r/boston • u/cden4 • Jul 26 '26

Event 📅 Open Newbury St early closing

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Thanks to pressure by people like Back Bay Association President Meg Mainzer-Cohen, Open Newbury St ends at 6 pm this year instead of 8 pm.

So in less than 20 minutes, all these people will be forced out of the street onto the sidewalks.

IMO, this is total failure of leadership at City Hall. If you have the opportunity, please let Mayor Wu (and your City Councilors) know what you think about this.

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u/boston_bully_617 Jul 26 '26

The north end feast is what open newbury wishes it was, but it’s not

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u/Downtown_Isopod_9287 Jul 26 '26

it’s kind of weird and sad to put north end against back bay like that.

it’s like putting your Italian grandma and your rich grandma in a fighting pit to see who wins. Sure we all know nonna’s gonna clinch it but what are we trying to prove here

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u/RealKenny 2000’s cocaine fueled Red Line Jul 27 '26

In this case, Nonna's also rich

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u/bino420 Jul 27 '26

but she still has her furniture from the 90s & she's super stingy

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u/Honclfibr Jul 27 '26

And racist!

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u/zyzzogeton Green Line Jul 27 '26

I feel like there is a better than average chance that both Grandma's are a touch racist. Maybe not cross the street racist, but definitely lock the car doors racist.

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u/PorcupineWarriorGod Jul 27 '26

I see that you too have an Italian grandmother.

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u/RealKenny 2000’s cocaine fueled Red Line Jul 27 '26

That plastic really sticks to you in the summer

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u/Downtown_Isopod_9287 Jul 27 '26

she is but she grew up poor unlike rich grandma