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🌱 Patch AM: How a massive Back Bay office block could soon become housing

Also check out WANDERVILLE a roving music festival on the Back Bay Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a massive Back Bay office block could soon become housing

Also on today's calendar: WANDERVILLE a roving music festival and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Cloudy, showers around; humid, with a high of 74 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer, temps: high: 83, low: 62.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Park Square Building offices poised for conversion to apartments (thebostonsun.com) — A landmark Back Bay office block at 31 St. James Street is slated to become 490 apartments in what could be Boston's largest office-to-residential conversion. The $410 million proposal would keep ground-floor retailers like Roche Bobois and Fire + Ice, while nearly two dozen office tenants are expected to leave by year's end.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday August 23
  • Hands-On History Days at Revolutionary Spaces
    Boston National Park 21 Second Ave, Charlestown, MA 02129
    10:30 am
    • Monday August 24
  • Malden PD Day
    Ferryway Malden High School, 77 Salem St, Malden, MA 02148, USA
    8:00 am
  • ELL - Idioms, Phrasal Verbs, and Conversation
    Newton Free Library 3rd Floor Rear Arc
    10:00 am
  • Storytime at the Shute
    Everett Public Libraries Children's Room Shute Memorial Library, 781 Broadway, Ever
    10:00 am

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Boston

  • BSO musicians vote to authorize first strike in the orchestra's history (wbur.org)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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