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On the article Award-Winning 'Beach Treats' Store Comes to Brookline Boulevard
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On the blog post Revitalizing Brookline - Major Hurdles
erika
3:44 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
ReplyAlso agree that i would shop A LOT more on the Boulevard if the stores were open until 9. I don't get home until about 7 if i have to work late. I try to get up there still as much as possible.
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On the blog post Revitalizing Brookline - Major Hurdles
erika
3:42 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
ReplySeveral years ago, around 2004 or so, business man bernardo Katz had bought up many of the buildings and promised to revitalize beechview. For some reason he pulled out and screwed them - ran off to the tropics somewhere leaving many of his properties in foreclosure. That certainly didn't help beechview's current plight.
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On the article Police Activity Thursday Morning in Brookline
erika
3:25 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
Replywhoops - last two sentences should say "Truly a shame on many levels. The article said they are all in jail now at least."
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On the article Police Activity Thursday Morning in Brookline
erika
3:24 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
ReplyLooks like the only person from Brookline was some 25 year old woman. It was heroin and marijuana. No "hispanic" involved, two men from Garfield and Beltzhoover, respectively. Truly a shamearticl said they on many levels. The are all in jail now, at least.
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On the article Key to Brookline Reconstruction Success is Support
erika
12:54 pm on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
So let me get this straight. You go and park at a metered spot (obviously rendering it unusable for another vehicle to occupy this space while you are in it), don't put quarters in the meter, get a ticket, and then complain? I don't get this at all. My husband came home the other day and announced he would never go back to Party Cake Shoppe to buy a loaf of bread again. I asked why. He replied "Because they gave me a ticket!" and i said "Party Shoppe didn't, why would you punish them?" He was silent, so then I said the same thing to him that I said at the beginning of this post. You can't blame anyone else for this ticket but yourself. You should go park on a side street if you don't like it (he did come home with a loaf of bread from PCS yesterday, so he must have taken it to heart).
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On the article Key to Brookline Reconstruction Success is Support
erika
1:13 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
ReplyGreat! Can't wait and looking forward to the improvements!! I will make an attempt to shop on the Blvd even more than I do now.
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On the article History Professor Helps Make Mexi Casa a Craft Beer Hotspot
erika
1:07 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
ReplyGreat to hear! Mad Mex, whether technically a "chain" or not, feels like a chain to me. Although I do think it is ok, I would love to try the local Mexi-Casa and will make sure to do so in the near future.
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On the article What Would You Improve on Brookline Boulevard?
erika
3:38 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
ReplyMaybe we could raise some money to help the owner's update their storefronts in some kind of unified manner? Not to curb creativity, but just a few guidelines in place to make sure it doesn't get "tacky" and that the boulevard is sort of presented as a unified front to make the whole aesthetic better? Some fundraisers, maybe? It had occurred to me to ask someone about having a brick fundraiser, where the local families/business buy a brick for some of the areas that are being bricked, and have their name engraved in it. Then take the money to help make the boulevard even better! I was going to try to head it up myself, but not sure who to contact to see if it is even possible. I, for one, would be happy to buy a $25.00 brick with my last name on it!
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On the article Funding for Brookline Blvd. Project Gets Preliminary Approval
erika
10:58 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013
I agree, Ed, I feel that the mural is a little washed out - even a color update would help it. There is definitely a thin line between washed out and tacky though, so maybe it is better to leave it alone??
erika
9:43 am on Saturday, April 6, 2013
Congrats! I am also new (i mean back) to Brookline. Can't wait to come and see what you have to offer.