nine ballot questions (NO on 3-5-8) — it took me over 5 minutes to fill out the three pages, and double-check them. I expect long lines on Election Day and, based on history, predict Councilor Flynn et al. will fuel public outrage.

Boston Oligarchs continue to throw money at the Coalition for a Stealthy Oligarchy, Ballot Question 3 mauricecunningham153.substack.com/p/massachuse... #mapoli

Took an hour away from work to feast on $1 oysters at Legal Seafoods in Downtown Crossing today, and every Tuesday (at any Legal location) in October. 🦪

The audacity of the master developer of Seaport Square to (re)mount this BS rendering, suggesting a 1.5-acre park is planned. This “park” is already built. It’s a 1/4-acre blob of Astroturf (yes, plastic grass) on a 1-acre hardscaped retail corridor. The Globe carried their water for a decade.

Attended Mayor Wu’s State of BPS address last night. I appreciated that the Mayor brought data and statistics, not simply rosy claims. I also appreciated that the Mayor mentioned a forthcoming initiative to step up civic engagement. The QR code below was provided as a means to learn more.

Early voting at ICA today. Ground floor of ICA is Chapter 91 public civic space licensed at DEP ~25 years ago.

Let me repeat: No kid should have to turn to their parents and ask why they can’t afford an event on a public park. Or why celebrities and corporations get special treatment… inequitable. Public parks are built and maintained through a social compact, one eroding incrementally over time. 😡

Cookie potluck and book party for anyone who could afford $45/ticket on Boston Common, the nation’s first public park. Shared sacrifice, shared benefit? Yes, I’m disappointed in the Wu admin for a record of exclusionary events on public parks and City Hall Plaza. Call me an outlier, don’t care.

Me: Below, with a YES on 6,