Columbus Day wrap up

Posted by John B. Kelly

More than 15 people showed up for our action on Huntington Avenue yesterday. Activists from Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge came, along with some great allies from the Fenway. We handed out hundreds of flyers, showed off our storyboards, and also our new “thermometer” (kudos to Alyson Perry for the idea) tracing the city of Boston's rising temperature (= amount of fine it now now owes to the state of Massachusetts for its scofflaw activity on Huntington Avenue), which will crack $200,000 early in the new year.

I will upload pictures of the protest itself a little later, but for starters here is a section of Huntington Avenue -- oh, I'm sorry , the "Avenue of the Arts" -- that the Fenway Alliance is so proud of. This location is between the YMCA and the principal part of the Northeastern campus, on the block between Gainsborough and Forsyth streets. Quite a few other craters have appeared, although none quite this dramatic.

We will be filing complaints on these bricks this week.